4th
Week 30 | 4/14/2025 | 4/15/2025 | 4/16/2025 | 4/17/2025 | 4/18/2025 | 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 | I Cor 13 | II Cor 5 | Gal 5 | Eph 6 | Good Friday - No School | |
| Math | Ch 16, L3
TB p206-209, WB p162-164 | Ch 16, L4
TB p210-214, Memorize the quadrilaterals on p211,
WB p166-168 | Ch 16 , L5
TB p215-218, WB p170-172 | Review 4
TB p241-243: 1-5 CCC | |
| Spelling | Step 27 Review teaching & strategies, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle | Review Step 27, DS 7-9 Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch | Step 27 Spelling Test | Step 28 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words. Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch | |
| Grammar | Ch 25, L1 Outlining | Ch 25, L2, Practice & Ch 25, L3 Practice CCC | CLT Practice | | |
| Writing | Writer's Conferences & Begin 2nd paragraph RD of writing from a prompt | Complete 2nd paragraph RD. Check mechanics and label all dress-ups. | Writer's Conferences | Begin FD of writing from a prompt.
Due Wed. 4/23 | |
| Reading | Introduce Misty of Chincoteague Read Ch 1 & 2 | Read Misty
Ch 3 and answer questions in your reading journal p6-7 | Discussion & Read Ch 4 | Read Ch 5-6 and answer questions in your journal p10-11 | |
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| History | Share Vietnam Interviews | Read "Soviet Invasions" p501-506 and answer questions. | The End of the Cold War | Read "Chernobyl and Nuclear Power" p445-449 and complete questions | |
| Geography | Review Former USSR | Review Former USSR | Former USSR Test | | |
| Science | Precocial Birds & Observe chicks | Work on your bird report & color the eagle & hawk in your field guide | Raptors | Watch Red-Tailed Hawk Bird Cam Highlights | Red-Tailed Hawk Bird Cam Highlights |
| Memory Work | POETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/5
KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/7
GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 4/16
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/12 |
Coming Soon:
Monday, April 21 - Easter Holiday (No School)
Math
Objectives:
1. Recognize perpendicular lines in figures and verify that they intersect at right angles.
2. Recognize parallel lines in figures and verify that they are parallel by determining if they are both perpendicular to a third line
3. Draw perpendicular and parallel lines
4. Classify quadrilaterals based on the number of parallel sides
5. Identify lines of symmetry in figures
Writing
Objective: Write a two-paragraph composition from a prompt.
The IEW 2025 writing contest is open to all students. All students are encouraged to enter. Check the website for details on how to enter. This year's prompt for ages 8-10 is:
We usually try to avoid doing things we don’t want to do, but sometimes when we go ahead and do them, we experience benefits. Write a 2-paragraph composition answering this prompt: “What is the hardest thing you have ever done? How did you feel when you finished, or what lesson did you learn?”
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Assess previously learned skills
2. Make a simple outline
Reading
We are starting Misty of Chincoteague this week.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Identify character qualities.
4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.
History
Objectives:
1. Share Vietnam Era interviews with classmates.
2. Know that President Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev played key roles in ending the Cold War.
3. Identify the benefits and problems associated with nuclear power plants.
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of Precocial Birds
2. Compare and contrast Altricial and Precocial Birds
3. Research bird of choice.
4. Know that Raptors are birds of prey that use their strong feet, talons and hooked beaks to catch and kill their prey.
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 continuing 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
