| 4th Grade Week 10 | 10/9/2023 | 10/10/2023 | 10/11/2023 | 10/12/2023 | 10/13/2023 |
| Discipleship | Loyalty - "A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.” Proverbs 17:17 (NLT) |
| Bible | | Deuteronomy 6 | Deuteronomy 7-8 select verses | Deut 30:15-20 | |
| Math | FP-I, Ch 6, L2, TB p141-144, WB p130-132 | FP-I, Ch 6, L3 TB p145-147, WB p133-135 | FP-I, Ch 6 L4 Practice A TB p148-149 WB p136 | |
| Spelling | Step 8: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 Play Sparkle! | Step 8 Spelling Test | Step 9 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 9 Practice". |
| Grammar | Ch 7 L3 Jingle 13, Grammar time TM p117-119, Ref 25: Object Pronouns | Ch8, L1: Helping Verbs, Adverb "not' & Make Practice sentence | Ch 8, L2: Jingle 14, Classify sentences & Complete Daily Grammar | |
| Writing | Complete Daedalus FD. Underline & label dress-ups, Due Wed. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD | Paragraph Construction & Topic Sentences | Complete Writing Assignment sent home | |
| Reading | Read Misty of Chincoteague Ch 7-8 and answer questions in your journal p14 Add 3 characters with important facts to character chart p46 | Discussion | Read Ch 9-10 and and answer questions in your journal p14 | |
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| History | Read Ireland's Troubles p123-126 and on paper answer the questions below | The Irish Potato Famine | Read Brazil's Republic p135-139 and journal p26 | |
| Geography | Review Middle, Eastern & Northern States & Capitals | Southern States & Capitals | You should be able to identify the Eastern Northern & Middle states & capitals by this point |
| Science | Review p200-202 and on notebook paper make a list of characteristics of Praying Mantids, Dragonflies & Damselflies. Be prepared to share tomorrow | Praying Mantids,
Dragonflies & Damselflies | Read p203-206 (Stop at Differences) In your journal p167 write 3 new facts you learned about Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids. |
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| Memory Work | POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 11/30
GEOGRAPHY: US States & Capitals Test on 11/8
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/7 |
Coming Soon:
Monday, October 9 - Columbus Day, NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, October 11 - Spirit Day
Monday, October 23 - Make-Up Picture Day
Wednesday, October 25 - DOGS, Pizza, and Spirit Day!
Monday, October 30 - Historical Dress-Up Day
Note: Our class is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. Students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history for Historical Dress-Up day.
Objective: Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.
Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading.
Our Character Virtue of the month is Loyalty.
LOYALTY is faithfully supporting or showing allegiance
To practice loyalty I will:
- support my family, friends and peers
- stand by others in good times and in hard times
- cultivate my relationship with God
- be faithful like He is faithful
Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts until mastered. Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.
1. Compare fractions by finding common denominators or numerators.
2. Express fractions greater than 1 as improper fractions and mixed numbers.
3. Practice using multiplication and division to generate equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, and expressing mixed numbers.
Spelling
Objective: Spell common holidays and words with /uff/ spelled ough.
Reading
We are continuing Misty of Chincoteague this week.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Identify character qualities in Misty of Chincoteague.
4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Complete a polished 3-paragraph narrative story on Daedalus and Icarus
2. Identify the main idea of a paragraph
3. Practice making topic sentences
4. Write a paragraph with topic sentence and supporting details.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify 7 object pronouns
2. Know that object pronouns can be used as a direct object or object of a preposition
23. Recognize and use helping verbs in sentences.
4. Know that "not" is usually an adverb.
History
Answer the following questions about Ireland's troubles:
1. Why had the Irish not gotten along with the English for so many years?
2. What were the Corn Laws?
3. What was the Home Rule Bill?
4. What was the blight? Why did it affect Ireland so greatly?
Objectives:
1. Identify problems Ireland faced in the mid-1800s.
2. Know that Pedro II made the slave trade illegal, freed slaves, and finally made slavery illegal in Brazil.
Science
1. Identify unique characteristics of Mantids, Dragonflies, and Damselflies
2. Identify characteristics of grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids
3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
Geography: We will have our test over Southern Europe this week. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided. History: Key Dates for 2nd quarter:
The War Between the States 1861-1865
World War I 1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917The Great Depression 1929-1939
World War II 1939-1945
The Cold War 1945-1991
