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.

4th Grade Week 2 – September 12, 2011

Monday: (5 hours)

Bible/character: Attentive. A Child’s Book of Character pg 12. Read and discuss Attentive at Home.

Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS. A Bear Cub in Spring (pg 9) and Where do Animals Live? Complete comprehension questions in packet.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Complete A Code in the Nose pgs 10-11. Guide to China. Read The Northern Capital pg 8-9

Handwriting: Badge 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

Language: A sentence that tells something is called a statement. Provide examples of statements. Discuss the punctuation – the period tells you that the sentence is a statement. Complete Statements II pg 308

Activity: Divide page into fourths. Draw the pictures your instructor has indicated. (Follow Weds directions, but write a number with a picture of an object such as an apple, a boat, and a kite)

Math: Pg R2 Same and Different, Sorting by One Attribute, Picture and Bar Graphs.

Say a number between 0-19. Have student make the number with lego cubes on the place value board. When student reaches 10 cubes, snap them together to form “one ten.”

Follow above activity, but each time, Shayla adds 2 toothpicks instead of one. The record sheet will reflect that by counting by 2’s. For a challenge, count by 3’s, 4’s or 5’s.  Read books that reinforce counting.

Arrange a number (1-19) with small objects on the place value board. Have Shayla count and write how many objects are in your arrangement.

Complete Place Value page 219



Science: Trees. Read books about trees. Review parts of plants/trees. Complete Tree Parts pg 424

4-H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors: Woodslore-How to Get Along Outdoors. Read Protect Against Insects pg 6. Look up what chiggers, mosquitoes and other bothersome insect enemies look like. Why do we want to avoid bites from these insects?

Look up recipes for natural ways of protecting oneself from these insects.

Therapy.


Tuesday: (5 hours)

Bible/character: Attentive. A Child’s Book of Character pg 15. Read and discuss Attentive at School.

Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS. Where do Animals Live? (pg 12) Answer comprehension questions.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Guide to China – Read Walls and Emperors pg. 10-11. Complete The Case Heats Up pgs. 12-13.

Reading: Very Hungry Caterpillar. Cause and effect. Example: What caused the caterpillar to eat the apple? What was the effect of eating all week?

Science: Very Hungry Caterpillar. Review lifecycles of butterfly. Complete worksheet.

Language: Linking verbs. The verbs is and are do not seem like other verbs because they don’t express an action. Both are present tense and are used to link two like things or a noun and an adjective. Us is with one person, place or thing. Use are with more than one. Examples: My pet is a Pomeranian. The rocks are heavy. The dog is friendly. The carrots are orange.

Handwriting: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Activity/writing/spelling: On lined paper write 10 color words, using a colored pencil for each word.

Math: Numbers to 12 pg 1 and Counting Safari game.

Fold drawing paper into fourths and write a two-digit number in each fourth. Shayla draws a picture modeling that number.

Draw a simple place value board on drawing paper. Pick a number between 11-39 for student to model in groups of tens and ones by drawing that number of objects on the place value board. Objects that are simple to draw in groups of ten include marbles, beads, cookies, and pencils.

Use popsicle sticks. Shayla sets up a number such as 19 on the place value board. Discuss meaning of 19. Count by ones, then add one more stick. How many now? Discuss 20. Count by ones, then exchange 10 singles for a group of ten. Put bundle in tens column. Why does this show 20?

Review several flashcards.

Therapy.



Wednesday: (5 hours)

Art/reading: Make a blot butterfly for last page of Shayla’s Very Hungry Caterpillar

Therapy.


Language: In the past tense, was and were used just as is and are. Use was with singular subjects and were with plural subjects. Examples: They were friends. The play was funny. Football was my favorite sport. My cousins were Frisbee champs.

Math: pg 3-6 0 to 5

GCS.


Thursday: (5 hours)

Bible/Character: Attentive. A Child’s Book of Character pg. 17. Read and discuss Attentive at Play.

Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS. Nature’s Magician (pg. 13) Answer comprehension questions.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Guide to China – Read Cities and Canals pg 12-13. Complete Lhasa Fun pgs 14-15

Handwriting: 1 Thessalonians 19-22 Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Reading: Review nouns and verbs. Write 10 singular nouns and 10 present tense verbs. Shayla sorts words into nouns and verbs. Write word, then add an ending and use in a sentence.

Language: The verbs is, are, was and were also act as helping verbs. A helping verb helps an action verb to express a clearer meaning. Examples: Paul is going to the party. Sally and Dick are shaking hands. The dogs were walking in the park. The train was nearing the station. Shayla fills in the missing linking verb in the following sentences:

The boy ___ sitting still now.

Last night, my cat _____stuck in the tree.

We _____ going to the zoo tomorrow.

After dinner, the sky ____ dark.

Math: pgs 7-10 6-10

Estimating. In several jars, place between 15-99 objects. Shayla estimates number of objects before counting on the place value board and grouping 10’s in paper cups.

Activity: Write the number words for 0-10. After each word, draw the appropriate number of objects.

Therapy.

4H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. Know animals. Fill out The Animals (pg 9)

4H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. Know the Snakes. Look at nature guide to identify what kind of snakes live in this area. Demonstrate to family how to tell if a snake is poisonous or not.

4H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. Practice safety and The demon plants. Find color pictures of “demon plants” that grow in this area (poison ivy, sumac, oak) and print color pictures and label in guide book.


Friday: (5 hours)

Go for a number walk. Look for numbers on signs and state number of tens and ones.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Guide to China – Read Up the Chang Jiang. Complete Top of the World pgs 16-17

Reading/language: Review rhyming words. Make an alphabetical string of rhymes. Think of a word that begins with a, then add a rhyming word that begins with b, etc. Example: air, bear, care, dare – ear, fear, gear, hear, etc.

Therapy.

Field trip: Dad’s dr appt in Columbus and Whole Foods Market. Discussed nutrition and did a hide & seek of foods.

4th Grade Week 1 – September 5, 2011

Wednesday: (5 hours)

Bible/character: Attentive. A Child’s Book of Character pg. 11 Read and discuss Attentive in the Bible

Therapy.

Reading: Shayla reads aloud PALS books. Making Soup, Breakfast, Little Bo Peep, Time for Dinner, Sam and Tom and answers comprehension questions.

Reading/Language: Write 10 sentences, each containing two words that can be changed into a contraction. Example: Shayla did not come to the party. Have Shayla circle the two words (did not) and rewrite the sentence, replacing the two words with a contraction. Write the same sentences without punctuation and capitalization. Have Shayla make corrections as necessary.  Complete Writing Sentences pg 307

Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

Handwriting: Badge 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:16. Rejoice evermore.

Activity: Using a ruler, draw one line down the middle of the page and one line across the middle, making four boxes. Draw the number of shapes your instructor has indicated. (Draw a picture of student’s paper divided into fourths. In each fourth, write a number and draw a shape)

Math: Place value/addition review. Have student roll 2 dice. The number on one die tells what to build on the ones place. Build the number of tens rolled on the other die. Read the resulting number from the place value board, then count the manipulatives by ones. Complete Table Time pg. 218.

Practice forming numbers pg R1. Comparing numbers through 5 and identifying shapes.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Top Secret Adventures packet.

Guide to China. Look over pgs 2-5.  Watched a you tube on the Gate of Tiananmen and the Forbidden City. Complete Forbidding Forms pg 6-7

Science: Was going outside on nature hike to learn about leaves and trees, but it is raining, cold and damp, so we read a pile of books on the subject and will go out later in the week.

Thursday: (5 hours)

Therapy appointment with vision therapist.

Friday: (5 hours)

Therapy.

Reading/language/writing/art/health: Shayla rewrites the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar, substituting the caterpillar’s diet with other foods. Make this into a book and use grocery ads or google images for clip art.

Social Studies: Around the World. China. Highlights Top Secret Adventures. Guide to China. Read Asia’s Giant pg 6-7.  Watched a You Tube the Great Wall of China. Complete Wall Witnesses pg 8-9

Social Studies: Field trip to the grocery store. Go down the ethnic aisle and look at foods and identify what countries they might be from.

4-H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors: Getting Ready for the First Trip (read pg 5 and List some items in your outdoor kit.)


Science: Leaves. Read books about leaves. Go outside on a leaf hunt and make rubbings and label different leaves. My leaf collection page 423.

4-H/science: Let’s Explore the Outdoors. Our First Trip – To the Woods. Pg 8. Photograph and identify trees/leaves. Discuss differences between simple and compound leaves.

Circle tree leaves you found on page 10.

Find some trees whose leaves are not shown on page 10 and draw and name them on page 12 (use google image)




Example of compound leaf

walnut

maple

beech

ash

wild cherry

ash

ash

ash

beech tree

locust



locust



walnut

wild cherry

wild cherry



pine





pine



apple

apple



locust



poplar

Woodslore-How to Get Along Outdoors. Pg 6. If You Get Lost

Homeschool Highlights - Week of August 14, 2011

Sunday:

Worship Services.  Although financially it's not always nice having hubby home, it is nice to have him attend worship services with us as a family!

We had planned on going to a bonfire/cookout hosted by some of our church family, but the weather had other ideas.  It poured down 10 minutes before we were ready to leave. 

Monday: 

Therapy.

Science:  We found a tree frog and discussed camoflage.  This poor, unfortunate frog to be found by a family of homeschoolers!  We took him around from place to place to see if he would camoflage himself to the color of the item where we put him.

Science/lifeskills:  Shayla watched as dad patched a lawn mower tire.  *He is really starting to get into the role of Homeschool Dad!

Science/Caring:  We have been taking care of two small kitties.  The mother is not taking care of them well.  I do not believe she makes enough milk for them both.

Read Aloud:  Curious George Flies a Kite by HA Rey.  Discussed when and how curiousity can be a good thing or a bad thing.  We took turns reading this aloud, then we enjoyed this beautiful, breezy, unseasonably cool day by flying a kite.

Geography/Social Studies:  Create Your Own Country.  We looked at maps and the globe and Shayla decided where her country would be located.

She made a map and flag of ShaylaLand and what currency and government would be. 

Activities: 
Dance Ribbon.  Bended a wire clothes hanger  into a circle shape, then tied many colored bandannas on it and danced and ran outside.  It was a breezy day, so we discussed how the wind helped the movement. (music & movement, science, phys ed)

Dancing With Scarves.  Shayla chose to listen to the Rome VBS music from several years ago to dance to.  (phys ed, music & movement)

Detergent Poster Paint.  Mix powdered paint with liquid laundry detergent.  Yes, we actually had this stuff on hand!  I bought the powdered paint many moons ago when Ben Franklin was going out of business.  It made a great paint, just a little on the runny side. (art, measurements and mixing)

Digging for Treasure.  Shayla loves this game.  I hid 24 small toys in the rock pile and she used spoons, shovels, etc to find them.  I would have used the sand pile, but we have outside cats now, and um...well, we no longer play in the sand.

Tuesday: 
Therapy.




Wednesday:
Therapy.

Literature based unit study:  Simple Pictures Are Best by Nancy Willard and illustrated by Tomie DePaola. 

After reading the story, we discussed why simple pictures may be best and why it would have been good advice for the characters in the story.

Since Shayla was supposed to do Basic Photography in 4H this summer, (but we didn't find the time to get to it).  I had one of those temporarily insane moments and let her use my camera to take pictures.  We tried wildlife and still-life shots.  The wild life shots, well, they didn't turn out well since the wildlife wouldn't remain still.  But here is one of her still life shots.

Field Trips:  It just so happened that we took a field trip of sorts to watch Morgan have her second batch of senior pictures taken with a photographer.  These were outside shots and he explained to us what he was looking for as far as sunlight and backgrounds and such.

Thursday:  Therapy.

Geography:  Name That Country.  We threw the inflatable globe back and forth and where ever your thumb lands, identify the name of the country. 

Literature based unit study:  Meet Michael's Dentist.  Just in time for our dental checkup this evening. 

We play dentist with her dolls.  It helps to ease the tension of a dental appointment.

 

Saturday: 

• therapy

Literature based unit study:  There's a Hole in the Bucket by Nadine Bernard Westcott.  I love the illustrations in this book!  It is based on the traditional song. 

We discussed common sense.  How the whole situation could have been avoided if Henry would have used common sense and thought for himself and how frustrated Liza was with having to explain everything.  We also discussed the virtue of patience, since the illustrations clearly showed Liza was losing patience with Henry.

The activity we did involved water and measurements.  I filled an ice cream bucket with water and we measured the amount at 4 inches.  Shayla used a bowl to transfer the water from the full bucket to an empty bucket.  We then measured the water at 3-1/2 inches, so we found that we lost 1/2 inch in transferring. 

Then the fun begins, I poked several holes in the bottom of the bowl used to transfer the water.  This time she only had 1-1/2 inches of water!  She lost half of her water because of the holes in the bucket. 

(reading, music, character, math, measurements, estimating, phys ed)


This would be a great game as a relay race with more children!

Social Studies:  Plan a Dream Vacation.  Based on Shayla's interest in dogs, we planned a dream vacation attending the largest dog show in the world, which was in Denmark.  First, we located Denmark on the globe.  Then we watched a youtube on the dog show and another on the country of Denmark.