Fortis Academy 4th grade: April 12 - 16, 2021

 

4th

4/12/2021

4/13/2021

4/14/2021

4/15/2021

4/16/2021

Discipleship	Cooperation: "Understanding others to effectively work with them"
Bible	I Cor 13, & II Cor 5	Gal 5	Eph 6	Phil 4:6-13
Math	Ch 16, L1 TB p197-201, WB p157-159	Make test corrections & Ch 16, L2 TB p202-205, WB p160-161	Ch 16, L3 TB p206-209, WB p162-164	Ch 16, L4 Tb p210-214, WB p166-168	Ch 16 , L5 TB p215-218, WB p170-172
Spelling	Step 26 Review teaching & strategies, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle	Rewrite misspelled Step 25 Test words, Review phonograms & Card Box. Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 26 Spelling Test	Step 27 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 27 Practice."
Grammar	Ch 22, L1 Writing a Business Letter	Ch 22 L2 Classify Sentences. Use Ref 65-67 to draft a business letter to a company of your choice. See note below. Please address an envelope, but do not seal. Due Wed	Share business letters & Complete Daily Grammar	Mail your business letter & Ch 22 Test Do Ex 1 & 3 only. Check & make corrections. On notebook paper write three original sentences: P1, P2, and P3, Due Mon
Writing	Writer's Conference & Begin 2nd paragraph of writing prompt essay	Write 2nd paragraph RD of writing prompt, Include dress-ups: ly, w/w, sv, b/c, adj, www.asia, #2 prep & #3 ly openers. Proofread & edit your RD, Co-teachers, please correct spelling & grammar errors	Writing from a prompt cont.	Complete your RD. Did you start with an "attention getter"? End with a final clincher? Include all dress-ups? RD with corrections made due  Monday
Reading	Mixed-Up Files Ch 1	Mixed-Up Files Ch 2 and answer questions in journal p7	Discussion & read Ch 3	Read Mixed-Up Files Ch 4 & answer questions in journal p11
Latin	L11		L11
History	The End of the Cold War &  1st Moonwalk History Journal check	Read "Chernobyl & Nuclear Power" p445-449		Read "Communism Crumbles" p459-462 and describe what happened in Berlin, Germany in 1989.
Geography	Review Scandinavia	Review Scandinavia	Scandinavia Test
Science	Raptors: Eagles, Hawks & Vultures Science Journal check	Read about Owls & color the Owl in your field guide	Watch chicks hatch! & Owl Pellet Dissection	Read about Raptors   & color the hawk & work on your bird report	Check this out!  Livestream of Eagle's Nest
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 4 on 5/10 GEOGRAPHY: Scandinavia on 4/14 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/10 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/5

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, April 14 - Spirit Day!

Wednesday, April 28 - Spirit Day, DOGS Day, & Pizza 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 Cooperation. Character Council has some great resources to help develop this character trait in your child.

Math

Objectives:

1. Recognize perpendicular lines in figures and verify that they intersect at right angles

2.Recognize parallel lines in figures and verify that they are parallel by determining if they are both perpendicular to a third line

3. Draw perpendicular and parallel lines

4. Classify quadrilaterals based on the number of parallel sides

5. Identify lines of symmetry in figures

Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell words containing the sound of /u/ spelled ou.

Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Practice reading fluency and comprehension skills

2. Compare and contrast characters.

3. Identify similes in literature

4. Learn new vocabulary

Grammar

Objectives:

1 Know common reasons to write a business letter.

2. Write a properly formatted business letter.

3. Address an envelope and mail letter.

Note: Students will learn four types of business letters and write to a company of their choice.  They will often receive back a reply, which can be exciting. Bring the properly formatted letter, along with an addressed envelope to school on Wednesday. After they are checked, we will mail them!

Writing 

*Note: We will be using the writing prompt from the IEW writing contest for students. (See https://iew.com/iew-writing-contest-2021 for details.) Participation in the contest is voluntary, however, I do hope all students will enter!

Objectives:

1. To write a 2-paragraph composition from a writing prompt.

2. To correctly incorporate dress-ups and sentence openers.

History 

Objectives:

Science

Objectives:

1. Know that Raptors are birds of prey that use their strong feet, talons and hooked beaks to catch and kill their prey.

2. Look at owl behavior

3. Dissect an owl pellet 

4. Research bird of choice and present findings to classmates

Students will be making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  For coloring accuracy, search birds here:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

Learn About Texas Birds

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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

Poetry:  Our  fourth quarter poem is 'The Dentist and the Crocodile". Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are continuing our study of Scandinavia 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 continuing 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 Presidents. For 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

10, Man Walks on the Moon 1969 11. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989 12. The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 1991

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