| 4th Grade Week 22 | 2/8/2021 | 2/9/2021 | 2/10/2021 | 2/11/2021 | 2/12/2021 |
| Discipleship | Love |
| Bible | | Matt 13 | Read Matthew 14:13-36 | Matt 18 | Matthew 24 |
| Math | | Ch 12, L1 TB p59-65,WB p49-51 | Ch 12, L2 TB p66-71, WB p52-55 | Ch 12, L3 TB p72-76, WB p56-58 | Ch 12, L4 TB p77-82, WB p59-62 |
| Spelling | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 19 Practice." | Step 19: Review New Teaching, DS 4-6 | Rewrite missed Step 18 words 5x. & Step 19: Review Card box, Dictate sentences 7-9. | Step 19 Test | Step 20 New Teaching. Complete Make it Plural book p11, Dictate 10 words |
| Grammar | | Ch 15 L1 Making Nouns Possessive | Ch 15, L2 Classify sentences & do Practice Time | Ch 15, L3 & Parts of Speech poem 2 | Daily Grammar |
| Writing | | Writer's Conference. 1st & 2nd paragraphs due. Begin writing 3rd paragraph RD | Using composition checklist p140 complete writing 3rd paragraph RD of Peter Pan. If you finished the 3rd paragraph in class yesterday, begin writing FD. Co-teachers, please edit for grammar and spelling errors. | Writer's Conference & begin writing FD of Peter Pan | Continue writing FD of Peter Pan. Underline and label in the margin of each paragraph your six dress-ups, #2 opener, and vocab word. Due Thurs. 2/18 Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD |
| Reading | Co-teachers, your student should be reading quality literature at least 40 min/day. You may need to supplement the assigned reading with a classical book of choice at his/her reading level. | Number the Stars Discussion | Read Ch 6 and answer questions 6-9 p21-22 in your journal | Discussion & Read Ch 7 | Read Ch 8-9 and answer questions 1-4 p27 |
| Latin | | L8 | | L8 | |
| History | | WW II: Take notes in class | Work on your WWII history project. You should have enough notes by now to make a KWO on your topic. Bring your notes for a check tomorrow. See note below. | WW II: Take notes in class | Continue researching and taking notes for your 2nd paragraph. Work on the visual portion of your project. |
| Geography | | Eastern Europe |
| Science | Watch for birds at your feeder or live cam and try to identify as many as you can! Keep a record in your journal p28 | Feathers cont. | Read from "Preening" p49-53 | Make Peacock Pocket | Color the Blue Jay in your packet p39 |
| Memory Work | | POETRY: Poem 3 on 3/4
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/25
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/2
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/6 |
Coming Soon:
Thursday, February 11 - Valentine Exchange & Spirit Day!
Tuesday, February 16 - Teacher Training/Student Holiday, no school!
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.
Math
Objectives:
1. Understand the meaning of decimals to tenths and hundredths.
2. Express fractions in tenths and hundredths as decimals.
3. Express one-place and two place decimals as fractions.
4. Express mixed numbers in tenths and hundredths as decimals.
5. Represent decimals on a number line.
6. Express decimal numbers in expanded form.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Learn to spell /ij/ at the end of a word.
2. Form irregular plurals
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Identify personification in literature
3. Engage in meaningful discussion.
4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.
Grammar
Objective:
1. Make singular and plural nouns possessive
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a polished story using the Unit 5 structural model of writing from a series of pictures.
2. Include a Central Fact, details, clincher sentence, #2 opener, six dress-ups in each paragraph.
3. Correctly incorporate new vocab words (athlete, goal) in writing.
History
Objectives:
1. Know that the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 brought the US into WW II.
2. Know that D-Day was a turning point in the war in Europe.
3. Identify ways WW II impacted Americans' daily lives
4. Identify the Marine Memorial as a tribute to the armed forces fighting in the Pacific
5. Continue researching areas of interest from WW II
This week you will continue reading and taking notes about your chosen WW II topic(s) and create a KWO from which to write
your first paragraph. You will need to have several facts from at least three books and/or websites. Write down the title of the
book, the author, date of publication and page numbers frombooks that you use for information. Write down the name of the websites, the title of the article and the author and date if it is
listed on the website. We will be making Bibliography with this information next week.
Depending on how you choose to present your project, the written portion will look different. If you are making a lapbook or
board presentation, you will have several facts and short paragraph descriptions of different aspects of the war. If you are creating a
diorama, you will write two paragraphs about your topic(s) which include a topic sentence, several interesting facts about your topic,
and a clincher sentence.
Science
Objectives:
1. Examine the arrangement of feathers on a chicken
2. Know the functions of three types of feathers
3. Identify different types of flying
4. Identify Texas birds
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 in one. In Christ Alone. Additional copies here.
Geography: We are beginning our study 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.
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 to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21
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
