Grade 4:  weeks 7-12

*This year, 4th graders will be compiling a state notebook about the U.S. state
 they live in.  (Many states require 4th graders to do a state study.)  NOW is the time
 to be on the lookout for pictures and info which can easily be found on brochure
 tables at rest areas, national/state parks, tourist areas, online, etc.)

History Weekly Lessons: 

Week 7:  The Boy in the Alamo Chps (13-15)

               The Trail of Tears  (1838) (read whole book)

Week 8:  By the Great Hornspoon (California Gold Rush)
              (Chps 1-5)

Week 9:  By the Great Hornspoon (California Gold Rush)
              (Chps 6-10)

Week 10:  By the Great Hornspoon (California Gold Rush)
              (Chps 11-15)

Week 11: By the Great Hornspoon (California Gold Rush)
              (Chps 16-18)

Week 12:  Do research project on the Oregon Trail using a book from the library, the
                internet, etc.

                 You may find these internet links helpful:
                 http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/faq.html     -general information
                 http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html     -wagon transportation
                 http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/outfit.html    -provisions and prices
                
                

Week 8-  From the Mixed-Up Files: (Chps 5-8)

Week 9-  From the Mixed-Up Files: (Chps 9-10)

             Hero  Tales: George Rogers Clark (pp. 41-47) *parent should read aloud

Week 10-  A Wrinkle in Time:  (Chps 1-4)

Week 11-  A Wrinkle in Time:  (Chps 5-8)

Week 12-  A Wrinkle in Time:  (Chps 9-12)

The Burgess Bird Book:  Read one chapter per week
    (Coming next year:  Jack's Insects by Edmond Selous!)

Nature Walk/outing:  Try to do two outings per week. 
     On at least one of the outings, have your student  focus on one particular group of living things (i.e. mammals, insects, birds, flowers, etc)  Briefly read to yourself one or two lessons about that group in the Handbook of Nature Study and share an interesting fact concerning it with your student at some point during the outing. 

    Have your student record observations in the nature notebook, perhaps including one of the appropriate verses found in the Handbook.

Week 7- The Human Body: Skin Deep (pp. 34-35)

             The Human Body: Hair and Nails (pp. 36-37)

Week 8- The Human Body: Mighty Muscles (pp. 38-39)

             The Human Body: About Bones  (pp. 40-41)

Week 9- The Human Body: On the Move (pp.42-43)

             The Human Body: Talking Teeth  (pp. 44-45)

Week 10- The Human Body: Digestion Alley (pp. 48-49)

             The Human Body: Water Ways  (pp. 50-51)

Week 11- The Human Body: Take a Breath (pp. 52-53)

             The Human Body: Heart of the Matter (pp. 54-55)

Week 12- The Human Body: It's in the Blood (pp. 56-57)

             The Human Body: Protecting Us (pp. 58-59)

             The Human Body: Future Us (pp. 60-61)