4th Grade Week 33 | 5/5/2025 | 5/6/2025 | 5/7/2025 | 5/8/2025 | 5/9/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
Discipleship | "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things." -Gal. 5:22-23 | |
Bible | 1 John 1, 2John 6, 3 John 2-4 | II Peter 1:3-8 & Jude 17-21 | Revelation 1:9-18, Rev 4:1-11, Rev 5 | Read Revelation 7:9-17 | | |
Math | Review | Complete Review sent home | Final Math Test | Make Test Corrections | | |
Spelling | Practice Gladys Aylward play | Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew & Review for Monday's Spelling Bee (words will be chosen at random from our Level 5 book). | Practice Gladys Aylward play | Phonogram Assessment #5 Due Mon. & Review all spelling words for Monday's spelling bee. | | Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 5, grade in red pen and return to school Mon. Instructions below |
Grammar | Review | Review 8 parts of speech and their jobs, 5 parts of a complete sentence, 5 parts of a letter | Review | Review tense, quotation rules and write a P1, P2, & P3 sentence in preparation for final grammar test on Mon. | | |
Writing | Poem 4 Recitations | Complete special interests paragraph of your autobiography and put the book together following the directions in Ref 78A & B. Include all pages & the 4 paragraphs. Due Wed | Practice Gladys Aylward play | | | |
Reading | Discuss Ch 14-15 & Read Ch 15-16 | Read Misty Ch 17-18 & orally narrate | Discuss Themes & complete Plot Mountain | Complete character chart listing several important facts about each character. Bring all Misty handouts on Mon. for grading. | | |
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History | Review Key Dates | Practice writing out Key Dates 1-12 and Review US Presidents | Key Dates Test & Begin Presidents Assessments | Review US Presidents | | |
Geography | | | | | | |
Science | Bird Reports & Shorebirds | Read Hummingbirds TB p265-269. Review Texas Birds & Color the Pileated Woodpecker p21, Red-Headed Woodpecker p36, & Red-Bellied Woodpecker p36 | Bird Reports & Complete Act. 13.11 & WDYR NB p276-277 | Review Texas Birds & Color the Eastern Bluebird & Indigo Bunting p44 in your field guide. Finish WDYR if not completed in class | Bring your NB & green journal Monday for final grading. | |
Memory Work | POETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/5 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/7 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/12 | |
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, May 7 - Pizza Day, DOGS, Spirit Day
Saturday, May 10 - Nerf Tournament
Monday, May 12 - Gladys Aylward play 9:00am
Wednesday, May 14 - Last day of school
Math
Objectives:
1. Review previously learned concepts.
2. Assessment
Grammar
Objective: Review parts of speech, capitalization and punctuation rules, tense, quotation rules, P1, P2, & P3 sentences.
Writing
Objective:
1. Assess Poem 4
2. Write a short autobiography
3. Create "A Book About Me!"
Spelling
Objective: Phonogram assessment #5
Here are instructions for administering the assessment.
Phonogram Drill Form (written portion) - Parents, read the sound or sounds on the card. Or if you prefer, you can play the sound on the AAS app. Your student should then write the corresponding phonogram in the box. Mark any your child missed.
Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker (oral portion) - Show the card to the student. He or she should be able to correctly identify all the sounds associated with that card. Please note any phonograms your child missed on the form.
Reading
Objective:
1. Identify themes in Misty of Chincoteague.
2. Identify the stages of the plot in Misty.
3. Identify virtues and character qualities.
History
Objectives:
1. Know and name 12 Key Events and Dates in Modern World History.
2. Know and name the first and last names of the US Presidents in order of service.
Science
Objectives:
1. Practice identifying Central Texas Birds.
2. Share bird reports with classmates.
3. Review the candling and hatching process of chicks.
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.
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