| 4th Grade Week 10 | 10/11/2021 | 10/12/2021 | 10/13/2021 | 10/14/2021 | 10/15/2021 |
| Discipleship | | No School - Teacher Training | THOROUGHNESS: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26 NKJ) |
| Bible | | Deuteronomy 6 | Deuteronomy 7-8 select verses | Deut 28:1-14, Deut 30:15-20 |
| Math | Complete Review 1 if not finished last Friday | Ch 6, L1 TB p135-140, WB p127-129 | Ch 6, L2, TB p141-144, WB p130-132 | Ch 6, L3 TB p145-147, WB p133-135 |
| Spelling | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 8 Practice". | Step 8: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 Play Sparkle! | Step 8 Spelling Test | Step 9: New teaching, Dictate 10 words |
| Grammar | | | Ch8, L1: Helping Verbs, Adverb "not' & Make Practice sentence | Ch 8, L2: Jingle 14, Classify sentences & Complete Daily Grammar |
| Writing | | Complete Daedalus FD using your best handwriting, Due Wed. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD | Read Damon & Pythias, Write KWO, Introduce because clause | Review KWO, retell to a family member. Using composition checklist p78, write 1st paragraph only |
| Reading | | Read Misty of Chincoteague Ch 7-8 and answer questions in your journal p14-15 | Discuss Ch 5-8 & Literary Conflict | Read Ch 9-10 and orally narrate. Did you find any examples of literary conflict? |
| Latin | | | L5 | |
| History | | Read Ireland's Troubles p123-126 and answer questions below in your journal | The Potato Famine | Read "The Boers & the British" p127-133 and orally narrate and discuss |
| Geography | | Review Southern Europe for tomorrow's test | Southern Europe Test | |
| Science | Continue working on your insect collection. | Read p203-206 and add 3 interesting facts to your journal p167 | Crickets & Grasshoppers | Read p206-210 and complete "What Do You Remember?" p166 |
| Memory Work | | POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/14
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/9 |
Coming Soon:
10/12 - No school for students (Teacher Training)
10/14 - Spirit Day
10/18 - Moms in Prayer @ 9:00 and Co-teacher training @ 2:00
10/22-10/24 - Fall Fortis Camping Trip
10/25 - Grammar Play Date @ 3:00
10/28 - Historic Dress Up day and Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day!
10/29 - Fortis Trunk or Treat
Note: Our class is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. Students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history for Historical Dress-Up day.
Blog Abbreviations:
L-Lesson | KWO-Key Word Outline | NB-Science Notebook |
TB- Textbook | RD- Rough Draft | SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4 |
WB- Workbook | FD- Final Draft |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | Grammar- Shurley English | NT- New Teaching |
MM- Mental Math | TM - Teacher's Manual | DS - Dictate Sentences |
FP-Facts Practice Sheet | CB- Latin Copybook |
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 Character Virtue of the month is Thoroughness.
Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts! Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.
Here are the Black Line Masters you'll want to print for Wednesday's lesson.
Equivalent Fractions Equivalent Fractions Number Lines
Objectives:
1. Review equivalent fractions.
2. Use multiplication and division to generate equivalent fractions.
3. Compare fractions by finding common denominators or numerators.
4. Express fractions greater than 1 as improper fractions and mixed numbers.
Spelling
Objective: Spell common holidays and words with /uff/ spelled ough.
Reading
We are continuing Misty of Chincoteague this week.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Find examples of conflict in Misty of Chincoteague.
4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO of a 3-paragraph myth that follows the story sequence chart (characters/setting, conflict/problem, climax/resolution)
2. Write the first paragraph RD
3. Incorporate dress-ups (ly, who/which, strong verb, and because clause) and vocabulary words
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify object pronouns in sentences.
2. Review previously learned grammar skills.
History
Objectives:
1. Identify problems Ireland faced in the mid-1800s.
2. Know that the Boer War was fought between Great Britain and Afrikaners and the British won.
Tuesday: Answer the following questions in your journal. Write your answers in complete sentences with proper capitalization and punctuation.
1. Why had the Irish not gotten along with the English for so many years?
2. What were the Corn Laws?
3. What was the Home Rule Bill?
4. What was the blight? Why did it affect Ireland so greatly?
Science
1. Identify characteristics of grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids
2. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.
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 will have our test over Southern 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: Key Dates for 2nd quarter:
The War Between the States 1861-1865
World War I 1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917The Great Depression 1929-1939
World War II 1939-1945
The Cold War 1945-1991
