Sunday, October 16, 2011

4th Grade Week 6 – October 9, 2011

Monday:

Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Patience in the Bible pg 51

Reading: The Deep Blue Sea. Unit 1: Water Ways. Theme: Going Fishing. Read The Fish That Goes Fishing pgs 80-82. To Catch a Fish pg 83. Read Little Bear and Owl pg 84-92. Answer Think It Over section (verbally). Write a new title for this story and illustrate.

Social Studies: Little Passports: France

Handwriting/Bible: Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Math: Introducing Addition Number Sentences pg 63-66. 2 digit addition/subtraction

w/o carrying worksheet. *For subtraction problems, solve using sticks.

Write the number 36. Shayla builds the number using sticks. Under the number write -12. Discuss what twelve means (1 ten and 2 ones). Shayla takes away three ones first then a bundle of tens from the 3 tens 6 ones. Emphasize the ones are taken away before the tens. Next, count how many ones and bundles of ten are left.

Spelling: Complete Cracker Crunchers pg 350. Spell each word verbally using a different silly voice each time. Write spelling words in sentences.

Activity: Fold paper into fourths. Write 4 short a words. Draw a picture of each one

Activity: Create a fall bookmark.

Reading/Language: Look through Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel for possessives. List each pair of words that show ownership. Examples: Mike’s friend, day’s end, and Phil’s truck. Write 10 sentences to correct/rewrite using ‘s. Example: This book belongs to Jane. (This is Jane’s book)

Language: Teach how to change simple statements into questions by changing word order. Complete Changing Sentences pg 311. Game: Play 20 Questions. Shayla generates questions that may only be answered yes or no in order to discover a person, place or thing you are thinking of.

Therapy.


Tuesday:
Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Patience at Home pg 53

Reading: The Deep Blue Sea. Unit 1: Water Ways. Theme: Going Fishing. Theme wrap-up. Verbally answer two questions. Read Connections pg 94-95. Unit 2: Food Fun. Theme: What’s Cooking? Read Bookshelf pg 98-99. The Cake That Mack Ate pg 102-117.

Social Studies: Little Passports: France

Handwriting/Bible: Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and last:

Math: Stories About Joining pg 67- 70. 2 digit addition and subtraction w/o carrying worksheet

Present subtraction problems in written form with and w/o sticks. Example: 3 tens 6 ones – 1 ten 4 ones.

Write 3 tens and 6 ones. Shayla builds number using sticks. Under it, write -1 ten and 4 ones. Underline. Shayla begins in the ones column and writes how many ones will be left. Do the same for tens.

Activity: Unscramble the names of Columbus’ ships: atSna iMaar, niNa, nPait

Language: Review sentence sense. Write several sentences in nonsensical order such as The cat in the sun sleeping was. Shayla rewrites the sentences so they make sense.

Reading/language: Shayla picks two characters from Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and writes two sentences for each telling what she likes or dislikes about the character.

Spelling: Use sidewalk chalk to write words outside.

Therapy.

4H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. Exploring for Wild Animals. Pgs 21-22


Wednesday:
Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Patience at School pg 55

Social Studies: Little Passports: France

Math: Adding in Any Order pg 71-74. 2 digit addition w/o carrying worksheet

Handwriting/Bible: Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Thursday:
Bible/character: A Child’s Book of Character Building. Read and discuss Patience at Play pg 57

Reading: The Deep Blue Sea. Write a poem about things you want to cook. You can use the sentence “I want to cook _____ because ____” to help you.

Social Studies: Little Passports: France

Activity: List three ways you can help prevent fires.

Spelling: test.


Friday:
Reading: The Deep Blue Sea. Unit 2: Food Fun. Theme: What Are You Eating? Read Vegetables pg 121-128

Social Studies: Little Passports: France

Handwriting/Bible: Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

Math: Use Objects pg 75-78. 2 digit addition and subtraction w/o carrying worksheet

Subtracting ten: Build two-digit numbers with cubes. Then remove a stack of ten cubes and state the total out loud. Remove additional stacks and continue counting backwards by tens. Repeat, starting with a different two-digit number. Compare to a hundered chart.

Color patterns such as 93, 83, 73, 63, 53, 43, 33, 23, 13 on Hundred Chart.

Present two-digit subtraction problems using a tens/ones chart. Ex: 47-12. On a piece of lined or grid paper, write several subtraction problems to solve.

Activity: Design a fire safety poster.

Reading/language: Comparative Language. Read The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. Introduce comparison language by asking Shayla to compare your size with hers. Fold a piece of drawing paper in half lengthwise. Label the left side Big and the right side Little. Shayla searches house for comparative pairs and draws or lists under each column. She may find that big and little are inadequate as descriptors since a bed is big in comparison to a slipper, but small in comparison to a house.

Language: Review building sentences. Begin with a simple sentence. Shayla builds up sentence with details. Example:

Tom bought a hat.
Tom bought a new hat.
Tom bought a new hat from the store.
Tom bought a new cowboy hat from the western store.

Spelling: Review phonics skill of l-blends. Plus, plane, flat, fly, place, float, clap, glide

therapy.

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