| 4th Grade Week 7 | 9/23/2024 | 9/24/2024 | 9/25/2024 | 9/26/2024 | 9/27/2024 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Fear of the Lord- "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” -Proverbs 9:10 | |
| Bible | Exodus 6-9 Select passages | Read
Exodus 10 | Exodus 11-12 | Read
Ex 13: 17-22 | | |
| Math | FP-H, Ch4 L6, TB p98-100, WB p82-85 | FP-H, Ch 4, L7 TB p101-103, WB 86-89 | FP-H,
Review &
TB L8
Practice B p104-106 | FP-H, Ch 5, L1 TB p107-110, WB p95-96 | Complete worksheet sent home.
Co-Teachers, CCC checking multiplication problems for mastery. | Co-Teachers, please check all workbook pages and help your student make corrections if needed. |
| Spelling | Step 5: Review Phonograms: ti, ci, si, tch. Review New Teaching/Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6 Play Sparkle | Review Phonograms: eigh, ei, ey, ph. Dictate sentences 7-9. Review card box.. | Step 5 SpellingTest | Step 6: New teaching p45-46, Dictate 12 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 6 Practice". | |
| Grammar | Ch 6, L3 Subject/Verb Agreement | Review Prepositions, Subject & Possessive Pronouns-Ref 20-21. Listen to Jingles 9, 11 & 12. Practice writing the 7 subject pronouns & 7 object pronouns from memory.Write out as many prepositions as you can remember. Review Adj & Adv questions. | Test | Daily Grammar | | |
| Writing | Write 3rd paragraph (Climax & Resolution) of Theseus myth | Check and edit your 3rd paragraph using composition checklist p56. Begin writing FD | Work on FD of Theseus | Work on Theseus FD, using rubric to make sure you have all required elements. Underline & label dress-ups & vocab. Due Wed. 10/2 | Review
Poem 1 for Poem Recitation
next week. | |
| Reading | Discuss Ch 6, Characterization & Similes, Begin reading Ch 7 | The Perilous Road: Read Ch 7-8 & answer questions 1-5 (p13) in journal | Discuss Perilous Road Chap 7-8 begin reading Chap 9 in class | Read Perilous Road Ch 10-11 and answer questions p14 | | |
| History | Civil War Lapbooks due.
After the War discussion | Read p91-95 Rails, Zones & Bulbs & answer journal questions | The Transcontinental Railroad | Read Japan's Meiji Restoration p97-100 Pretend you're a shogun and in your journal write about changes you've seen in Japan since Commodore Perry came. | Review Key Dates 1-3 for Monday's test | |
| Geography | Southern Europe | | |
| Science | Butterfly Migration | Read TB p78-82. Record interesting facts NB p88 | Characteristics of Ants Experiment 4.2 & Act. 4.2 | Read TB p83-86 and orally answer questions p86. Complete NB p88 | | |
| Memory Work | POEM 1, Due for Recitation on 10/2
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe Due 10/16
KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/30 | |
Coming Soon!
Wednesday, Sept. 25 - DOGS, pizza, spirit day!
Friday, Oct. 4 - End of 1st Quarter
Wednesday, Oct. 9 - Spirit Day
Our Character Virtue of the month is the Fear of the Lord. Fear of the Lord is knowing and understanding the glory and majesty of God.
Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
Math
Begin math with a 5-minute warm-up of Multiplication facts. Strive to memorize multiplication facts ASAP. When you can complete 100 facts in 5 minutes with 97% accuracy, move on the Division facts.
Objectives:
1. Multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number.
2. Multiply a three-digit number by a two-digit number.
3. Review and practice multiplication skills.
4. Divide numbers up to three digits using a mental math method.
Spelling
Objective: Spell words ending in sion, words containing the sound of th, and how to add two suffixes to a word
Reading
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.
Objectives:
1. Learn about life during the Civil War.
2. Analyze characterization in literature.
3. Identify similes.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write the climax and resolution of a 3-paragraph narrative story.
2. Incorporate ly adverb, w/w clause, strong verb and 4 vocabulary words in the composition.
3. Edit and write a polished FD of a myth.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know that subjects and verbs must agree in number.
2. Review previously learned skills
3. Assessment
History
Objectives:
1. Know that the United States still faced multiple problems after the Civil War.
2. Know that railroads sped travel, took people to new cities, and took grain and other goods to faraway places.
3. Know that time zones divided the earth into twenty-four zones, making it the same time inside each zone.
4. Know that electricity made it possible for men to work after dark.
5. Identify ways that Japan became more modern during the Meiji Restoration.
Science
Objectives:
1. Know that monarch butterflies migrate from northern North America to southern Mexico for the winter.
2. Identify characteristics of ants, bees, and other social insects.
3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.
Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0BaGLMiBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LfDYYn5_bE&t=322sHere is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here.
Geography: We will continue to memorize the countries of Southern Europe. 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 1st quarter:
The War Between the States 1861-1865
World War I 1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917
