| 4th Grade Week 29 | 4/3/2023 | 4/4/2023 | 4/5/2023 | 4/6/2023 | 4/7/2023 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | HUMILITY: "Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up." James 4;10 | Looking Ahead: Mon or Tues next week |
| Bible | | Acts 27-28 | Rom 3;23, 6:23, 8:28-39 | Rom 10:6-13 Rom 12 | Good Friday - No School | I Corinthians 13 |
| Math | Ch 15, L4 TB p186-189, WB p144-146 | Ch 15, L5 TB p190-194, WB p147-149 | Ch 15, L6 TB p195-196, WB p151-153 | Ch 15 Test & Introduce perpendicular lines | Ch 16, L1 TB p197-201, WB p157-159 |
| Spelling | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 26 Practice." | Step 26 Review teaching & strategies, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle | Rewrite misspelled Step 25 Test words, Review phonograms & Card Box. Dictate sentences 7-9. | Step 26 Spelling Test | Step 27 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3 |
| Grammar | | Ch 24 Dictionary Skills | Ch 24, L2: Alphabetizing: Review Ref 73 & 74, Do Practice 1 & 2 CCC | Ch 24 L3 Dictionary Skills | Daily Grammar |
| Writing | | L25 The Milky Way, Create fused outline from 3 source texts,
Introduce VSS | Style Practice p190-192 & begin writing RD | Vocab, reading comprehension practice | Complete RD of Milky Way. Use rubric to make sure you have all required elements. |
| Reading | | Final Journey to Jo'Burg discussion. Introduce Moonwalk | Moonwalk Read Ch 1 & 2 | Discussion & Introduce Mixed-up Files | Moonwalk Read Ch 3 & 4 |
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| History | | Billy Graham World Ambassador | Read SOTW "Trouble in the Middle East" p415-420 and answer questions in journal | Vietnam Era Interview Reports | Read "Soviet Invasions" p423-426 and answer questions. |
| Geography | | US States & Capitals | |
| Science | | Watch chicks hatch
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Introduce Waves | Read Light & Sound handout p64-69. Complete "Wave Properties" WS | Wave Experiments | Read Light & Sound handout p70-73 and complete "Sunlight" WS |
| Memory Work | | POETRY: Poem 3 on 3/1
GEOGRAPHY: US States & Capitals 4/27
KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/4
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/9 |
COMING SOON...
Friday-Monday, April 7-10 - Easter Holiday. NO SCHOOL/HOMEWORK
Thursday, April 13 - Spirit Day
Saturday, April 15 - Lap-A-Thon 9:00-11:00am
Saturday, April 22 - Nerf Tournament 12:00-3:00pm
Math
Objectives:
1. Recognize, measure, and draw angles between 180 and 360 degrees
2. Practice skills from Ch 15
3. Assess angles
4. Recognize perpendicular lines in figures and verify that they intersect at right angles.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Spell words containing the sound of /u/ spelled ou.
Grammar
Objective: Practice dictionary skills
Writing
1. Make a fused KWO from three source texts
2. Brainstorm dress-ups
3. Introduce the VSS dress-up
4. Practice skills
5. Write a paragraph with a topic sentence, facts, clincher sentence and dress-ups describing the Milky Way
History
Objectives:
1. Learn about the life and ministry of Billy Graham
2. Share Vietnam Era memories from interviews of people living during the Vietnam War.3. Identify problems associated with Communism in the Soviet Union.
4. Identify why it was easy for the Soviet Union to invade Czechoslovakia.
5. Identify why it was difficult for the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan.
Science
Objectives:
1. Observe chicks hatching from eggs
2. Identify some of the properties of waves, light, and sound.
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 memorizing the Northern States & capitals this week. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling states 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 5/9
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
