Fortis 4th Grade (M/W): September 2021

Fortis Academy 4th grade: Sept. 27 - Oct 1, 2021

4th Grade Week 8	9/27/2021	9/28/2021	9/29/2021	9/30/2021	10/1/2021
Discipleship	JUSTICE: "Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, and please the widow's cause,” (Isaiah 1:17)
Bible	Ex 14	Ex 16	Ex 19-20	Ex 23:20-Ex 24
Math	Ch 4 Test & Introduce Probability	Complete worksheet sent home	Ch 5, L2 TB p111-114, WB p97-100	Ch 5, L3 TB p115-119, WB p101-104	Ch 5, L4 Practice TB p120-121
Spelling	Review Phonograms: kn, gn, nk, ough, ew. Step 6: Review New Teaching and Tips, DS 4-6.	Re-write Step 5 test misspelled words 5x & Step 6: Review card box, Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 6 Spelling Test	Step 7: New teaching, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 7 Practice".
Grammar	Ch 6, L2 Jingle 12, Ref. 21 Possessive Pronouns, Do Practice Sentence.	Ch 6, L3 Classify Sentences ONLY! Complete Daily Grammar	Ch 6, L3 Subject/Verb Agreement	Review Subject & Possessive Pronouns- Ref. 19 & 21. Can you name them all? Chapter 6 Test: Do Exercises 1,2, 3 & 5 only. For Ex 5 just circle correct answer. Co-teachers, correct with red pen.
Writing	Poem 1 Recitations	IEW Break! Pick one of the activities in your reading journal p18 to complete.	L8: Read Daedalus & Icarus, Create a KWO and retell, Banned Words: go/went	Write 1st paragraph (setting & characters) of Daedalus & Icarus
Reading	Discuss Ch 11, Literary Elements, & read Ch 12	Finish reading The Perilous Road	Final Discussion, Literary Elements: Irony, Theme, Character Sketch	Put Misty of Chincoteague in your backpack for Mon & Complete any unfinished work in your journal, due Monday for grading
Latin	L5		L5
History	Key Dates Test & The Impressionists:Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cassat	Read SOTW "The Dutch East Indies" p93-96 & in your journal answer the questions in the note below.	Krakatoa	Read SOTW "The Sick Man of Europe" p96-101 and orally narrate	All journal entries should have a title, the date the event took place, and your answer written in complete sentences.
Geography		Southern Europe Due 10/13
Science		Read p219-222 & write at least 3 interesting facts in journal p175	Butterflies & Moths	Read p222-225 & write at least 3 interesting facts in journal p177	Continue working on your insect collection.
Memory Work	POEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/27 GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/13 KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/27

Please check Alma weekly for grades and/or missing work.

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 Justice

Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts! Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.

*Note-If you are new to Singapore Math, dividing numbers using mental math skills will be challenging. Here's a video that may help to demonstrate a simple problem. Work through the lesson, but realize that mental math will become easier as students develop skills working with number bonds and breaking numbers into "friendly" numbers.

Objectives:
1. Assess multiplication skills

2. Find the probability of an event.

3. Estimate and find quotients using long division

4. Divide up to a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number.

5. Practice division.

Spelling
Objective: Analyze two ways to spell the sound of /shun/

Reading

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.

Objectives:
1. Learn about life during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.

3. Identify irony, themes, and changed characters in The Perilous Road.

Writing
Objectives:

1. Assess memorization and presentation of "My Father's Vineyard"

2. Create a Story Sequence Outline of a myth using the Story Sequence Chart

3. Write the first paragraph of a 3 paragraph myth introducing the characters and setting

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences

2. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.

3. Know that subjects and verbs must agree in number.

4. Assessment

Latin
Objective: Memorize more Latin verbs

History

Answer these questions in your journal using complete sentences.

1. What is an archipelago?

2. What things did the islands provide the Dutch?

3. Why did the farmers of the East Indies begin to revolt against the Dutch?

Objectives:

1. Identify characteristics of Impressionist artists including Monet, Renoir, Degas & Cassatt

2. Know that present-day Indonesia, formerly called The Dutch East Indies, was desired by the Dutch for wealth building.

3. Know that the Krakatoa volcano erupted in Indonesia in 1883.

4. Know that the Russian Czar Nicholas called the Ottoman Empire "The Sick Man of Europe" and fought against it.

Science

1. Know the stages of Lepidoptera metamorphosis

2. Compare and contrast butterflies and moths

3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0BaGLMiBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LfDYYn5_bE&t=322s

Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects which you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified

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 Southern Europe 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.

Fortis Academy 4th grade: Sept. 20 - 24, 2021

4th Grade Week 7	9/20/2021	9/21/2021	9/22/2021	9/23/2021	9/24/2021
Discipleship	JUSTICE: "Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, and please the widow's cause,” (Isaiah 1:17)
Bible	Ex 6-9 Select passages	Read Exodus 10	Exodus 11-12	Read Ex 13: 17-22
Math	Ch4 L6, TB p98-100, WB p82-85	Ch 4, L7 TB p101-103, WB 86-89	Review & TB L8 Practice B p104-106	Ch 5, L1 TB p107-110, WB p95-96	Memorize all Mult/Div facts: do flashcards, worksheets, play math fact games. Master those facts!
Spelling	Step 5: Review Phonograms: ti, ci, si, tch. Review New Teaching/Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6 Play Sparkle	Phonograms: eigh, ei, ey, ph. Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.	Step 5 SpellingTest	Step 6: New teaching p45-46, Dictate 12 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 6 Practice".
Grammar	Ch 6, L1- Jingles 10 and 11. Review Ref. 19 and 20: Subject Pronouns.	Review Jingles 9-11. Complete Daily Grammar sent home	Ch 6, L1 Subject Pronouns	What are the SIX parts of speech we have studied so far? List them and give an example of each. Complete Daily Grammar
Writing	Write 3rd paragraph (Climax & Resolution) of Theseus myth	Check and edit your 3rd paragraph using composition checklist p56	Begin writing FD of Theseus	Complete Theseus FD due Mon. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD	Review Poem 1 for Poem Recitation on Monday
Reading	Discuss Ch 5-6, Character Study & Similies	The Perilous Road: Read Ch 7-8 & answer questions (p13) in journal	Discuss Perilous Road Chap 7-8 begin reading Chap 9 in class	Read Perilous Road Ch 10-11 and answer questions p14
Latin	L5		L5
History	Thomas Edison	Read p83-85 Rails, Zones & Bulbs & answer: How did railroads, time zones & light bulbs change the US?	Rails, Zone & Bulbs Activities	Read Japan's Meiji Restoration p86-90 and write 2-3 facts in your journal	Review Key Dates 1-3 for Monday's test
Geography	Southern Europe Due 10/13
Science	What Do You Remember? journal p128 & Introduce Order Lepidoptera	Read L14 p213-215	Butterfly Migration	Read p215-219
Memory Work	POEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/27 GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/13 KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/27

Please check Alma weekly for any missing work.

Coming Soon!
Monday, September 13 - 9:00am Moms in prayer

Monday, September 20 - Picture Day

Saturday, Sept 25 - Fortis Lap-A-Thon

Wednesday, September 29 - Pizza/Spirit/DOGS Day!

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	SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4
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	DS - Dictate Sentences

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 Justice.

Math
NOTE: Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts! Time spent memorizing these facts will greatly reduce homework time and help your student be successful in upcoming multiplication and long division lessons. Make multiplication charts, do flashcards, worksheets, play math fact games or whatever works to master these facts.

Objectives:
1. Multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number.

2. Multiply a three-digit number by a two-digit number.

3. Assess multiplication skills.

4. Divide numbers up to three digits using a mental math method.

5. Memorize division math facts.

Spelling
Objective: Spell words ending in sion, words containing the sound of th, and how to add two suffixes to a word

Reading

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.

Objectives:
1. Learn about life during the Civil War.
2. Analyze a character in literature.

3. Identify similies.

Writing
Objectives:

1. Introduce the Story Sequence Chart

2. Create a Story Sequence Outline of a myth using the Story Sequence Chart

3. Brainstorm dress-ups and review vocabulary

4. Write the first paragraph of a 3 paragraph myth introducing the characters and setting

5. Write the second paragraph of a myth describing the conflict or problem

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify subject pronouns in sentences

2. Correctly use subject pronouns in an original sentence.

3. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences

4. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.

History

Objectives:

1. Know the accomplishments and contributions of Thomas Edison

2. Know that railroads sped travel, took people to new cities, and took grain and other goods to faraway places.

3. Know that time zones divided the earth into twenty-four zones, making it the same time inside each zone.

4. Know that electricity made it possible for men to work after dark.

5. Know that Japan became more modern during the Meiji Restoration.

Science

Objectives:

1. Identify characteristics of Order Lepidoptera: scale wings, proboscis, forewings, hindwings
2. Know that some butterflies migrate long distances

3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified

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 Southern Europe 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:

Key Dates for 1st quarter:

The War Between the States 1861-1865

World War I 1914-1918

Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917