4th Grade
Week 30 | Tuesday
4/14/2026 | Wednesday
4/15/2026 | Thursday
4/16/2026 | Friday
4/17/2026 | Monday
4/20/2026 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | JUSTICE: "Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of Justice; blessed are all; those who wait on him. " Isaiah 30:18 | |
| Bible | I Corinthians 13 | II Corinthians 5 | FIELD TRIP TO THE SCIENCE MILL! | Galatians 5 | Ephesians 6 | |
| Math | Ch. 15 Test
Ch. 16, L2:
TB pgs. 202-205;
WB pgs. 160-161 | MFP;
Ch. 16, L3:
TB pgs. 206-209;
WB pgs. 162-164
CCC | MFP;
Ch. 16, L4:
TB pgs. 210-214;
Memorize the quadrilaterals on pg. 211;
WB pgs. 166-168 | MFP;
Ch. 16, L5:
TB pgs. 215-218;
WB pgs. 170-172 | |
| Spelling | Step 27:
Review teaching & strategies;
DS 4-6;
Play Sparkle! | Rewrite misspelled words 5x;
Step 27: Review Words; Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch;
DS 7-9 pg. 139 | Step 28:
New Teaching/Word Sort pgs. 141-142; Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch;
DS 1-3 pg. 143 | | Note: Due to the Field Trip Thursday, our Step 27 test will be next Tuesday. |
| Grammar | Ch 25, L1
(pgs. 392-394): Skill Time-Refs. 76 & 77 Outlines | Ch 25, L2
(pg. 395):
Practice Time | Ch. 25, L3
(pg. 396): Practice Time - Turn in your outline for this Practice on Tuesday. | | |
| Writing | L26 pg. 198:
New Structure pgs. 196-197, Create 1st paragraph KWO (pg. 198) | L26 pg. 198:
Style & Vocab. Practice (pgs. 199-201),Create 2nd paragraph KWO | L26 pg. 198:
Begin 1st paragraph RD. If complete, Writer's Conference | L26 pg. 198:
Ensure 1st paragraph RD is complete and proofread. Write 2nd paragraph RD and proofread. | IEW Lesson 26:
A Fantastic Place I Know
Pgs. 195-201 |
| Reading | Read Chp. 7 - Misty of Chincoteague
Discussion and find examples of conflict, add to your RJ pg. 51. | Read Chp. 8 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions. | Read Chp. 9 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions. | | |
| History | | Read SOTW Ch. 38: "Soviet Invasions." Answer journal questions. | Read SOTW Ch. 40: "Chernobyl and Nuclear Power." Orally narrate key points. | | |
| Geography | Former USSR Review | Former USSR Review | Former USSR Review | Geog. Test Next Tuesday! Study up! | |
| Science | Discuss Precocial Birds & Raptors;
Observe chicks | Work on Bird Project.
Watch Red-tailed Hawk Highlights from Bird Cam | Work on your Bird Project; Color the birds of prey (Harris's Hawk & Pergrine Falcon pg. 29) in your green journal. | Color 1 South Texas Plain bird of your choice (pg. 20) and 1 Coastal Plain bird of your choice (pg. 22) in your green folder. | Click on the link in the notes section to view the Bird Cams. |
| Memory Work | GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR - Test on 4/21
KEY DATES: 1-13 Test on 5/7
POEM 4: Due for Recitation on 5/12 | |
Coming Soon:
Thursday, April 16 - Science Mill Field Trip🚌
Tuesday, April 21 - Mom's in Prayer & Spirit Night at Dairy Queen!
Thursday, April 23 - 🐶DOGS Day - Spirit Day with Pizza! 🍕
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Virtue of the Month:
Justice - consists in acting fairly in order to establish peace and treat others with dignity.
Isaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
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Last week in 4th grade:
Sharing our Vietnam interviews!
Dinah showing the class a slide show with slides taken in 1970 from Vietnam (her Grandpa's).
Lined up and ready to head out!
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Math
Objectives:
1. Recognize perpendicular lines in figures and verify that they intersect at right angles.
2. Recognize parallel lines in figures and verify that they are parallel by determining if they are both perpendicular to a third line
3. Draw perpendicular and parallel lines
4. Classify quadrilaterals based on the number of parallel sides
5. Identify lines of symmetry in figures
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Writing
Objective:
1. Write a two-paragraph composition from a prompt about a fantastic place.
2. Use all skills learned this year to write from a KWO and create cohesive writing.
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Grammar
Objectives Make a simple outline.
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Reading
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Identify character qualities.
4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.
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History
Objectives:
1. Define communism.
2. Know that President Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev played key roles in ending the Cold War.
3. Identify the benefits and problems associated with nuclear power plants.
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Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of Precocial Birds
2. Compare and contrast Altricial and Precocial Birds
3. Research bird of choice.
4. Know that Raptors are birds of prey that use their strong feet, talons and hooked beaks to catch and kill their prey.
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.
Geography: We are continuing 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
