| 4th Grade Week 28 | 3/31/2025 | 4/1/2025 | 4/2/2025 | 4/3/2025 | 4/4/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | CHARITY: "If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor. 13:2 | |
| Bible | Acts 14, Acts 16:16-40 | Acts 17 | Acts 19 | Acts 26 | | |
| Math | Ch 14 Test & Ch 15, L2 TB p177-181, WB p135-138 | Make Test Corrections. Math Facts & Ch 15, L1 TB p171-176, WB p131-132 | Field Trip! | Math Facts & Ch 15, L3 TB p182-185, WB p139-143 | Ch 15, L4 TB p186-189, WB p144-146 | |
| Spelling | Step 25: Review NT, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle! | Review Step 25 words, phonograms & Card Box. Dictate sentences 7-9. | Step 26 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words, | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 26 Practice." | |
| Grammar | Ch 23, L3: Parts of a book, Do Practice 5 |
| Ch 23, L1 Grammar Time, Read Ref. 68: Practice Time: Write a thank you note to the person of your choice. &
Ch 23, L2 Grammar Time, Review Ref. 69 and create a practice invitation. Be sure to include what, who, where, when, and a whipped cream statement.
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| Writing | Write Milky Way FD | Complete Milky Way FD if not finished in class. Put all FD's together in this order: Intro, Orion, Great Bear, Milky Way, Conclusion. Due Wed. or Mon. |
| Myths in the Stars 5 paragraph paper may be turned in Wed. or Mon. 4/7.
Thank you note and Practice Invitation due Mon. 4/7 |
| Reading | Discussion & Read Ch 12 -13 | Journey to Jo'Burg Ch 14-15 & answer questions in journal. | Moonwalk Read Ch 1 & 2 | | |
| History | Present President Posters | Read SOTW "The Death of JFK" p471-477 and answer questions | Read SOTW "The Vietnam War" p487-493 & read Vietnam Era Memories assignment in your journal. | This weekend or next week, interview a relative, friend, or teacher who lived during the Vietnam War era. Due 4/14 | |
| Geography | Former USSR | Former USSR | | |
| Science | Experiment with eggs Activities 13.5, 13.6, 13.8, & 13.11 | Read TB p258-262 Add interesting facts to NB p267 | Read TB p272-277 & Complete Vocabulary Activity in NB p278 | | |
| 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, 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.
Objectives:
1. Assess multiplying and dividing decimals
2. Investigate angles and turns.
3. Measure angles between 0 and 180 degrees with a protractor
4. Express angles in terms of degrees and Identify acute, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles.
5. Add and subtract angles.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Spell words containing the sound of /e/ spelled ea.
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
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Students will be able to identify the parts of a book: title page, copyright page, preface, body, table of contents, appendix, glossary, bibliography, and index.
2. Students will learn how to write a thank you note.
3. Students will learn how to write an invitation: who, what, when, where, "whipped cream".
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write Milky Way final draft including 6 dress-ups and 3 openers.
2. Complete 5-paragraph essay including Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and Conclusion.
NOTE: Students do not need to rewrite the three body paragraphs that have already been graded, but they do need to be included with with the Intro & Conclusion in the correct order.
History
Objectives:
1. Share information about an American president.
2. Know that American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, TX.
5. Know that American soldiers fought against communist North Vietnam for 8 years in a controversial war.
Science
Objectives:
1. Experiment with eggshell strength
2. Identify the parts of an egg.
3. Observe a growing chick embryo through candling.
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
