4th Grade English - February

Day 99
1. Identify common and proper nouns
2. Play word builder

Day 100
1. Today is the 100th day of school! Write a list of 100 nouns. Make sure you have persons, places, and things in your list. You can write it on paper, or you can use Word on your computer. Ask Mom or Dad to show you how to make a numbered list in Word.

Day 101
1. Do Typing Lesson 3 again. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Try the spelling bee.

Day 102
1. Do Typing Lesson 4. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. What’s the main idea of these paragraphs?

Day 103
1. Do Typing Lesson 4 again. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Find the main idea of each paragraph.


Day 104
1. Do Typing Lesson 5. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Write four sentences about basketball: one statement, one command, one question, and one exclamation!

Day 105
1. Do Typing Lesson 5 again. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Write a short story about what it takes to be involved in Upward (practice, respect, teamwork, games, etc.). Try to include yesterday's sentences in your story.

Day 106
1. Do Typing Lesson 6. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Write a comic strip.

Day 107
1. Do Typing Lesson 6 again. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Ask Mom for a lesson on dialog punctuation.

Day 108
1. Dance Mat Typing, Level 1.
2. A biography is a true story about a person's life. Choose someone you have learned about in history to write a biography about. Write down five facts about that person. Make a neat list! You will use this again.

Day 109
1. Do Typing Lesson 7. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Find at least five more facts about the person you are going to write a biography about. Add them to yesterday's list.

Day 110
1. Do Typing Lesson 7 again. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Organize your facts for your biography into these categories: who, what, where, when, why, and how. Here’s how to do it:
      a. Get the three hamburger pages from your folder. At the top of each page, in the "Name" blank, write "Who/What, page 1" on one page, "Where/When, page 2" on another page, and "Why/How, page 3" on the last page.
      b. Get out your fact list. Next to each fact, write 1, 2, or 3, depending on which page it belongs on. For example, if your fact is about a person (a 'who'), write 1 next to that fact.
      c. That's all for now. Put your hamburgers and fact list in your folder. We will use them next week.

Day 111
1. Dance Mat Typing, Level 2.
2. Play this dialog punctuation game. Click on really hard.

Day 112
1. Fill in your hamburgers with the sentences from your fact list.

Day 113
1. Do Typing Lesson 8. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Finish your Who/What hamburger. Each of your hamburgers will be a paragraph in your biography.
      a. Read your detail sentences.
      b. What is the main idea? Write a topic sentence for your paragraph.
      c. Your closing sentence should answer the question, “so what?” Why did you just tell them all those facts? Write a concluding sentence.

Day 114
1. Do Typing Lesson 8 again. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Finish your Where/When hamburger.
      a. Read your detail sentences.
      b. Remember that all of your details (facts) need to be about your main idea. Your closing statement should answer the question, “so what?”
      c. Write a topic sentence and a concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Day 115
1. Do Typing Lesson 9. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Finish your Why/How hamburger.
      a. Read your detail sentences.
      b. Remember that all of your details (facts) need to be about your main idea. Your closing statement should answer the question, “so what?”
      c. Write a topic sentence and a concluding sentence for this paragraph.

Day 116
1. Do Typing Lesson 9 again. Be sure to use the correct finger to type each letter. The program will show you which finger to use. Don't worry about typing quickly; focus on typing correctly. Try to keep your eyes on the screen and don't look at your hands. Cover your hands for part of the lesson.
2. Look through one of your Magic Tree House books to find three sentences that use a transition. Write these sentences on a piece of paper. A transition is a word or words that take the reader from one thought to another smoothly. Here are some examples of what to look for: Finally…The next day…Next…The following morning….