{"id":14745,"date":"2020-05-31T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/?p=14745"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:47:41","slug":"5th-6-weeks-of-4th-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/5th-6-weeks-of-4th-grade","title":{"rendered":"5th 6 Weeks of 4th Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We finished up week 30 a couple weeks ago, but have had a bit of a busy time getting sister and associated activities recently. We have about a month left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bible:\u00a0<\/strong>Benjamin is currently joining Hannah for her bible reading requirement during morning devotions. Then he has a section of scripture to read to himself each day and some memory work for each week. He has one long section left to finish up. We also have a devotional called\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Starting Strong<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/02-lapbook.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14747 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/02-lapbook-1024x819.jpg?resize=389%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/02-lapbook.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/02-lapbook.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/02-lapbook.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/02-lapbook.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a>In history\/social studies<\/strong>, we continued with our second half of American history with our spines\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Landmark History of the American People, Volume 2<\/span>, and finished <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Children\u2019s Encyclopedia of American History<\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In Search of the Source<\/span> was an additional cultural book.\u00a0We have selections from Wee Sing America for some cultural tunes\/poems. I also ordered the Lapbook kit for some extra things to do this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Alouds<\/strong> included <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Miracles on Maple Hill<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson<\/span>, started <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Summer of Sundays<\/span>, and poetry selections from\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Oxford Illustrated Children\u2019s Poems<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading \/ LA:\u00a0<\/strong>We have spelling with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sequential Spelling 2<\/span>, cursive assignment, grammar with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Grammar Ace<\/span>, and vocabulary with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wordly Wise 3000, Book 4<\/span>. We also have a creative writing assignment and current events assignment from <em>World Kids<\/em> each week.<\/p>\n<p>During this unit, Benjamin read\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Seventeenth Swap<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Plain Girl<\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Henry Reed, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/33-benjamin.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14748\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/33-benjamin-240x300.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/33-benjamin.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/33-benjamin.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/33-benjamin.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/33-benjamin.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Science<\/strong> is in a pretty good routine. We finished <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mysteries and Marvels of Science<\/span>, started <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Usborne Book of Astronomy and Space<\/span> and used <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TOPS Electricity<\/span> with Discover and Do DVD for our weekly experiments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Math:<\/strong> Horizons 4 continues well. We moved into some geometry recently and he is starting fractions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extras<\/strong> are still our favorite part. Outside activities have been limited, we missed out on a soccer season at the Y with friends. We do get outside to play by the creek and on the trampoline and basketball goal. But Benjamin is still practicing harmonica for music and Duolingo for Spanish. We got to spend some special time with family during the lockdown and we have been preparing for sister to move in. So we weren&#8217;t bored!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We finished up week 30 a couple weeks ago, but have had a bit of a busy time getting sister and associated activities recently. We have about a month left. Bible:\u00a0Benjamin is currently joining Hannah for her bible reading requirement during morning devotions. Then he has a section of scripture to read to himself each&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[201,2979,302,303],"tags":[3443,2329,3168,81],"class_list":["post-14745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benjamin-kids","category-core-e","category-horizons-math","category-science-homeschool","tag-30-weeks","tag-5th-6-weeks","tag-american-history-ii","tag-benjamin","wpcat-201-id","wpcat-2979-id","wpcat-302-id","wpcat-303-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p504YJ-3PP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14565,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/4th-6-weeks-of-4th-grade-2","url_meta":{"origin":14745,"position":0},"title":"4th 6 Weeks of 4th Grade","author":"Becca","date":"May 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Benjamin also finished up his 24th week right before the shelter in place so I'm playing catch up for him too. 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