| 4th Grade Week 5 | 9/7/2020 | 9/8/2020 | 9/9/2020 | 9/10/2020 | 9/11/2020 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Honesty | |
| Bible | Labor Day - No School | | Gen 44 | Read & Discuss Gen 44-45 | Gen 46:1-7, Gen 47:6-11 | |
| Math | Work on mastering all multiplication facts 1-10 | Ch 3 L5 TB p72-75, WB p60-62 | Ch 4 L1 Multiplication TB p80-83, WB p67-68 | Ch 3 L6 Practice TB p76-78 | |
| Spelling | DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 4 Practice" | Review previous spelling words and phonograms: sh, th, oo, ee, oy, oi, ch, ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, ui | Step 4 Review & Phonogram Review, Play Sparkle! | Continue to review words and rules through step 3, checking for mastery. Review 26 Single Phonograms in preparation for assessment Monday. | This can be done anytime before Thurs: Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker Assessment 1 (In binder, see note below) Grade in red pen, have student make corrections, then return to class to record grade. |
| Grammar | | Ch 3 Test: Do Ex 1,2, 4, & 6 only. Co-teachers, please correct in red pen, have students make corrections, and return to school Thurs | Ch 4, L1 & 2 Finding Adjectives, Classify Sentences and Write Practice Sentences | Ch 4, L3 Classify sentences & Write an Expanded Practice Sentence (TM p64 Steps 1-8) | |
| Writing | | Read & Discuss L5 The Mule & His Buyer, write KWO, Review vocab words (inspire, trumpet, gnaw, beasts,tossed, slender, quietly, immediately) for Thurs quiz | Vocab quiz & Introduce Who/Which Dress-up, begin writing RD in class | Complete writing RD of "The Mule & His Buyer" . Read your paragraph carefully and edit using composition checklist p36 | |
| Reading | | Put The Perilous Road and your final The Good Master activitiy in your backpack for tomorrow | Introduce The Perilous Road, Read Ch 1 | Review vocab words & Read The Perilous Road Ch 2 & 3 | |
| Latin | | | | Lesson 3 | |
| History | | Complete your report on a Civil War figure and practice presenting it. You will be sharing your findings with the class tomorrow. | Share Civil War heroes & work on lapbook | Read "After the Civil War" p53-56 and complete Civil War Lapbook | |
| Geography | | Southern Europe Due 10/14 | |
| Science | | Do vocab crossword in journal p120-121 & Review memory work for test tomorrow | Insect Anatomy & Classification of Life Test | Continue to collect, pin and identify insects for your collection. See resources below | |
| Memory Work | | | | |
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Tuesday, September 8 - Labor Day Holiday NO SCHOOL
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 Character Virtue of the month is Honesty. Kids of Integrity has Bible lessons, games, prayers, and activities geared to help develop this virtue in your child.
Math
Begin math with a 5 minute warm-up of Multiplication facts (Facts Practice H)
Objectives:
1. Identify common factors of two whole numbers.
2. Practice finding multiplies and factors.
3. Multiply up to a 4-digit number by a one-digit number using mental math.
Spelling
Please administer the Classical Phonics Assessment (in binder) this week and return to school the following Thursday. You only need to do Assessment 1 (Single Letter Phonograms) at this point. Here are instructions for administering the assessment.
Phonogram Drill Form (written portion) - Parents, read the sound or sounds on the card. Or if you prefer, you can play the sound on the AAS app. Your student should then write the corresponding phonogram in the box. Mark any your child missed.
Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker (oral portion) - Show the card to the student. He or she should be able to correctly identify all the sounds associated with that card. Please note any phonograms your child missed on the form.
Reading
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO from a source text.
2. Write a rough draft of fable using KWO and composition checklist.
3. Incorporate "ly" words and who/which clause into composition.
4. Assess vocabulary words.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify predicate words located in the complete subject.
2. Practice writing sentences containing a subject noun, verb, adjectives and adverbs.
3. Assess previously learned skills.
Latin
Objective: Learn Latin 1st Conjugation Verbs
History
Objectives:
1. Present findings about a Civil War hero to classmates.
2. Learn about life in America during the Civil War.
Science
Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0BaGLMiBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LfDYYn5_bE&t=322sHere is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects which 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
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here.
Geography: We will continue to study Southern Europe 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. Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
