| 4th Grade Week 25 | 2/27/2023 | 2/28/2023 | 3/1/2023 | 3/2/2023 | 3/3/2023 | Coming Soon: Monday, 3/6/2023 |
| Discipleship | KINDNESS: "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;" -Romans 12:10 KJV | |
| Bible | | John 1:1-18, 3:1-21 | John 10 | John 11:1-34 | John 13 | |
| Math | Ch 13, L4 TB p117-118 Practice A | Math Facts & Ch 13, L5 TB p119-122, WB p88-89 | Math Facts & Ch 13, L6 TB p123-125, WB p90-91 | Math Facts & Ch 13, L7 TB p126-129, WB p92-94 | Math Facts & 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 Tuesday's test. Review Practice A as necessary. See Note Below |
| Spelling | Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 3, grade in red pen and return to school Tues. Instructions below | Step 22: Review New Teaching. Dictate sentences 4-6 Phonograms er ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch Play Sparkle! | Make Step 21 Test Corrections, Step 22: Review Card box. Dictate sentences 7-9. Phonograms er ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch | Step 22 Spelling Test | Step 23 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 23 Practice." |
| Grammar | | Ch 19, L1 Mixed patterns and review verb tenses | Ch 19, L2 Classify sentences, & TM p314 Double Negatives, & Practice Time 1 & 2 CCC | Ch 19 L3 Contractions | Complete Contraction WS sent home | |
| Writing | | L18 Write 1st paragraph RD of Tiger Tamer | Using your KWO & Composition Checklist p132, write the second paragraph of your story | Poem 3 Recitations | Using your KWO & Composition checklist write 3rd paragraph, edit your RD, underline & label all dress-ups. All 3 paragraphs RD due Tues. | |
| Reading | | My Side of the Mountain Discussion & Read p107-115 | Read p116 -131 & answer Ch 18 questions in your journal. Bring journal tomorrow for grading. | Discussion | Read p131-148 & answer Ch 19 questions | |
| Latin | | | | | | |
| History | | The Formation of Israel | Read SOTW "The Marshall Plan" p345-349 and answer questions in your journal | The Cold War & written narration practice | Read SOTW p355-360 "Two Republics of China" and answer journal questions. | |
| Geography | | Scandinavia | |
| Science | Watch for birds at your feeder and try to identify as many as you can! Keep a record in your journal p28 | Bird Bingo | Read p73-75 and orally narrate. Color the Painted Bunting p17 & the Vermilion Flycatcher p23 in your field guide | Nesting | Read p 76-79 in TB. Draw a picture of each kind of nest and write down at least one bird that creates that type of nest (journal p65) | |
| Memory Work | | POETRY: Poem 3 on 3/1 GEOGRAPHY: Scandinavia 3/30 KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/30 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/9 |
Please Check Alma weekly for any missing grades or zeroes.
Coming Soon:
Tuesday, February 28 - Moms in Prayer (9-10am)
Thursday, March 9 - Spirit Day
March 13 - 17 Spring Break! (No School)
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. Add hundredths.
3. Subtract from 1 and 0.1
4. Subtract Hundredths
5. Relate money to decimals.
6. Practice adding and subtracting decimals.
*Note: These two practice lessons provide additional practice and review of Ch 13. Your student may not need to complete all of the problems in the lesson if you see that the concept has been mastered. However, most students will benefit from doing the word problems in order to practice bar modeling skills.
Spelling
Please administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 3 (in binder or on link above) this week and return to school Tuesday.
You only need to do Assessment 3 at this time.
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.
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. Use context cues to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words.
5. Identify outdoor survival skills.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Change verbs to different tenses in a paragraph.
2. Identify and classify mixed sentence patterns.
3. Recognize and avoid using double negatives.
4. Make contractions.
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. Recite Poem 3
History
Objectives:
1. Know that under the Marshall Plan, the Allies gave money to rebuild Europe after WWII, and Germany was split in two.
2. Know that Israel was proclaimed a state in 1948.
3. Know that the Cold War was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union and fought without weapons.
4. Know that Chairman Mao brought Communism to China in 1949
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify Texas birds
2. Identify types of bird nests
3. Match bird species with nest type
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 is one. In Christ Alone. 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.
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
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
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