| 4th Grade Week 11 | Tuesday
10/21/2025 | Wednesday
10/22/2025 | Thursday
10/23/2025 | Friday
10/24/2025 | Monday
10/27/2025 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Prudence-" For the grace of God has appeared, bringing us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age." Titus 2:11 | |
| Bible | Deuteronomy 34;
Joshua 1:1-9 & Joshua 2 | Joshua 6 | Joshua 11:15-16, & 23; Judges 2 | Judges 6 & 7 | | |
| Math |
MFP;
Ch. 6, L5:
TB pgs. 150-151;
WB pgs. 139-141 | MFP;
Ch. 6, L6:
TB pgs. 152-153,
WB pgs. 142-144 | MFP;
Ch. 6, L7:
TB pgs. 154-158,
WB pgs. 145-147 | MFP;
Ch. 6, L8:
Practice B
TB pgs. 159-160 | If necessary reinforce weak concepts by completing Practice B in WB on pgs. 148-150. Study for Tuesday's Test! | MFP = Math Fact Practice
Please note, starting this week students are not required to turn in MFP sheets but CAN still do so for a small extra credit grade. |
| Spelling | Step 9: Review New Teaching, Review phonograms, DS 4-6,
Play Sparkle! | Rewrite Step 8 misspelled words 5x; Review card box and phonograms as needed; DS 7-9 pg. 62 | Step 9 Spelling Test | Step 10: "ER" Word Sort Exercise/ Dictate words pg. 53 | Step 10:
DS 1-3 pg. 64 | |
| Grammar | Ch. 9: L1
(pgs. 146-149): Conjunctions & Interjections, Jingle 15, Grammar Time (PB pg. 8), Make Practice sentence, Define vocab words (pg. 149) | Ch. 9: L2
(pgs. 150-153): Jingles 14&15, Grammar Time (PB pg. 8), Define vocab words (pg. 153) and orally use them in a sentence.
Orally list the 8 parts of speech. | Ch. 9 L3
(pgs. 154-156): Jingles 14&15; Grammar Time (PB pg. 8), Skill Time-Ref. 28 Homonyms | Ch. 9 L4
(pg. 158): Do Test Time (WB pg. 106) Skip Ex. 7; Review Ref 28: Homonym Chart. | Complete worksheet sent home. Turn in WS on Tuesday. | |
| Writing | Vocab Quiz (L5-L8 words)
L11 pg 82:
Begin RD. Writer's Conference | L11 pg. 82
Finish RD; Begin FD | Review Dress-ups, Banned Words & Vocab. for skipped Lessons:
L9 because clause (pg. 70) vocab. (pg. 71);
L10 strong verb (pg. 76) vocab. practice (pg. 77) | L11 pg. 82:
Finish FD.
Due next Tuesday. | | IEW Lesson 11 Source Text:
Neverland
Pg. 82 |
| Reading | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 5 in class; Orally discuss RJ questions; American vs. British Words Activity | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 6; Answer any 5 questions in RJ (pgs. 27-28). | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 7 in class; Orally discuss | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 8. | Answer any 5 questions in RJ for Chs. 7 & 8 (pgs. 30-31). | |
| History | | Read SOTW Ch. 14: "The Next-to-Last Czar of Russia." Choose any 3 questions to answer in your journal. | Brazil's Republic and Russian Czars; Discussion and Activities
| Read SOTW Ch. 15: "The Korean Battlefield." Orally narrate key points. | | |
| Geography | Western Europe - Due 11/20 | | |
| Science | Order Coleoptera: Beetles, Ladybugs & Fireflies | Read TB pg. 112 to top of pg. 115. Orally narrate key points. | | Read TB pgs. 115 -119; Complete any 3 WDYR questions in NB on pg. 127. | Optional Extra Credit:
Cut out beetle minibook NB pg. 129 and write interesting facts on back. Glue head to pg. 135. | |
| Memory Work | GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe - Test on 11/20
KEY DATES: 1-8 Test on 12/11
POEM 2: Due for Recitation on 12/4 | |
Coming Soon!
Friday, Oct. 24 - Fortis Fall Festival at Glad Tidings Church (Come out and check out Mrs. Woolsey's booth!)
Thursday, Oct. 30 - Historical Dress-Up Day and Spirit-Pizza-DOGS Day!
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Last Week in 4th Grade:
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Note: Our class is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. For Historical Dress-Up day, students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history.
Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts until mastered. Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up using the math facts sheets sent home.
If you haven't already, strongly suggest ordering some type of fraction manipulatives if your student is struggling with fractions. Here is an example from Amazon: Amazon.com: 156 PCS Magnetic Fraction Tiles Circles, Educational Math Learning Manipulatives Set for Preschool Elementary School. : SpriteGru: Office Products
156 PCS Magnetic Fraction Tiles Circles, Educational Math Learning Manipulatives
1. Express improper fractions as mixed numbers.
2. Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions.
3. Understand fractions as division.
4. Practice
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Spelling
Objective: Spell words with or in an unaccented syllable.
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Reading
We are continuing Mary Poppins this week.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary.
3. Engage in meaningful discussion.
4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.
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Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a because clause and add it to a complete sentence.
2. Practice writing topic sentences.
3. Memorize and correctly use the topic sentence/clincher rule.
4. Create a KWO of several facts.
5. Write a paragraph summarizing a reference.
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Grammar
Objectives:
1. Review the eight parts of speech.
2. Know that homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
3. Use the correct homonym to complete a sentence correctly.
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Objectives:
1. Know that Pedro II made the slave trade illegal, freed slaves, and finally made slavery illegal in Brazil.
2. Learn about creatures living in the Pantanal area of Brazil.
3. Know that Alexander II and Alexander III were unpopular Russian Czars with unlimited power.
4. Know that the Sino Japanese War (Chinese-Japanese) was fought in Korea resulting in Queen Min of Korea being killed and Korea being taken over by Japan.
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Science
Objective: Identify characteristics of beetles, ladybugs and fireflies.
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 are starting our study of Western 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.
