Fractions are made fun with manipulatives!
Coming Soon!
Monday, Oct 20 - Photo Re-take Day
Friday, Oct. 24- Fortis Fall Festival at Glad Tidings Church
Wednesday, Oct. 29 - Historical Dress Up Day & pizza day, DOGS day!
Note: 4th grade is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. For Historical Dress-Up day, students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history.
Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts until mastered. Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up using the math facts sheet.
Objectives:
1. Express improper fractions as mixed numbers.
2. Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions.
3. Understand fractions as division.
4. Practice
Spelling
Objective: Spell words with or in an unaccented syllable
Reading
We are continuing Mary Poppins this week.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary.
3. Engage in meaningful discussion.
4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a because clause and add it to a complete sentence.
2. Practice writing topic sentences.
3. Memorize and correctly use the topic sentence/clincher rule.
4. Create a KWO of several facts about swans.
5. Write a paragraph summarizing a reference about swans.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Review the eight parts of speech
2. Know that homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
3. Use the correct homonym to complete a sentence correctly
History
Objectives:
1. Know that Pedro II made the slave trade illegal, freed slaves, and finally made slavery illegal in Brazil.
2. Learn about creatures living in the Pantanal area of Brazil.
3. Know that Alexander II and Alexander III were unpopular Russian Czars with unlimited power.
4. Know that the Sino Japanese War (Chinese-Japanese) was fought in Korea resulting in Queen Min of Korea being killed and Korea taken over by Japan.
Science
Objective: Identify characteristics of beetles, ladybugs and fireflies.
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
Geography: We are starting our study of Western 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.
Sheppards software has helpful computer games for additional practice. https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/geography/europe/game-1/
Key Dates for the 2nd 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
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 & the Communist Victory in China 1949
