Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 25 - 29, 2021

4th Grade Week 201/25/20211/26/20211/27/20211/28/20211/29/2021
DiscipleshipFaith
BibleEsther 3-8Nehemiah 1Neh 2,4 & 6:15-16Malachi 3
MathCh 11, L1 TB p33-37, WB p29-31Ch 11 L2 TB p38-40, WB p32-33Ch 11, L3 TB p41-45, WB p35-37Ch 11, L4, TB p46-50, WB p39-41
SpellingReview New Teaching (Make It Plural book) and Writing Station words. Dictate sentences 4-6Rewrite Step 16 Test misspelled words 5x correctly, Step 17: Review Card Box, Dictate Sentences 7-9Step 17 Spelling TestStep 18 New Teaching, Complete Make it Plural Book p7-9, Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 18 Practice."
GrammarCh 13, L4 LimericksCh 13 reviewCh 13 Test
WritingUgly Duckling RD due. Begin writing FDComplete FD making sure you have all your dress-ups and vocab words underlined and labeled. Staple: Rubric, FD, RDUgly Duckling FD due. L19: Peter Pan-Write KWO, Introduce Prep OpenersReview p137 and write a practice #2 Opener
ReadingNumber the Stars Ch 1Read Ch 2 and answer questions 3-5 on p14 of your study guideDiscussionRead Ch 3 and answer questions 6-9 on p15
LatinL8L8
HistoryChina and The Long MarchBlack Tues & the New Deal p281-285The Great DepressionRead "Hitler's Rise to Power" p286-290. In your journal answer: 1.Why was anti-Semitism so widespread in many European countries? 2. Why were the Germans so willing to listen to Hitler?
GeographyEastern Europe
SciencePractice bird identificationComplete "What Do You Remember?" Journal p27TX songbirds & complete crossword puzzle p32Read & color bird handout & Check out the Bird Feeder Live CamWatch for birds at your feeder and try to identify as many as you can! Keep a record in your journal p28
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 3/23
Coming Soon:
Monday, January 25 - Moms in Prayer
Wednesday, January 27 - Pizza/Spirit Day
Monday, February 15 - Teacher Training/Student Holiday, no school!

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. Find the area of a figure given the side lengths by converting units.

2. Find the unknown side of a rectangle given the area and one side.

3. Find the area of rectangular paths.

4. Find the perimeter of rectangles

5. Find the length of an unknown side given the length of one side and the perimeter.


Spelling

Objective:
1. Make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Identify word pictures in literature

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar

Objectives:

1.Write a limerick.
2. Join two sentences correctly to make a compound sentence.
3. Correct compound sentence mistakes
4. Assessment

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a polished FD story of "The Ugly Duckling"
2. Practice the Unit 5 structural model.
3. Write a #2 opener sentence which starts with a prepositional phrase.

History 

Objectives:

1. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.

2. Know that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 leading the The Great Depression. 3. Know that Hitler rose to power in Germany during the The Great Depression.


Science

Objective: Practice identifying Texas birds. 
Here is a wonderful publication from Texas Parks & Wildlife which gives a lot of information about Texas birds and how to identify them. There's also coloring pages, facts, and fun activities which will aid in your bird study.


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