| 4th Grade Week 25 | Tuesday
3/4/2025 | Wednesday
3/5/2025 | Thursday
3/6/2025 | Friday
3/7/2025 | Monday
3/10/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | HOPE: “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." -Jer. 29:11 | |
| Bible | John 1:1-18, 3:1-21 | John 10 | John 11:1-34 | John 13 | | |
| Math | MF; Ch. 13, L5:
TB pgs. 119-122;
WB pgs. 88-89 | MF; Ch. 13, L6:
TB pgs. 123-125;
WB pgs. 90-91 | MF; Ch. 13, L7:
TB pgs. 126-129;
WB pgs. 92-94 | MF; Ch. 13, L8:
TB pgs. 130-135;
WB pgs. 95-96 | MF; Ch. 13, L9:
TB pgs. 134-135 Practice B to review add/sub hundredths in preparation for Tuesday's test. Review Practice A (pg. 117) as necessary | Note: The 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 | Step 22: Review New Teaching. DS: 4-6, Play Sparkle! | Step 22: Review Card box. DS 7-9. Complete Reinforcement words | Step 22 Spelling Test | Step 23 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words | DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 23 Practice." | |
| Grammar | Ch. 19, L1: Mixed patterns and review verb tenses | Ch. 19, L2: Grammar Time, Skill Time (TM pg. 314) Double Negatives, & Practice Time 1 & 2 CCC | Ch. 19 L3: Contractions: Grammar Time, Skill Time, Practice Time | Complete Contraction WS sent home | | |
| Writing | L18 Tiger Tamer. Read source text and begin KWO | L18 Complete KWO if not finished in class, Write 1st paragraph RD of Tiger Tamer | Poem 3 Recitations | Using your KWO & Composition Checklist p132, write the second paragraph of your story | | |
| Reading | My Side of the Mountain Discussion & Read pgs. 107-115 | Read pgs. 116 -131 & write answers to Ch 18 questions in your journal. | Discussion | Read p131-148 & write answers to Ch 19 questions. | | |
| History | The Formation of Israel | Read SOTW "The Marshall Plan" pgs. 409-415 and write answers to questions in your journal. | The Cold War & written narration practice | Muslims & Hindus in India SOTW pgs. 391-395 | Review Key Dates 1-9 | |
| Geography | Former USSR | | |
| Science | Flight & Bird Wingspan Act.11.2 & 11.2 NB pg. 230 | Read TB p214-220 & record facts in NB pg. 229. | Bird Bones Act. 11.3 & Send home study guide | Read TB pg. 221-225 & Act. 11.5 (TB pg. 225).Try to find the Constellations one night this week, and complete Act. 11.5 in NB pg. 223 | | |
| Memory Work | POETRY: Poem 3 - Due 3/6
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/13
GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 4/10
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/8 | |
Coming Soon:
Thursday, March 13 - Spirit Day, No pizza
Monday, March 17 - 21 Spring Break! NO SCHOOL
Thursday, March 27 - Spirit Day, DOGS, Pizza!
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 Hope. Hope is the placing of our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on our own strength but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit.
Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness is the quality of being submissive to God and being humble enough to be taught by God.
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Math:
Students should have their multiplication tables to 12 almost mastered. Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets or times tables 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 for extra credit.
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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.
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Spelling
Objectives:
1. Know the doubling rule for adding vowel suffixes
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Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Identify elements of goodness, truth, and beauty in literature.
3. Use context cues to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words.
4. Identify outdoor survival skills.
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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.
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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.
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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 country 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.
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Science
Objectives:
1. Know that bird bones are light and hollow with brackets designed to make them very strong.
2. Know the location of flight muscles.
3. Identify different types of flight.
4. Look at the migration habits of various species of birds.
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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 the former USSR 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.
Sheppard's software practice game: North & Central Asia and Western Asia
History: We are memorizing the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help
with this. Here are two: US Presidents: Washington to Trump and an older version, US Presidents to "America." For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/13
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
