| 4th Grade Week 26 | 3/7/2022 | 3/8/2022 | 3/9/2022 | 3/10/2022 | 3/11/2022 |
| Discipleship | PATIENCE: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." I Corinthians 13:4 (NIV) |
| Bible | | John 15 | Read John 18 | John 19 | Read John 20 |
| Math | Optional:
Ch 13, L4 TB p117-118 Practice A for review and extra practice if needed | Ch 13, L8 TB p130-135, WB p95-96 | Ch 13, L9 TB p134-135 Practice B to review add/sub hundredths in preparation for tomorrow's test. Review Practice A as necessary | Ch 13 Test | Make test corrections & Do Review 3 TB p136-138 |
| Spelling | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 23 Practice." | Step 23: Review New Teaching. Dictate sentences 4-6 | Rewrite missed Step 22 test words 5x, Review any shaky phonograms, Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. | Step 23 Spelling Test | Step 24 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words |
| Grammar | | Ch 19, L2: Mixed Patterns & Double Negatives | Ch 19, L1 Classify Sentences, Complete Daily Grammar | Ch 19 L3 Contractions | Complete Contraction WS sent home |
| Writing | | Writer's Conference & write 3rd paragraph RD of Peter Pan | Begin writing FD | Written narration practice | Complete FD of Peter Pan. Due Tues 3/22 |
| Reading | | My Side of the Mountain Read Ch 19 p131-148 | Read Ch 20 p148-160 and answer questions in journal | Discussion | Finish My Side of the Mountain & answer Ch 21 & 22 questions. Due after break. |
| Latin | | L10 | | L10 | |
| History | | Mao & the Communist Victory in China | Read SOTW "One Country, Two Different Worlds" p351-354 | The Cold War | Read SOTW p367-370 "The Korean War" and answer:1) How did the Soviet Union "help" Korea after WW II? 2) What did the truce that ended the Korean War say? |
| Geography | | Scandinavia |
| Science | | Nests Types | Read p79-83, complete journal p67 Draw a picture of each kind of nest and note at least one bird that creates that kind of nest. | Nest-Building project | Complete What Do You Remember? p64. If you don't remember, look up the answer in your TB. For fun try experiment p88 |
| Memory Work | | POETRY: Poem 4 on 5/3
GEOGRAPHY: Scandinavia Test on 3/31
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/31
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/5 |
Coming Soon:
Thursday, March 10 - Spirit Day
March 14 - 18 Spring Break! (No School)
Thursday, March 31 - Spirit, D.O.G.S. and Pizza Day!
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 Patience. Kids of Integrity has some great resources to help develop this virtue in your child.
Math
Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for recording.
Objectives:
1. Relate money notation to decimals.
2. Estimate, add, and subtract money amounts.
3. Practice adding and subtracting decimals.
4. Assess adding and subtracting decimals.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Know the doubling rule for adding vowel suffixes
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Summarize a passage through oral narration.
3. Identify elements of goodness, truth, and beauty in literature.
4. Identify character development
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify and classify mixed sentence patterns.
2. Recognize and avoid using double negatives.
3. Make contractions.
4. Identify similes and metaphors.
5. Write a simile poem.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a story consisting of 3 paragraphs that describe what is happening in a series of pictures.
2. Practice the Writing from Pictures structure: Central Fact, Details, and Clincher for each paragraph.
3. Use stylistic techniques of incorporating 6 dress-ups into each paragraph.
4. Practice written narration.
History
Objectives:
1. Know that Chairman Mao brought Communism to China in 1949.
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3. Know that the Cold War was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union fought without weapons.
4. Know that the Korean War resulted in the country being divided into Communist North Korea and democratic South Korea.
Science
Objectives: Identify types of nests and the birds that make them.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our third quarter poem is "The Dentist and the Crocodile". Additional copies here.
Geography: We are beginning our study of Scandinavia 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: Continue your 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 4th 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
10, Man Walks on the Moon 1969
11. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989
12. The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 1991
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 |
