| 4th Grade Week 18 | 1/13/2025 | 1/14/2025 | 1/15/2025 | 1/16/2025 | 1/17/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Justice- "Therefore the LORD is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy." -Isaiah 30:18 | |
| Bible | Ezekiel 33:1-11, 36:24-28 | Joel 2 | Daniel 1 & 3 | Daniel 4 | | |
| Math | FP, Ch 10, L1 TB p1-6,
WB p1-3 | FP-Hi or I,
Ch 10, L2
TB p7-11,
WB p4-6 | FP, Ch 10, L3 TB p12-15,
WB p8-10 | FP, Ch 10, L4 TB p16-19,
WB p11-13 | Ch 10, L5
TB p20-22,
WB p14-16 | |
| Spelling | Play Sparkle! | Put the AAS "Make it Plural Book" in your backpack for tomorrow. If you don't have a copy, email me & I'll make one for you. | Step 16: New teaching, Introduce "Make It Plural Book" and complete Plural Patterns 1-4. | Review Step 16 New Teaching, Card Box, & Phonograms, DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 16 Practice" | | |
| Grammar | Ch 14, L1 Grammar Time, Personal pronouns & antecedents, Ref 47, Practice Time | Ch 14, L2 Grammar Time & Practice Time 1-3 as a review of Pronoun Antecedent Agreement and sentence types. | Review & Write Limericks | Ch 14, L3 Grammar Time & Practice Time 1 & 2 | | |
| Writing | Begin L21: Introduce Summarizing Multiple References & Prepositional Openers, Create a fused KWO | Complete Style Practice & write a 1-paragraph RD on Mt. Olympus using your fused KWO. Use composition checklist p156 to ensure you have include all requirements. | Share Ugly Duckling Stories
& Begin FD | Write FD of Mt. Olympus. Check and edit your paragraph. Highlight key words in topic sentence & clincher sentence. Due Mon. | | Parents: check that topic sentences and clinchers have key repeating/reflecting words highlighted and that all elements of structure and style are included and labeled. |
| Reading | Introduce Number the Stars,
Vocab study, Read Ch 1 | Read Ch 2 and answer questions 3-5 on p14 of your study guide | Discussion | Read Ch 3 and answer questions 6-10 on p15 | | |
| History | The Peace of Versailles | Read Indian Nationalism p284-290 and orally narrate | Gandhi and the Salt March | Read "The Rise of Joseph Stalin" p299-305 and answer questions in your journal. | | |
| Geography | Eastern Europe | | |
| Science | Introduction to Bird Study
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Activities 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 | Read TB p25-29 and complete WDYR NB p37 | Introduce Learn About Texas Birds field guide
& color vireos p23 & 43. Make a bird feeder | Read TB p30-36 and complete WDYR NB p38 | | |
| Memory Work | POETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/5
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Due 2/19
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/12
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/7 | |
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Jan. 15 - Spirit Day! (no pizza)
Wednesday, Jan. 29 - Spirit Day, DOGS Day, 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 Justice. Justice is the cardinal virtue that consists of the constant and firm will to give what is due to God and neighbor.
Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness meets the needs of others and avoids harshness.
Math
Note: Start each day with a facts practice warm-up sheet. Do whichever page your child is currently working on. Set the timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, then complete the rest of the page. Correct and return to school for a completion grade. (Two sheets due per week.)
Objectives:
1. Add, subtract, & multiply metric units of measurement
2. Express inches, feet, yards, and miles in compound units and single units
3. Express ounces & pounds in compound units and single units
4. Express gallons, quarts, pints, cups, & ounces in compound units and single units.
5. Express measurements of time in compound units & single units.
6. Multiply time expressed in compound units.
Spelling
Objective: Review four patterns for making words plural.
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Engage in meaningful Socratic dialogue
2. Summarize a passage
3. Identify virtues in characters in Number the Stars.
4. Identify personification in a passage
5. Make predictions concerning the plot
Grammar
Objective:
1. Know that Personal Pronouns and Antecedents must agree in number and gender.
2. Write a limerick.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Introduce Unit 6: Summarizing multiple references
2. Create outlines from two source texts
3. Create a fused outline
4. Write a #2 opener sentence that begins with a prepositional phrase.
5.Write a 1-paragraph RD from a fused outline
History
Objectives:
1. Know that world leaders met in Versailles and formed the League of Nations in an attempt to ensure peace after WWI.
2. Know that Mohandas Gandhi promoted nonviolent resistance to British rule in India
3. Know that under Joseph Stalin, Russia became the USSR and millions of Russians died.
Science
1. Experiment with air
2. Experiment with air pressure
3. Know that the shape of bird wings gives them the ability to lift off the ground.
4. Correctly color birds in order to make a field guide.
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 continuing our study of Eastern 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.
Sheppard's software practice game: Eastern Europe
History: We are beginning our memorization of 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
