| 4th Grade Week 25 | Monday
3/2/2026 | Tuesday
3/3/2026 | Wednesday
3/4/2026 | Thursday
3/5/2026 | Friday
3/6/2026 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Love: "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God." 1John 4:7 | |
| Bible | John 1:1-18, 3:1-21 | John 10 | John 11:1-34 | John 13 | | |
| Math | MFP;
Ch. 13, L5:
TB pgs. 119-122;
WB pgs. 88-89 | MFP;
Ch. 13, L6:
TB pgs. 123-125;
WB pgs. 90-91 | MFP;
Ch. 13, L7:
TB pgs. 126-129;
WB pgs. 92-94 | MFP;
Ch. 13, L8:
TB pgs. 130-133;
WB pgs. 95-96 | MFP;
Ch. 13, L9:
TB pgs. 134-135 Practice B (to review add/sub hundredths in preparation for Monday's test. Review Practice A [pg. 117] as necessary.) | * The Practice A & B lessons provide additional practice and review of Ch 13. Your student may not need to complete all of the problems in the lesson if you see that the concept has been mastered. However, most students will benefit from doing the word problems in order to practice bar modeling skills. |
| Spelling | Step 22: Review New Teaching;
DS: 4-6;
Play Sparkle! | Step 22: Review Card box. DS 7-9 pg 119. Complete Writing Station words for reinforcement. | Step 22 Spelling Test | Step 23:
New Teaching pgs. 121-123; Dictate words pg. 123 | Step 23:
DS 1-3 pg. 124 | |
| Grammar | Vocab. Quiz
Ch. 19, L1
(pgs. 309-311): Grammar Time (PB pg. 18) | Ch. 19, L2
(pgs.312-315): Grammar Time (PB pg. 18), Skill Time-Ref. 57 Double Negatives, Practice Time (WB pgs. 84-85), Define vocab. words (pg. 311 & 315) and use orally in a sentence | Ch. 19, L3
(pgs. 316-319): Grammar Time (PB pg. 18), Skill Time-Ref. 58 Contractions
Poem 3 Recitations Due | Complete Contraction Packet sent home (Co-teacher please check).
Ch. 19, L4
(pg.321) Do Test Time, Skip Exercises 4-7. | | Co-teachers, please check and help students make corrections. |
| Writing | L23 pgs. 169-170:
Read Texts, Create KWOs | L23 pgs. 169-170:
Style & Vocab. Practice (pgs. 172-173); Ensure KWO is complete. Begin RD. | Poem 3 Recitations. If time: L23 pgs. 169-170:
Work on RD. If complete, Writer's Conference. | L23 pgs. 169-170:
Ensure RD is complete and proofread, Write FD.
Due Monday | | IEW Lesson 23 Source Texts (A&B):
Orion Constellation
Text A - Orion (pg. 169)
Text B - Great Hunter (pg. 170) |
| Reading | My Side of the Mountain, Ch 13; Complete What is Conflict? | My Side of the Mountain, Ch 14; Complete written responses. | My Side of the Mountain, Ch 15; Complete Problem-Solution Chart. | My Side of the Mountain, Ch 16 & 17; Complete written responses. | My Side of the Mountain, Ch 18; Complete written responses. | |
| History | History Paper FD Due | Read SOTW Ch. 31: "The Marshall Plan." Choose 3 questions to answer in your journal. | The Formation of Israel and the Cold War. Discussion. | Read SOTW Ch.30: "Muslims & Hindus in India." Orally narrate key points. | Study for Key Dates 1-10 Test next Wednesday! | |
| Geography | Former USSR - Due 4/15 | | |
| Science | Vocabulary Puzzle pg. 223; Flight & Bird Wingspan Activities 11.1 & 11.2 in NB pg. 230 | Read TB pgs. 214-220. Orally narrate key points. Color the Rose-breasted Grosbeak pg.44, and the Eastern and Spotted Towhees pg. 45 in your green folder. | Chicken Study | Read TB pg. 221-225. Complete Act. 11.4 (TB pg. 225); Record observations in NB on pg. 232. | Study Science Test Review Sheet (handed out last week) for Test on Wednesday | |
| Memory Work | GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR - Test on 4/15
KEY DATES: 1-10 Test on 3/11
POEM 3: Due for Recitation on 3/4 U.S. Presidents Due 5/11 | | |
WWII History projects were so well done, and it was a highlight of my year to hear the presentations!
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, March 11 - Spirit Day, No pizza
Monday, March 16- 20 - Spring Break! NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, March 25 - Spirit Day, DOGS, Pizza!
Discipleship:
Objective: Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.
Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading.
Our virtue this month is Love: accepting God's grace in our lives and sacrificially showing his forgiveness to others.
Math
Please continue to complete at least two Math Fact practice exercises 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. Add hundredths.
3. Subtract from 1 and 0.1
4. Subtract Hundredths
5. Relate money to decimals.
6. Practice adding and subtracting decimals.
* Note: These two practice lessons provide additional practice and review of Ch 13. Your student may not need to complete all of the problems in the lesson if you see that the concept has been mastered. However, most students will benefit from doing the word problems in order to practice bar modeling skills.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Know the doubling rule for adding vowel suffixes
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Identify elements of goodness, truth, and beauty in literature.
3. Use context cues to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words.
4. Identify outdoor survival skills.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Change verbs to different tenses in a paragraph.
2. Identify and classify mixed sentence patterns.
3. Recognize and avoid using double negatives.
4. Make contractions.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a "fused" outline from 2 sources.
2. Write a paragraph with topic-clincher sentences repeated.
3. Use stylistic techniques of incorporating 6 dress-ups in the paragraph.
4. Recite Poem 3
History
Objectives:
1. Know that under the Marshall Plan, the Allies gave money to rebuild Europe after WWII, and Germany was split in two.
2. Know that Israel was proclaimed a state in 1948.
3. Know that the Cold War was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union and fought without weapons.
Science
Objectives:
1. Know that bird bones are light and hollow with brackets designed to make them very strong.
2. Know the location of flight muscles.
3. Identify different types of flight.
4. Look at the migration habits of various species of birds.
5. Observe images of a chicken to learn parts.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone". These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here is one. In Christ Alone. 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 3rd 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. The Vietnam War 1955-1975
