| 4th Grade Week 22 | 2/10/2025 | 2/11/2025 | 2/12/2025 | 2/13/2025 | 2/14/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Faith - Jesus replied to them, "Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him." -Mark 11:22-23 | |
| Bible | Matt 7-8 | Read Matthew 9 | Matt 13 | Read Matthew 17 | | |
| Math | FP, Ch 12, L1 TB p59-65,WB p49-51 | FP & Test Corrections
& Ch 12, L2
TB p66-71,
WB p52-55 | FP, Ch 12, L3 TB p72-76,
WB p56-58 | FP
& Ch 12, L4 TB p77-82,
WB p59-62 | Ch 12, L5
TB p83-85,
WB p63-65 | |
| Spelling | Step 19: Review New Teaching, DS 4-6 | Rewrite missed Step 18 words 5x. & Step 19: Review Card box, Dictate sentences 7-9. | Step 19 Test | Step 20 New Teaching. Complete Make it Plural book p11, Dictate 10 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 20 Practice." | |
| Grammar | Ch 17, L1: Beginning & Ending Quotes, Ref. 50 & 51, Practice Time p.80 | Ch17, L2 Classify sentences & Practice Time 1-3 Co-teachers, please check & help students make corrections. Practice 3 due tomorrow | Review & practice | Ch 17, L4 Test. Skip Exercises 3, 5, and 7. Co-Teachers, correct in red pen & return to school . | | |
| Writing | KWO for 1st paragraph due, begin writing RD, take notes in class | Complete RD of 1st paragraph. Take notes for 2nd paragraph. See Note Below | Work on 2nd paragraph KWO & begin 1st paragraph FD | Create a fused KWO from your sources for the 2nd paragraph of your project and begin writing RD. Include topic, several facts, and clincher. | | |
| Reading | Number the Stars discussion & Read Ch 15 | Read Ch 16 & 17. Answer questions 1-5 p38. Bring journal to school tomorrow for final grading. | Final Number the Stars discussion & Introduce My Side of the Mountain and Read Ch 1 | Read My Side of the Mountain Ch 2 & 3 and answer questions in your journal | | |
| History | Pearl Harbor & The Allies vs. the Axis | Continue researching and taking notes to make a KWO for your 2nd paragraph | D-Day | Read SOTW "The War that Stretched Across the World" p375-382 & Start on the visual portion of your project if you have not already. | | |
| Geography | Review Eastern Europe | Practice until all countries are mastered | Review Eastern Europe | Review Eastern Europe for test on Wed. | | |
| Science | Act. 10.2 Study a feather up close | Read TB p192-195 & color the Lesser Goldfinch and Golden-cheeked Warbler p23 in your green folder | Feather features and types | Read TB p196-198 Do Act. 10.1 and write the results in your NB p210
Color the Belted Kingfisher p13 | | |
| 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, Feb. 12 - Spirit Day (no pizza) and Valentine Exchange
Saturday, Feb. 15 - Fortis Talent Show 6pm
Wednesday, Feb. 26 - Spirit Day, DOGS, Pizza!
On Feb. 12, we'll have a Valentine Exchange and party the last 20 minutes of the day. Please bring a valentine for each classmate and a box or bag to take home your valentines. Here's a class list.
1. Brayden 6. Kennedi 11. Kinley 16. Joshua
2. Bradley 7. Clara 12. Anna 17. Parrish
3. Luke 8. Addy 13. Jayli 18. Charis
4. Paisley 9. Jaxton 14. Scarlett
5. Campbell 10. Domino 15. Christa
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 Faith. Faith is belief in God and His promises.
Fruit of the Spirit: Joy. Joy is a serene and stable happiness that finds its roots in God.
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. Understand the meaning of decimals to tenths and hundredths.
2. Express fractions in tenths and hundredths as decimals.
3. Express one-place and two-place decimals as fractions.
4. Express mixed numbers in tenths and hundredths as decimals.
5. Represent decimals on a number line.
6. Express decimal numbers in expanded form.
7. Express decimals as fractions in simplest form.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Learn to spell /ij/ at the end of a word.
2. Form irregular plurals
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Engage in meaningful discussion.
Grammar
Objective: Correctly punctuate sentences with beginning, ending, and middle quotes.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a RD on one aspect of WW II. Include at least 5 dress-ups
2. Take notes from at least two source texts
3. Create a KWO for the second paragraph of the WW II project
4. Begin writing 2nd paragraph RD from KWO.
NOTE: Each paragraph must contain a topic sentence, at least 6 facts, a clincher sentence, and your choice of 5 dress-ups or openers (-ly, w/w, sv, adj, bc, www.asia, -ly opener, prep opener VSS).
For this assignment only, the FD may be typed or handwritten in cursive.
History
Objectives:
1. Know that the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, brought the US into WW II.
2. Know that D-Day was a turning point in the war in Europe.
3. Know that Winston Churchill was a key figure during WW II.
3. Continue researching and taking notes on areas of interest from WW II
NOTE: This week you will continue reading and taking notes about your chosen WW II topic(s) and create a KWO from which
to write your second paragraph. You will need to have several facts from at least three books and/or websites. You may use SOTW as one
of your sources if you like.
Books: Write down the title of the book, the author, publisher, date of publication, and page numbers used.
Websites: Write down the name of the website, the title of the article, and the author and date you accessed the website.
We will be making Bibliography with this information next week.
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify parts of a feather.
2. Examine 7 types of feathers.
3. Identify Texas birds.
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
