| 4th Grade Week 20 | Tuesday
1/27/2026 | Wednesday
1/28/2026 | Thursday
1/29/2026 | Friday
1/30/2026 | Monday
2/2/2026 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Faith- "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." -Ephesians 2:8-9 | |
Bible | Esther 3-8 | Nehemiah 1 | Neh. 2,4 & 6:15-16 | Malachi 3 | | |
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| Math | Ch 10 Quiz
Ch. 11, L1:
TB pgs. 33-37,
WB pgs. 29-31 | Ch. 11, L2:
TB pgs. 38-40,
WB pgs. 32-33 | Ch. 11, L3:
TB pgs. 41-45,
WB pgs. 35-37 | Ch. 11, L4:
TB pgs. 46-50,
WB pgs. 39-41 | Review areas your child struggles in! | Have your student memorize the formulas for Area & Perimeter. Area = Length x Width, Perimeter = sum of all sides (or P= 2 x Length + 2 x Width) |
| Spelling | Step 17:
Review New Teaching (Make It Plural book) and Writing Station words. DS 4-6. | Rewrite misspelled words 5x;
Step 17: Review Card Box, DS 7-9 pg. 95 | Step 17 Spelling Test | Step 18:
New Teaching pgs. 97-100; Complete Make it Plural Book pgs. 7-9; Dictate words pg 101 | Step 18:
DS 1-3 pg. 101 | |
| Grammar | Ch. 16, L1
(pgs. 262-266): Jingle Time, Grammar Time (PB pg. 15), Review Ref. 49 Indirect Object and Pattern 3, Practice Time (WB pgs. 78-79), Define vocab. words (pg. 266) | Ch. 16, L2
(pgs. 267-269): Jingle 17, Grammar Time (PB pg. 15), Define vocab. words (pg. 269) and orally use in a sentence. | Ch. 16, L3
(pgs. 270-271): Grammar Time (PB pg. 15), Practice Time (WB pg. 80) | Ch. 16, L4
(pg. 273): Do Test Time (WB pg. 113) For Ex. 6 ignore listing "Rule" and skip Ex. 7. | | |
| Writing | L21 pgs. 150-151:
Review New Structure (pg. 149), Create KWOs for Source A and Source B Texts.
L18 FD Due | L21 pgs. 150-150:
Complete KWO for Fused Outline (pg. 153). Begin RD. | L21 pgs. 150-151:
Finish RD. If done, Writer's Conference. | L21 pgs. 150-151:
Ensure RD is proofread. Write FD.
Due Tuesday. | | IEW Lesson 11 Source Texts (A&B):
Mount Olympus
Text A - Home for the Gods (pg. 150)
Text B - A Real Location
(pg. 151) |
| Reading | Read Number the Stars Ch. 10. Write answer journal questions. | Read Number the Stars Ch. 11. Orally answer journal questions. | Complete the "What is a Theme" Activity in RJ. | Read Number the Stars Ch. 12. Write answers to journal questions. | Read Number the Stars Ch. 13. Orally answer journal questions. | |
| History | | Read SOTW Ch. 26: "Black Tues & the New Deal." Choose any 3 questions to answer in your journal. | The Great Depression; Discussion and Activities | Read SOTW Ch. 26: "Hitler's Rise to Power." Orally narrate key points. | | |
| Geography | Eastern Europe Due 2/19 | | |
| Science | Learn about passerines, practice bird identification, and discuss plumage patterns. Sketch and paint a bird in it's preferred habitat! | Read TB pgs. 181-184. Orally narrate. Check out Songbirds on the Bird Feeder Cam! | | Read TB pgs. 185-188. Orally narrate key points.
Choose 3 birds to listen to (online) and fill out Activity 9.7 in NB pg. 193 (just list the birds you listened to and describe their call). | Color the Mockingbird pg. 15, Cardinals pg. 16, & Blue Jay pg. 39 in your field guide. Optional: Check the Bird Feeder Cam for fun! | Bird Feeder Cam located online at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/cornell-lab-feederwatch/ |
| Memory Work | GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe - Test on 2/19
KEY DATES: 1-10 Test on 3/12
POEM 3: Due for Recitation on 3/5 | | |
Coming Soon:
Thursday, Jan. 29 - Spirit Day, DOGS Day, Pizza!
Thursday, Feb. 12 - Spirit Day (no pizza) and Valentine Exchange💘
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Last Week in 4th Grade:
Making our bird feeders!
Finished product! Our upper-class student mentor, Liesel, came for a visit!
Yours truly. Artistic rendition by Taylor. Creating our "Propaganda" posters.
Learning to use field guides.
Discipleship:
Objective: Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence. Start your homeschool day with prayer and a Bible reading. Our virtue this month is Faith. Faith- "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." -Ephesians 2:8-9
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Math
Note: Start each day with a facts practice warm-up sheet. Do whichever page your child is needing extra practice on. Set the timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, then complete the rest of the page. Optional: Correct and return to school for an extra credit completion grade. (Two sheets per week.)
Objectives:
1. Find the area of a figure given the side lengths by converting units.
2. Find the unknown side of a rectangle given the area and one side.
3. Find the area of rectangular paths.
4. Find the perimeter of rectangles.
5. Find the length of an unknown side given the length of one side and the perimeter.
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Spelling
Objective:
1. Make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.
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Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Identify symbolism in literature.
3. Learn new vocabulary.
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Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify and classify P3 sentences with a subject noun, verb-transitive, indirect object, and direct object.
2. Write a practice P3 sentence.
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Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Identify symbolism in literature
3. Learn new vocabulary.
4. Discuss relevant themes for our reading.
5. Discuss how conflict is an element of a good story.
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Writing
Objectives:
1.Practice the Unit 6 structural model.
2. Create source outlines from two sources.
3. Create a fused outline.
4. Write a 1-paragraph report about Mt. Olympus.
5. Correctly use vocabulary words: myth & gorge.
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History
Objectives:
1. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.
2. Know that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 leading to the Great Depression.
3. Know that Hitler rose to power in Germany during the Great Depression.
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Science
Objective:
1. Identify several characteristics of Passerines.
2. Identify several purposes of bird calls.
3. Practice identifying Texas birds using a field guide.
4. Know the purposes of bird banding.
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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 continuing our study of Eastern 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.
Sheppard's software practice game: Eastern Europe
History: We are beginning our memorization of the U.S. 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 5/12.
