| 4th Grade Week 20 | 1/27/2025 | 1/28/2025 | 1/29/2025 | 1/30/2025 | 1/31/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Justice- "Therefore the LORD is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy." -Isaiah 30:18 | |
Bible | Esther 3-8 | Nehemiah 1 | Neh 2,4 & 6:15-16 | Malachi 3 | | |
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| Math | Ch 10 Quiz
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Ch 11, L1
TB p33-37,
WB p29-31 | FP H or I,
Ch 11 L2
TB p38-40,
WB p32-33 | Ch 11, L3
TB p41-45,
WB p35-37 | FP H or I,
Ch 11, L4,
TB p46-50,
WB p39-41 | | Have your student memorize the formulas for Area & Perimeter. Area = Length x Width, Perimeter = sum of all sides
OR
P= 2Length + 2Width |
| Spelling | Review New Teaching (Make It Plural book) and Writing Station words. Dictate sentences 4-6 | Rewrite Step 16 Test misspelled words 5x correctly, Step 17: Review Card Box, Dictate Sentences 7-9 | Step 17 Spelling Test | Step 18 New Teaching, Complete Make it Plural Book p7-9, Dictate 10 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 18 Practice." | |
| Grammar | Ch 16, L1 The Indirect Object & Pattern 3. Jingle Time, Grammar Time | Ch 16, L1 Jingle 17, Practice 1,2, & 3 (Practice book p78 & 79) CCC | Ch 16, L2 Grammar Time & Write a P3 sentence | Ch 16, L3 Jingle 17, Grammar Time, Practice Time p80 CCC | | |
| Writing | L24 Great Bear Constellation: Create outlines from 2 sources, create a fused KWO p179 | Complete style practice p180-181 including vocab study. Using your fused outline & composition checklist p182 begin writing RD | Complete RD, edit & begin writing FD | Complete FD of Great Bear. Use your rubric to make sure you have all required elements.
Due Mon. stapled: Rubric, FD, RD | | |
| Reading | Number the Stars Discussion | Read Ch 6-7 and answer questions 6-11 p21-22 in your journal | Symbolism in literature & Vocab Study | Read Ch 8-9 and answer questions 1-5 p27 | | |
| History | China and The Long March | Black Tues & the New Deal p335-341. Answer journal questions 1-4 only. | The Great Depression | Read "Hitler's Rise to Power" p341-346 and answer questions in your journal | | We will introduce our WW II project next week. You may want to begin discussing options with your child and plan a trip to the library to get some books. |
| Geography | Eastern Europe | | |
| Science | Passerines
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Practice bird identification. Journals
collected for grading. | Read
TB p181-184.
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Song Birds
Watch the videos.
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Color the Mourning Dove in your green folder | Practice Bird Identification | Read
TB p185-188
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Bird Song Hero
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Color the Vireos p23 & 43 in green folder. | In your green field guide folder, color both male & female when applicable. Use a field guide or internet source to color accurately. | Check out the bird feeder live cams on the link below.
Bird Feeder Live Cams |
| Memory Work | POETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/5
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Due 2/19
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/12
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/7 | |
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Jan. 29 - Spirit Day, DOGS Day, Pizza!
Wednesday, Feb. 12 - Spirit Day (no pizza) and Valentine Exchange
Discipleship:
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 virtue this month is Justice. Justice is the cardinal virtue that consists of the constant and firm will to give what is due to God and neighbor.
Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness meets the needs of others and avoids harshness.
Math
Note: Start each day with a facts practice warm-up sheet. Do whichever page your child is currently working on. Set the timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, then complete the rest of the page. Correct and return to school for a completion grade. (Two sheets due per week.)
Objectives:
1. Find the area of a figure given the side lengths by converting units.
2. Find the unknown side of a rectangle given the area and one side.
3. Find the area of rectangular paths.
4. Find the perimeter of rectangles
5. Find the length of an unknown side given the length of one side and the perimeter.
Spelling
Objective:
1. Make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Identify symbolism in literature
3. Learn new vocabulary.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify and classify P3 sentences with a subject noun, verb-transitive, indirect object, and direct object.
2. Write a practice P3 sentence.
Writing
Objectives:
1.Practice the Unit 6 structural model
2. Create source outlines from two sources
3. Create a fused outline
4. Write a 1-paragraph report about the Great Bear constellation.
5. Correctly use vocabulary words: jealous and judge
History
Objectives:
1. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.
2. Know that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 leading to the Great Depression.
3. Know that Hitler rose to power in Germany during the Great Depression.
Science
Objective:
1. Identify several characteristics of Passerines.
2. Identify several purposes of bird calls.
3. Practice identifying Texas birds using a field guide.
4. Know the purposes of bird banding.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone". These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here is one. In Christ Alone. Additional copies here.
Geography: We are continuing our study of Eastern 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.
Sheppard's software practice game: Eastern Europe
History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help
with this. Here are two: US Presidents: Washington to Trump and an older version, US Presidents to "America" For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/12
Key Dates for 3rd quarter:
1. The War Between the States 1861-1865
2. World War I 1914-1918
3. Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917
4. The Great Depression 1929-1939
5. World War II 1939-1945
6. The Cold War 1945-1991
7. The Formation of Israel 1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China 1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement 1950-1968
