| 4th Grade Week 27 | 3/24/2025 | 3/25/2025 | 3/26/2025 | 3/27/2025 | 3/28/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | HOPE: “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." -Jer. 29:11 | |
| Bible | Acts 1 & 2 | Acts 4 | Acts 7 & 9 | Acts 12 | | |
| Math | Review
& Ch 14, L5
TB p153-155, WB p117-118 | Ch 14, L6
TB p156-159, WB p119-121 | Ch 14 L7
TB p160-163, TB p122-124 | Ch 14, L8
TB p164-167, WB p125-126 | Ch 14 Practice A & B TB p151 & p168-170 in preparation for Monday's test. | Your child may not need to do all the Practice A & B problems. Pick an assortment of problems from each section and check for mastery. |
| Spelling | Step 24: Review New Teaching and Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6. Play Sparkle! | Re-write missed Step 23 words, Review Card Box & Phonograms as needed, Dictate Sentences 7-9 | Step 24 Spelling Test | Step 25 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words | Step 25: Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 25 Practice." | |
| Grammar | Ch 21, L1 Grammar Time & Parts of a Friendly Letter | Ch 21, L2 Grammar Time, Use Ref 63 & 64 to write a friendly letter to assigned classmate, Put in envelope, but do not seal. Due tomorrow. Practice writing your home address correctly until you can do it perfectly from memory.
You'll need it for tomorrow! | Ch 22, L1 Writing a Business Letter | Ch 22 L2 Classify Sentences. Use Ref 65-67 to draft a business letter to a company of your choice. Please address an envelope, but do not seal. Due Monday | | Students will learn four types of business letters and write to a company of their choice. They will often receive back a reply, which is fun. Bring the properly formatted letter, along with an stamped, addressed envelope to school on Monday. |
| Writing | Review writing an Introduction, make KWO, & begin writing Intro RD to Myths in the Stars | Using Composition checklist p226 complete Intro RD and begin FD. Gather your Orion, Great Bear, & Milky Way papers, and bring them all to class tomorrow. | Review writing a conclusion, make KWO, and begin writing Myths in the Stars Conclusion RD. | Using Composition Checklist p226, complete Conclusion RD. Begin FD | | We will write the Milky Way FD in class on Monday. Students will need all three body paragraph final drafts, in addition to the Intro & Conclusion. |
| Reading | Introduce Journey to Jo-burg | Read Journey to Jo'Burg Chaps 3-6 & answer questions | Discuss Journey to Jo'Burg Ch 3-6, Read Ch 7-8 | Read Journey to Jo'Burg Chaps 9-11 & answer questions | | |
| History | The Space Race SOTW p457-462
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Assign President to research
| Read SOTW "Civil Rights" p477-484 & answer questions 1-4 on p73. | Martin Luther King Jr.and "I Have a Dream" discussion. | Read the POTUS handout sent home & do some brief research on your president. Make a poster following the instructions in the handout. Due Mon. | | |
| Geography | Former USSR | Color & label USSR countries on your map | Former USSR | | | |
| Science | Nest Types | Read TB p236-241 & gather materials for a nest. See Act. 12.2 (TB p242)
Color Chickadees, Titmouse & Wrens in your field guide p41 | Build a Nest Act. 12.4 | Read TB p242-247 & describe ground nests, cavity nests, platform nests, cup nests, and adherent nests in mini-book p262 | | |
| Memory Work | POETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/5
KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/5
GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 4/16
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/7 | |
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, March 26 - Spirit Day, DOGS, Pizza!
Wednesday, April 2 - 4th Grade Field Trip!
Wednesday, April 9 - Spirit Day (No Pizza)
Wednesday, April 9 - Lap-A-Thon (After School)
Monday, April 21 - Easter Holiday (No School)
Math
Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for recording.
Note: Your child may not need to do all the practice problems. Pick an assortment of problems from each section and check for mastery.
Objectives:
1. Divide a one-place decimal by a one-digit whole number.
2. Divide a two-place decimal by a one-digit whole number.
3. Divide decimals to hundredths in cases where the quotient has a different number of decimal places than the dividend.
4. Practice division with decimals.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Spell word endings of /awl/ spelled ought and words with a followed by l.
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Engage in meaningful discussion.
3. Learn about life in South Africa during Apartheid
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write an Introduction paragraph for Myths in the Stars paper.
2. Write a Conclusion paragraph for 5 paragraph paper.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know the five parts of a friendly letter: Heading, Greeting, Body, Closing, Signature
2. Write a friendly letter to a friend using the correct format
3. Address an envelope
4. Know common reasons to write a business letter.
5. Write a properly formatted business letter.
Note: Students will learn four types of business letters and write to a company of their choice. They will often receive back a reply, which can be fun. Bring the properly formatted letter, along with an stamped, addressed envelope to school on Monday.
History
Objectives:
1. Explore the role the Cold War had on the Space Race.
2. Know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a national leader of the Civil Rights Movement of 1950-1968
3. Become familiar with MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech
4. Write a personal "Dream" speech
5. Research an American President and create a poster displaying highlights to share with classmates.
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify types of nests and the birds that make them.
2. Build a nest.
3. Describe five different types of nests.
4. Identify common Central Texas Birds.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our fourth quarter poem is "The Dentist and the Crocodile". Additional copies here.
Geography: We are beginning our study of the former USSR 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: North & Central Asia and Western Asia
History: We are memorizing 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 4th 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
10, Man Walks on the Moon 1969
11. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989
12. The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 1991
