| 4th Grade Week 11 | Mon, Oct 19 | Tue, Oct 20 | Wed, Oct 21 | Thu, Oct 22 | Fri, Oct 23 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Prudence- "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age." Titus 2:11 | |
| Bible | Deuteronomy 34;
Joshua 1:1-9 & Joshua 2 | Joshua 6 | Joshua 11:15-16, & 23; Judges 2 | Judges 6 & 7 | | |
| Math |
MFP;
Ch. 6, L5:
TB pgs. 150-151;
WB pgs. 139-141 | MFP;
Ch. 6, L6:
TB pgs. 152-153,
WB pgs. 142-144 | MFP;
Ch. 6, L7:
TB pgs. 154-158,
WB pgs. 145-147 | MFP;
Ch. 6, L8:
Practice B
TB pgs. 159-160 | If necessary reinforce weak concepts by completing Practice B in WB on pgs. 148-150. Study for Monday's Test! | |
| Spelling | Step 9: Review New Teaching, Review phonograms, DS 4-6,
Play Sparkle! | Rewrite Step 8 misspelled words 5x; Review card box and phonograms as needed; DS 7-9 pg. 62. Make sure you can state the spelling pattern for the week. | Step 9 Spelling Test | Step 10: "ER" Word Sort Exercise/ Dictate words pg. 63 | Step 10:
DS 1-3 pg. 64 | Study for Spelling pattern(s). Stating the pattern(s) will be on each week's Spelling Test. |
| Grammar | Ch. 9: L1
(pgs. 146-149): Conjunctions & Interjections, Jingle 15, Grammar Time (PB pg. 8), Make Practice sentence, Define vocab words (pg. 149) | Ch. 9: L2
(pgs. 150-153): Jingles 14&15, Grammar Time (PB pg. 8), Define vocab words (pg. 153) and orally use them in a sentence.
Orally list the 8 parts of speech. | Ch. 9 L3
(pgs. 154-156): Jingles 14&15; Grammar Time (PB pg. 8), Skill Time-Ref. 28 Homonyms | Ch. 9 L4
(pg. 158): Do Test Time (WB pg. 105) Skip Ex. 7; Review Ref 28: Homonym Chart. | Complete worksheet sent home. Turn in WS on Monday. | |
| Writing |
L11 pg 82:
Begin RD. Writer's Conference | L11 pg. 82
Finish RD; Begin FD | Review Dress-ups, Banned Words & Vocab. for skipped Lessons:
L9 because clause (pg. 70) vocab. (pg. 71);
L10 strong verb (pg. 76) vocab. practice (pg. 77) | L11 pg. 82:
Finish FD.
Due next Monday. | Remeber to place all finished work in your notebook. :) | |
| Reading | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 5 in class; Orally discuss RJ questions; American vs. British Words Activity | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 6; Answer any 5 questions in RJ (pgs. 27-28). | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 7 in class; Orally discuss | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 8. | Answer any 5 questions in RJ for Chs. 7 & 8 (pgs. 30-31). | |
| History | | Read SOTW Ch. 14: "The Next-to-Last Czar of Russia." Choose any 3 questions to answer in your journal. | Brazil's Republic and Russian Czars; Discussion and Activities
| Read SOTW Ch. 15: "The Korean Battlefield." Orally narrate key points. | | |
| Geography | Western Europe - Due 11/18 | | |
| Science | Order Coleoptera: Beetles, Ladybugs & Fireflies | Read TB pg. 112 to top of pg. 115. Orally narrate key points. Work on your Insect Collection Project. | | Read TB pgs. 115 -119; Complete any 3 WDYR questions in NB on pg. 127.Work on your Insect Project. |
Cut out beetle minibook NB pg. 129 and write interesting facts on back. Glue head to pg. 135. | |
| Memory Work | GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe - Test on 11/18
KEY DATES: 1-8 Test on 12/9
POEM 2, "The Road Less Traveled:" Due for Recitation on 12/2 | |
History was made fun by creating Australian, Aboriginal hand art! The students planned such creative tracings of their hand!
To help raise money at the Fall Festival, a raffle ticket sale system was sent home Wednesday. It has just been announced that the Grammar class that sells the most will get an ice cream party!
Coming Soon!
Monday, Oct 19 - Photo Re-take Day; M/W 4th Grade Moms' Lunch in classroom while students eat outside, 11:50 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 23- Fortis Fall Festival at Glad Tidings Church
Wednesday, Oct. 28 - 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.
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.
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
6. The Cold War 1945-1991
7. The Formation of Israel 1948
8. Mao & the Communist Victory in China 1949
