| 4th Grade Week 11 | Tue, Oct 20 | Wed, Oct 21 | Thu, Oct 22 | Fri, Oct 23 | Mon, Oct 26 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Fortitude- "Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of the LORD’s house is finished." -1 Chron. 28:20 | |
| 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! | |
| 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. 105) Skip Ex. 7; Review Ref 28: Homonym Chart. | Complete worksheet sent home. Turn in WS on Tuesday. | |
| Writing |
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. | | |
| 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 11/19 | | |
| 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 11/19
KEY DATES: 1-8 Test on 12/10
POEM 2: Due for Recitation on 12/3 | |
Coming Soon:
Tuesday, October 20- Picture retakes 📸
Friday, October 23- Fortis Fall Fest 🍂🎃
Thursday, October 29- Historical Dress Up- students may dress in costume as a historical figure from their grade level history study. Details below.
Thursday, October 29- Spirit/Pizza 🍕/DOGS 🐶Day- Fortis spirit shirts and shorts or jeans may be worn.
Historical Dress Up- October 29th: Costumes must be in the theme of our history studies this year, which will cover the time period of 1850-modern day in history. Guidelines: No weapons, no gore, nothing scary, students need to be able to move and sit properly and use the restroom on their own. Students may dress as any historical figure (Presidents, famous people) or generic person (i.e. Civil War, WWI, WWII soldier, nurse, astronaut, etc.) that lived during our studied timeframe of history.
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Last week in 4th grade......
Doing Australian Aborigine artwork.
Since we were studying Ireland in History we made potato soup! Peeling potatoes for our soup!
We all safely cut up our potatoes.
Finished product!
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Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts until mastered. Start each day with a facts practice warm-up.
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 "The Road not Taken" by Robert Frost.
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.
