| 4th Grade Week 23 | 2/17/2025 | 2/18/2025 | 2/19/2025 | 2/20/2025 | 2/21/2025 | 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 | Mark 1 | Mark 5 | Mark 6:30-56 & 8:1-26 | Read Mark 12:28-44 | | |
| Math | FP, Ch 12, L6 TB p86-88,
WB p66-67 | FP & Ch 12, L8 TB p91-95,
WB p70-72 | FP & Ch 12, L9 TB p96-101, WB p73-75 | FP & Ch 12 L7 Practice A TB p89-90
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Practice B TB p102-103 CCC | | Ch 12 Test is on Monday |
| Spelling | Step 20: Review New Teaching,
DS 4-6
Play Sparkle! | Rewrite missed Step 19 words 5x. & Step 20: Review Card box, Dictate sentences 7-9. |
| Step 21 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 21 Practice." | |
| Grammar | Bibliography Basics | Gather all necessary information from your sources to add to your Bibliography tomorrow in class. Refer to handout to see what you need. | Begin making a Bibliography for history project. | Complete the bibliography for your history project following guidelines. | | |
| Writing | IEW L28 p213-215 Make KWO for your Constellations Introduction
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Complete 2nd paragraph history project RD or take notes for 3rd paragraph | Make a KWO for the Introduction of your history project
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Take notes and create a KWO for 3rd paragraph of history project. | Read IEW p113 on how to write a conclusion, then read p221 and make a KWO for the Conclusion of your Constellations paper.
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Write RD of 3rd paragraph history project. All 3 history project body paragraph RDs due Mon. | Make a KWO for conclusion of your history project
& use it to write your Conclusion RD. | | We will review writing a Conclusion in class on Monday and students will have an opportunity to write the conclusion in class if not completed on Thursday. |
| Reading | Discussion & read Ch 4 p25-28 | Read Ch 5-6 p28-40 Answer Ch 5-6 questions | Read Ch 7 p41-46 | Read Ch 8-10 p46-58 and answer Ch 8-10 questions | | |
| History | The War in the Pacific | Continue to work on your WWII history project.
See Note Below | Work on history project | Continue to work on your WWII history project.
See Note Below | Begin writing or typing FD of your body paragraphs. Work on the visual portion of your project. | |
| Geography | Review Eastern Europe | Review Eastern Europe | The Eastern Europe test will be on Monday. | |
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| Science | Feather Types | Read TB p199-201 & Complete Act. 10.3 in NB |
| Read TB p203-205
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Color the Killdeer p9 and the Greater Roadrunner p11 in your bird guide. | | |
| 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. 26 - Spirit Day, DOGS, Pizza!
Wednesday, March 12 - Spirit Day, No pizza
Monday, March 17 - 21 Spring Break! NO SCHOOL
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. Express fractions & mixed numbers with a denominator that is a factor of 10 or 100 as a decimal.
2. Compare and order decimals to hundredths.
3. Round decimals given in tenths to the nearest whole number.
4. Practice concepts from Ch 12
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Learn to spell words containing the sound of /oo/ spelled ui
2. Spell words with the same plural and singular form.
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Engage in meaningful discussion.
Grammar
Objective: Make a bibliography
Writing
Objectives:
1. Use notes from historical research to create a KWO and rough draft.
2. Write the third paragraph on your WW II topic(s) of choice.
3. Write an Introduction paragraph
4. Write a Conclusion paragraph
TUESDAY NOTE: You need to have facts from at least three sources: books, encyclopedia articles, and/or websites.
- Write down the title of the book, the author, name of publisher, and the date of publication.
- Write down the name of the websites, the title of the article, the author, and date you accessed the websites you use.
- Bring all information about your sources to class on Wednesday in order to make your Bibliography
THURSDAY NOTE: This week you will use the notes and information you've gathered from your research to write the third paragraph of your
chosen WW II topic(s). All three body paragraphs rough drafts are due Monday. We will write the Introduction in class on Monday.
Your final draft is due Wednesday, Feb. 26, and may be either handwritten or typed.
History
Objectives:
1. Identify battles in the Pacific front of WW II.
2. Identify the Marine Memorial as a tribute to the armed forces fighting in the Pacific
3 Identify ways WW II impacted Americans' daily lives.
4. Complete research and report writing.
NOTE: Share what you're learning with your family as you research your topic. Practice presenting the information so you are prepared
to teach your classmates what you have learned.
Your written report, (including bibliography), visual aids, and presentation are due Wednesday, Feb. 26.
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify different types and purposes of feathers.
2. Identify purposes of preening.
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
