4th Grade Weekly Word List
Week of Nov. 9th – 13th
Reading - Our reading story for this week is “So You Want to Be President?”.
It is located on pages 244 - 257. We will read it in class on Monday. Please
have your child read this story at home on Monday night. We will have a
reading test on Friday of this week. The format will be multiple choice and
short answer. It will include vocabulary words, story skill questions, and
comprehension questions. We will orally review for this test in class on
Thursday prior to the test on Friday.
** VOCABULARY - Please review these vocabulary words with your child at
home. Your child needs to be familiar with the word, its meaning, and how to
use it in context.
• Constitution – the written set of fundamental principles by which the
United States is governed ; set of laws
• howling – very great
• humble – not proud; modest
• politics – the work of government; management of public business
• responsibility – the act or fact of taking care of someone of
something; an obligation
• solemnly – seriously; earnestly; with dignity
• vain – having too much pride in your looks, ability, etc.
• execute – to carry out or do
• oath – a solemn promise
• priority – something given attention before anything else
READING SKILLS THIS WEEK INCLUDE: Vocabulary, Main Idea/Details, Drawing
Conclusions, Writing Skills
Math -
• 9’s Facts
• Writing Numbers/Place Value/Expanded Form to Millions
• Writing and Identifying Mixed Numbers
• Money/Decimals
We will have timed quizzes this week on the following multiplication tables
listed below.
2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s,6’s, 7’s, 10’s, 11’s
We will review the 9’s multiplication tables and begin having quizzes on them
beginning Friday! Please review these at home with your child! I cannot
stress the IMPORTANCE of practicing these NIGHTLY!!!
**Practice 9’s pattern at home nightly – 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81,
90, 99, 108
Word Analysis – Word Analysis/Phonics this year will be integrated with the
reading curriculum. We will cover words each week and the phonetic rule or
pattern that accompanies those words. The words that we will use accompany
our reading series. We will work with these words in class and in small
group settings. It would BENEFIT your child GREATLY to become familiarized
with these words at home as well. Please review these words with your child
throughout the week. Daily grades and QUIZ grades will be taken from these
words.
1. – return 11. journal
2. – courage 12. courtesy
3. – surface 13. nourish
4. – purpose 14. purse
5. – first 15. furniture
6. – turkey 16. search
7. – heard 17. curtain
8. – early 18. burrow
9. – turtle 19. hamburger
10. – birthday 20. survey
English - We will take a quiz on Friday of this week on action verbs and
linking verbs.
Social Studies – We will take a Social Studies test on Wednesday of this
week. A study sheet will be sent home with your child.
