summer school

So, we are new to homeschooling. I am still trying to convince dh that this is the way to go. He agreed to let me try it this summer. I will only be homeschooling JD. I will get into the whys in another post. For the summer, I am having JD pick books of his choosing (with my approval) and read 2-3 chapters a day and write (type it up) about them. He is also doing 4-5 two-sided worksheets in math, language arts, reading, reading comprehension, and writing out of a workbook called Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills for 5th Grade. He works 4 days a week, but always seems to have "homework" over the weekend. If he doesn't get at least 70% correct, I have been making him redo those problems/questions that he gets wrong. Sometimes he is redoing things 2-3 times and that is what is taking him so long. I am thinking I should cut back on the amount of worksheets. What do you think?

JD is easily frustrated. I am having to find more worksheets online to go over concepts that he needs more practice with. The workbook seems to move through each concept too quickly. This is just for the summer. I am planning on finding better curriculum for the school year. Right now, though, I wanted him to get used to the idea of homeschooling and me being his teacher, review math and language arts concepts, and work on his attitude towards learning in general.

I am trying not to be too regimented this summer. He did have a week off when summer began and we were at Mt.Rushmore. He is only doing a partial week this week because he is going on a cubscout camping trip. And he will have 2 weeks off in August when we go on vacation to Tennessee.