Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Aug 24 - 28, 2020

4th Grade Week 3	8/24/2020	8/25/2020	8/26/2020	8/27/2020	8/28/2020
Discipleship
Bible	Gen 21:1-8, 22:1-18	Genesis 24	Gen 27-28	Genesis 29
Math	Ch 2, L2 TB p42-45, WB p28-30	Ch 2, L3 TB p46-48, WB p31-33	Ch 2, L5 TB p52-54, WB p38-39	Ch 2 L4 TB p49-51, WB p34-37	Ch 2 L6 Practice TB p55-56
Spelling	Step 2: Review new teaching, Reinforcement & Writing Station Words, Review single letter Phonograms, DS 4-6	Step 2: Review card box, all single letter phonograms, Dictate Sentences 7-9 Check for accuracy.	Step 2 Test	Step 3: New Teaching p27-30, Dictate new words	DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 2 Practice"
Grammar	Ch 2, L5: Adjectives and Articles, Memorize adj questions	Ch 2, L5 Practice 1 (p66) & complete Daily Grammar WS sent home	Ch 3, L1 Identifying adverbs that modify adjectives and adverbs	Complete Daily Grammar WS sent home, Memorize the 3 Adj questions: Which one? What kind? How many? Review jingles 1-6
Writing	L3:The Four Oxen & the Lioness KWO & -ly dress-up, vocab practice	Review vocab. Using your KWO and composition checklist, write a RD of The Four Oxen & the Lioness	Writer's conference & edit RD. In-class writing assignment	Write FD Using rubric to ensure all components are present. Due Mon, Stapled in this order: Rubric, FD, RD
Reading	Discuss The Good Master Chap 8, Begin Ch 9	, Read Ch 9	Read Ch 10	Read Ch 11 & create a storyboard presentation of the story of the prince. See directions in your reading folder.
Latin	L2 p10-11	Copybook L2	L2 p12-1
History	David Livingstone and the exploration of Africa	Read SOTW p29-34 "Wandering Through Africa" and write a paragraph in your journal recalling what you admire about David Livingstone	Share journal entries, discuss Livingstone quotes	Read p41-46 The Taiping Rebellion and write 3-4 interesting facts in your journal
Geography	Review	Review Oceans & Continents	Oceans & Continents Test
Science	Insect Collecting, Handouts sent home	Read p139-142	Experiment & field day	Read p143-146 Create an insect zoo OR Work on your insect collection	Insect Collecting
Memory Work	POEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/28 GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe Test on 10/14 KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/28 SCIENCE: Insect anatomy, classification of life Test on 9/9

Coming Soon!
Monday, August 24 - Fortis Academy Open House 6:00-7:00 pm 

Wednesday, August 26 - Spirit Day/Watch D.O.G.S./Pizza Lunch 

Monday, September 7 - Labor Day NO SCHOOL

Blog Abbreviations:

L-Lesson	KWO-Key Word Outline	NB-Science Notebook
TB- Textbook	RD- Rough Draft	SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4
WB- Workbook	FD- Final Draft
CCC-Complete, check, correct	Grammar- Shurley English	NT- New Teaching
MM- Mental Math	TM - Teacher's Manual	DS - Dictate Sentences
FP-Facts Practice Sheet	CB- Latin Copybook

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 Obedience. Kids of Integrity has Bible lessons, games, prayers, and activities geared to help develop this virtue in your child.

Math

Begin math with a 5 minute warm-up of addition practice using Facts Practice A.  When your child can complete FP-A correctly in 5 min, move on to FP-B (subtraction).

Objectives:

1. Subtract 5-digit numbers.

2. Use mental math to add and subtract up to 5-digit numbers

3. Solve multi-step word problems with addition and subtraction

4. Practice previously learned skills

Spelling

Objective: Spell words with the sound of /kt/ spelled ct

Reading  

Objectives:

1. Identify virtues in characters

2. Summarize a passage through oral narration

3. Interact with the text through discussion and activities

4. Increase vocabulary

Writing

Objectives: 1. Create a KWO from a source text. 2. Write a rough draft of fable using KWO and composition checklist. 3. Incorporate new vocabulary 4 .Correctly incorporate “ly” words into composition. 5. Write a polished final draft of fable

Grammar

Objectives: 

1.  Recognize and identify adjectives and article adjectives.

2.  Identify adverbs that modify adjectives and adverbs.

3.  Identify nouns as "common" or proper" and "singular" or "plural."

4.  Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence.

Latin

Objective: Learn Latin vocabulary, derivatives and prayers

History

Objectives:  

1. Know that David Livingstone went to Africa to care for the sick and preach Christianity

2. Recognize problems facing China in the mid 1800's: corrupt government and opium addiction

Science

Objectives:

1. Know how to collect and identify insects.

2. Understand different types of insect eyes, mouths, legs and wings

3. Create an insect zoo or collection for observation

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

Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard".  Additional copies here.

Geography:  We will continue to study the Continents & Oceans. The 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.

Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species