Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Aug 28 - Sept 1

4th	8/28/2017	8/29/2017	8/30/2017	8/31/2017	9/1/2017
Discipleship	Love (Mercy) + Matthew 5:1-2
Bible	Is 51:1-6, Ps 138	Rom 11:33-12:8, Matt 16:13-20	Rev. 6:9-11, Rom. 6:1-5	Mark 6:14-29
Math	MF D, Review Mult./Division & HIG p25-26, TB p31-32. Start WB Ex 12 #2.	MF D or E, Complete worksheet sent home Mon. Do circled problems only, showing your work. Due Wed	MF D, Word Problems: HIG p 27-29, TB p33-34 Begin WB Ex. 13	Parents review bar modeling notes and/or watch the videos on the parent blog.)   MF D or E, Review HIG p27-29, TB p34, Complete WB Ex 13 CCC	TB p35 Practice 2A Complete on lined paper. For Problems 1-5 do (a) only unless your student needs additional practice. Show bar models for word problems 6-11. CCC and return to school next week for homework grade.
Spelling	Step 3: Review New Teaching, Reinforcement & Writing Station words, Dictate sentences 4-6 on the same paper started Fri	Review Phonograms: oi, oy, ch, ow, ou. Review card box. Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 3 Spelling Test	Review Phonograms: sh, th, oo, ee, or. Step 4 New Teaching p33-35, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 4 Practice"
Grammar	Ch 4 L1 Sentences, Parts of Speech, Practice Time	Chap 3 Test (Skip Exercises 3 & 7) See note below.	Ch 4, L2 Sentences and Practice Sentences	Ch 4, L3 Classify sentences & do Expanded Practice Sentence TM p64 steps 1-8
Writing	Lesson 2, Part 3: Begin rough draft. Review proofreading symbols handout.	Complete rough draft started in class. Use composition checklist on p. 33 to ensure all components are present. Due Wed.  Read Aloud: The Jay and the Peacock, & The Miser	Writer's Conference, Begin writing final draft. Rubric sent home.	Lesson 2, Part 4: Complete Final Draft using Composition Checklist. FD due Wed 9/6. Read Aloud: The Bear and the Two Travelers	Please staple in this order: Rubric, Final Draft, Rough Draft.
Reading	Discuss Perilous Road Chaps 9-10, Begin reading Ch 11 if time	Complete Ch 11, Read Ch 12	Discuss Chaps 11-12, Begin reading Ch 13	Finish reading The Perilous Road	Choose a classical book to read beginning next week.
Latin	Ch4 - Memory page, teach grammar lesson	Ch4 - Recite memory chart , review grammar page new teaching	Ch4 - Worksheets. Recite memory chart.	Ch4 - Recite memory chart , Complete quiz, and activity.
History	Discuss Otto von Bismarck Unifies Germany, Tag and Luke share journals	Read #131 Boer Wars in Africa and write a short summary in your journal	Discuss Boer Wars in Africa, RC & Reuben share journal entries	Work on Timeline Song memorization
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/6
Science	Week 3 Review, write up lab from last week's water experiment	Read USE p20-21 How liquids behave, Orally summarize & write 2-4 sentence summary in journal	Experiment: Float an egg and lab report, Scientist Biography Questionnaire sent home--see note below	Read USE p18-19 Changes in State, Add summary & define "Density" & "Surface Tension" in journal	Week 4 Quiz, Review Matter Poem & Choose one of the following scientists to research next week: Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, William Gilbert or Lord Kelvin--see note below
Memory Work	POEM: "The Father's Vineyard" - Due for recitation on 9/27 GEOGRAPHY: Continents and Oceans - Test on 9/6 HISTORY SONG: First four minutes - due on 10/25 SCIENCE: Matter Poem due 9/6

Blog Abbreviations:

HIG- Home Instructor Guide	L- Lesson	Grammar- Shurley English
LT- Learning Task	KWO-Key Word Outline	USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia
CCC-Complete, check, correct	RD- Rough Draft
TB- Textbook	FD- Final Draft	NT- New Teaching
WB- Workbook	FP-Math Facts Practice Sheet	DS - Dictate Sentences
MM- Mental Math

Coming Soon:

Monday, August 28 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.

Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms.

Monday, September 4 - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!

Wednesday, September 6 - Picture Day

Wednesday, September 6 – Oceans & Continents Test &  Matter Poem Due

Discipleship:

Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.  

Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading.  Our Character Virtue of the month is Love, this week focusing on mercy. How would you define mercy?  Is God merciful? If yes, give examples of how you know He is.

Math:

Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet.  If your child has mastered the current fact sheet, move on the next one.

Work through Mental Math 6 & 7 this week.

Objectives:

1. Divide by 10

2. Solve word problems of up to 3 steps.

3. Practice concepts involving multiplication and division.

Please complete all the work assigned for home days, including workbook and practice exercises, as well as math facts practice. Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance.

Composition

Objectives:

1. Write a rough draft of fable using KWO and composition checklist.

2. Correctly incorporate “ly” words into composition.

3. Complete a polished final draft of your version of The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner.

Reading  

Objectives:

1. Learn about the life a soldier during the Civil War.

2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.

Bring your copy of The Perilous Journey to class each day.  We will complete the book this week. Please choose a classical book to begin reading next week.  For suggestions, visit https://fortisacademy.wordpress.com/curriculum/reading/list-of-1000-classical-books-by-grade-level/

Grammar

Objectives:

1.  Know the four parts of speech studied so far: noun, verb, adjective, adverb

2. Write a sentence using the 4 parts of speech correctly.

3.  Assess previously learned skills.

A copy of the Ch 3 Test was sent home with your student on Monday. Administer the test at home on Tuesday (skip exercises 3 & 7). Please circle errors in red pen and have students make corrections to the side. Return it to school for grading/scoring. You may read the Q&A flow from the teacher's manual to help students classify the sentences on this first test. Also feel free to answer questions any about the instructions, but please don't help your kids with the answers. It is important for us to see where they are and what they may be struggling with at this point.   Continue to review jingles 1-6.

Spelling

Objectives:

1. Learn more words ending in tion

2. Know how to alphabetize to the fourth letter.

Latin

Objectives:

1. Memorize 1^st Declension noun endings.

2. Memorize new vocabulary.
3. Understand that Latin nouns contain number, gender and case.

History

Objectives:

1.   Know that Otto von Bismarck unified many German-speaking states into one country in 1871.

2. Create memory pegs by memorizing key people, events, locations and dates throughout the course of world history.

Science

Objectives: 

1. Demonstrate how density affects buoyancy.

2. Know how liquids behave

3. Know that substances change state depending on temperature and pressure

4. Choose a scientist to study 

Your student will be making their own dictionary of terms through the course of this study.  Most definitions can be found in the Usborne Science Encyclopedia's glossary, all are in the readings.  It's up to you how you want your student to obtain the definition: you can choose to dictate the definition or you can have them look up the terms in a dictionary.  They are to write out each definition on the vocabulary page of their science journal.  

Here are this week's terms.  These are a guide.  Your student's definitions don't need to be word for word.

Density:  a measure of the amount of matter in a substance compared to its volume

Surface Tension: a force that pulls together molecules on the surface of a liquid

Note: Students will be researching a scientist over the next few weeks.  Students can purchase a book, or get a book from their local library and begin reading it next week.  We are taking it very slowing and incrementally.  Here is the schedule so you can plan ahead:

Week of 9/5 – 9/8 : Students read a short biography book of a scientist. 

Here are a few of the scientists they could choose from:

·         Isaac Newton—founded the laws of gravity and motion

·         Thomas Edison—American inventor

·         Albert Einstein—E=mc², plus many other theories

·         Niels Bohr—applied quantum theory of physics to the structure of the atom

·         William Gilbert—English physicist who founded the study of magnetism

·         Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)—established the absolute temperature scale

Week of 9/11 – 9/15: Students complete reading (9/12), and begin answering the following questions on a questionnaire:

·         Who was the scientist you read about?

·         When and where were they born?

·         What was their major scientific contribution?

·         List the events that surrounded their discovery

·         List some other interesting events in the scientist’s life.

·         Why do you think it is important to learn about this scientist?

Week of 9/18 – 9/22 Students continue answering questions

Week of 9/25 – 9/29 Students begin writing a rough draft of their biography report

Week of 10/2 – 10/6 Students continue writing rough draft

Week of 10/9 – 10/12 Students will write a final draft, or make a mini-book, or make a board presentation of their report.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.

Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard".  A copy was placed in your student's binder.  Additional copies here.

History Timeline:

You can find the timeline song here. 

Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History Card timeline-motions.

Here is a YouTube demonstration the hand motions for the first 6 minutes. Timeline Song

Here is a video of the hand motions for the second 6 minutes of the song: Timeline Song

Geography:  We will continue memorizing the ocean and continents this week.   Here is a short video that demonstrates blobbing of a world map.

Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.