Fortis Academy 4th grade: Jan. 18 - 22, 2021

4th Grade Week 191/18/20211/19/20211/20/20211/21/20211/22/2021
DiscipleshipFaith Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb. 11:1
BibleDaniel 5 & 6Ezra 1:1-7, 3:1-3, 11-13Haggai 1:1-10, 2:6-7, Zech 4:6Esther 1 & 2
MathCh 10, L5 TB p20-22, WB p14-18Ch 10, L6 TB p23-24 Practice A, CCCCh 10 L7 TB p25-27, WB p20-22Ch 10, L8 TB p28-30, WB p23-25Ch 10, L9 Practice B: TB p31 problems 1-5 CCC
SpellingStep 16: Review Plural Patterns 1-4. DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle!Review Card Box & phonograms, Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 16 Spelling TestStep 17 New Teaching. Complete Make It Plural Book Pattern 5 (p.6)Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 17 Practice."
GrammarCh 13, L2: Ref 42 & Ch 13, L3 Ref 44-46Ch 13, L3 Classify Sentences, Practice Time 1,2, & 3 on p74LimericksDaily Grammar
WritingUgly Duckling: Using your KWO write RD of 1st paragraph only. Underline & label your six dress-ups, include vocab: hatch, siblingsUsing your KWO, write the 2nd paragraph of your story. Use the composition checklist p125 to make sure you have all required dress-ups. Vocab study: miserable, despiseWriter's Conference & begin writing 3rd paragraph RDComplete 3rd paragraph of your RD. Underline 6 dress-ups in each paragraph and label in margin. Highlight 2-3 key words in each central fact/clincher. RD due Mon.
ReadingDiscussionRead Helen Keller p74-endDiscussion & ActivityComplete Biography Sheet for Helen Keller (in journal) & put Number the Stars in your backpack for Monday
Latin
HistoryStalin & TotalitarianismRead "Fascism in Italy" p260-266Mussolini"Japan, China & a Pretend Emperor" p269-272
GeographyEastern Europe
ScienceBird Identification StrategiesRead p29-32 & add facts to journal p26Bird BehaviorRead p33-36
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 on 3/3
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/24
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/1
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/5

Coming Soon:
Monday, January 25 - Moms in Prayer
Wednesday, January 27 - Pizza/Spirit Day

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 virtue this month is Faith.


Math

Objectives:

1. Express measurements of time in compound units & single units.

2. Multiply time expressed in compound units.

3. Practice concepts learned.

4. Express a smaller unit of measurement as a fraction of a larger unit of measurement.


Spelling

Objective:
1. Review four patterns for making words plural.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn about the life of Helen Keller

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar

Objective:

1. Identify simple sentences, compound parts and complex sentences.
2. Join two sentences correctly to make a compound sentence.
3. Correct compound sentence mistakes
4. Write a limerick.

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Practice the Unit 5 structural model.
2. Write a 3-paragraph composition from a KWO
3. Correctly use new vocabulary words.

History 

Objectives: 

1. Examine Stalin's rule in the USSR and identify characteristics of totalitarianism.

2. Examine Mussolini's rule in Italy and identify characteristics of fascism.

Science

1. Learn ways to identify birds through field markings, behavior, habitat, and songs. 


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

Poetry:  Our  third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone".  These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here in one. In Christ Alone. Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are beginning our study Eastern Europe this week.  The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided.

History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US PresidentsFor assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21


Key Dates for 3rd quarter:

1. The War Between the States                         1861-1865
2. World War I                                                     1914-1918
3. Lenin & the Russian Revolution                   1917
4. The Great Depression                                  1929-1939
5. World War II                                                  1939-1945
6. The Cold War                                                1945-1991
7. The Formation of Israel                             1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China          1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968


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