4th Grade Week 3 – September 18, 2011

Monday:  (5 hours)

Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Faith in the Bible pg 21



Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS. The World of Birds (pg. 14) and Animals of the Night (pg 16) Answer comprehension questions.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Read Up the Chang Jiang, Southern Frontiers, The China Coast

Handwriting/Bible: 1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Math: Study patterns on hundred chart. Notice the tens place change as you scan down the chart. Ones increase across the chart. Circle patterns on the Hundred Chart. Look at numbers 1, 11, 21, 31, and 41. Describe how the numbers are related. Example: the tens place increases in counting order while the ones place stays the same.

pgs 11-14 10, 11, and 12

Review flash cards

Reading/language: Compound words – review. Discuss how compound words and contractions are alike and different. Complete “Compound”-ing the Cave’s Echo pg 278.

Phys Ed: Wii-cess

Tuesday: (6 hours)

Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Faith at Home pg 23

Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS. Read Fossils (pg 18). Answer comprehension questions.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. The “Roof of the World,” Trade and Conquest, The Golden Age

Handwriting/Bible: 1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

Math: Place Value and Two-Digit Addition (w/no regrouping) Using blocks, place 4 tens and 6 ones on a place value board for Shayla to identify. If she says 46 w/o counting by ones, she may be ready for two-digit addition.

Pg 15-18 Spatial Pattern for Numbers to 9

Game time: Shayla builds 32 sticks. Roll a die to determine number of sticks to add. Add and count. Write on board and say addition sentence verbally.

Review flash cards.

Activity: Make an acrostic poem using the word SEPTEMBER

Reading: Shayla’s pick! Read a book and she writes a book report on it.  She chose to write a report on the book, Fancy Nancy.

Language: An asking sentence is called a question. Provide examples of questions. Discuss the punctuation-the question mark tells you that the sentence is a question. Complete Questions 1 pg 309

Language: Shayla reads a newspaper article and highlights any linking or helping words used.

Play Arthur sentence card game.

Spelling: snap, sled, smell, sleep, stove, spin, snail, skip. Took pre-test scored 100%, so did workbook page and will not do other spelling activities for the week!

Spelling: Complete Spill Spongers pg 349

Activity: Trace around your hand, write your name, age, address phone number and birthday on the fingers.

Therapy.

4H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. Wild flowers pg 9. Do an internet search for wild flowers in our area. Go on a woods hike to see if you can find any. Take photos for book.

4H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. The soil pg 9. Answer questions.  We learned about how leaves and trees decompose and make rich, fertile soil.

Wednesday: (5 hours)

Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Faith at School pg 25

Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS. Read Sloth for a Day (pg 20). Answer comprehension questions. Scored 27/298 errors Instructional Level, fluency level 2, comprehension questions 6 out of 6 correct!

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Manchuria, China Facts and Figures

GCS.

Dance


Thursday: (5 hours)

Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Faith at Play pg 27

Reading: Where do Animals Live? – grade level 1 – scored 100% accuracy in reading and comprehension

Social Studies: Around the World. Australia. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Read Pgs 2-7 “Down Under” Complete pg 1 G’day Mate!

Handwriting/Bible: 1 Thessalonians 5:25-26 Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

Activity: Counting by 10’s, write the numbers to 100.

Activity: Draw a picture of a character from your favorite story.  She chose Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

Math: Shayla builds 23 with sticks. Record 23 on lined paper. Roll a die to determine number of sticks to add. Write “+4” (roll of die) below 23. Add and count sticks. Record the total below. Have Shayla read addition sentence out loud. Example: 23+4=27

Pg 19-22 Spatial Patterns for Numbers to 10

Pg 23-26 Use Objects.

Math: Write a two-digit addition problem that does not require regrouping. Have Shayla build each number with sticks, then combine all the ones at the bottom of the ones column. Record the total. Repeat with different numbers.

Complete Ones and Tens pg 220

Reading/language: Review adding –ing to verbs when they have a helping verb. Examples:

I play –I am playing

You play – You are playing

He plays – He is playing

Have Shayla apply the verbs sleep, write, and jump to the following subjects and helping verbs: I am, You are, He is, We are, They are

Language: Before reading a non-fiction book, encourage Shayla to think about what she would like to know about the topic. Then work together to compose 10 questions. Read the book and discuss the answers. If all the questions are not answered, find other books on the topic. Use Questions pg 310.

Therapy.

Math: Test. Scored 100%. Did have focusing problems, I gave minimal assistance mostly in the way of encouragement.


Friday: (5 hours)

Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS. Nature’s Magician – 2nd grade level -

Social Studies: Around the World. Australia. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Read Pgs 8-9 The First City. Complete pg. 2-3 Suitcase Match

Activity: Write 4 different addition sentences with answers of 8.

Math: Make a page of two-digit addition problems that do not require regrouping. Shayla can use manipulatives to solve problems.

Reading: Read The Napping House by Audrey Wood. Shayla lists words with –ing endings. Rewrite each phrase containing an –ing ending into a sentence with a helping verb. Example: the dreaming child becomes the child is dreaming.

We had a lot of fun with this book!

 

Reading: Review location words/following directions. Read Inside, Outside, Upside down. Take photos of Shayla in, on, over, next to, behind and under items. Make a location scrapbook!

inside



outside



 



upside down





beside



behind

over



under

Language: Make a mystery box out of a shoe box decorated with question marks. Secretly hide a familiar object in the box. Shayla asks questions to determine the contents. Write each question on the whiteboard. When Shayla guesses correctly, open the box. Note that many questions begin with the words: who, what, how, why, where, and when.

4H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. Read books from the Wetlands packet

Therapy.