| 4th Grade Week 10 | Tue, Oct 13 | Wed, Oct 14 | Thu, Oct 15 | Fri, Oct 16 | Mon, Oct 19 | 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 | Biblical Art Study: Rembrandt - Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law | Deuteronomy 6 | Deuteronomy 7-8 select verses | Deuteronomy 30:15-20 | | |
| Math | Ch. 5 Quiz
MF Practice;
More Fraction Intro.
Ch. 6, L1:
WB pgs. 127-129 | MF Practice;
Ch. 6, L2:
TB pgs. 141-144;
WB pgs. 130-132 | MF Practice-J;
Ch. 6, L3:
TB pgs. 145-147;
WB pgs. 133-135 | MF Practice;
Ch. 6, L4:
Practice A
TB pgs. 148-149;
WB pg. 136-137 | Complete Fraction Drills sent home | Remember, drill sheets are great practice for Mental Math. |
| Spelling | Step 8:
DS 1-3 pg. 56
Play Sparkle! | Rewrite misspelled test words 5x;
Step 8: Review words; review phonograms; DS 4-8 pg. 56
| Step 8 Spelling Test | Step 9 : New teaching pgs. 59-61; Dictate words pg. 62 | Step 9:
DS 1-3 pg. 62 | |
| Grammar | Read letters from last year's 4th grade class. Proofreading for mistakes and formatting. | Ch 8, L4
(pg. 141): Ch. 8 Test (WB pg. 104) for practice only. Skip Exercise 7 | Review missed concepts from Ch. 8 Practice Test | Review areas where your child struggles! | |
| Writing | L8 pg. 60:
Continue working on FDs paragraphs 1-3. | L8 pg. 60:
Finish your FD.
Due Tomorrow. | Turn in L8 FD
L11 pg. 82:
New Structure (pg. 81), Read, Start KWO | L11 pg. 82:
Finish KWO (if not done), Style and Vocab. Practice (pgs. 84-85) | | |
| Reading | Start our new book Mary Poppins! Read Ch. 1. Orally narrate answers in reading journal as a group. | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 2; Answer any 5 questions in RJ (pgs. 10-11). | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 3 in class; Orally discuss RJ questions; Knock Knock Jokes Laughing Gas Activity | Read Mary Poppins Ch. 4 | Answer any 5 questions from Ch. 4 in your RJ (pgs. 21-22). | |
| History | | Read SOTW Ch. 12: "Ireland's Troubles." Choose any 3 questions to answer in your journal. | The Irish Potato Famine; Ireland Activities | Read SOTW Ch. 13: "Brazil's Republic." Orally narrate key points. | | |
| Geography | Review Southern Europe Map | Review Southern Europe Map | Southern Europe Test | | | Note: Our next map will be Western Europe - Test on 11/19 |
| Science | Intro to Honey Bees and view insect parts under a microscope! Turn in Science notebooks for 1st Quarter grading. | Read TB pgs. 104-105: Orally narrate key points. | Return Science Notebooks | Read TB pgs. 106-108: Complete any 4 WDYR questions in NB pg. 110. | | |
| Memory Work | GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe - Test on 10/15
KEY DATES: 1-8 Test on 12/10
POEM 2: Due for Recitation on 12/3 | |
IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday, October 20 - Picture Retakes
Thursday, October 29 - Historical Dress-up/DOGS Day/Pizza
Friday, October 30 - Fall Festival
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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.
Discipleship
Our Character Virtue of the month is Prudence. Prudence is deciding wisely on when and how to act, and what to do.
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Last week in 4th Grade:
Poem Recitation! I was so proud of them :)
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Math
Continue working on memorizing math facts until mastered. Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.
Objectives:
1. Compare fractions by finding common denominators or numerators.
2. Express fractions greater than 1 as improper fractions and mixed numbers.
3. Practice using multiplication and division to generate equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, and expressing mixed numbers.
4. Use mental math to simplify fractions quickly.
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Spelling
Objective: Spell common holidays and words with /uff/ spelled ough.
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Writing
Objectives:
1. Complete a polished 3-paragraph narrative story on Daedalus and Icarus.
2. Identify the main idea of a paragraph.
3. Practice making topic sentences.
4. Write a paragraph with topic sentence and supporting details.
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History
Objectives:
1. Identify problems Ireland faced in the mid-1800s.
2. Know that Pedro II made the slave trade illegal, freed slaves, and finally made slavery illegal in Brazil.
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Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of bumblebees, Africanized honeybees, and solitary bees.
2. Identify characteristics of wasps and hornets.
3. Watch the honey-making process of bees.
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Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
Geography: We will have our test over Southern 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, therefore spelling and capitalization will count. History: Key Dates 1-8 (Dec. 10). Memorized in order and spelling counts! Test is key dates written out from memory.
