Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct 3 - 7, 2022

4th Grade Week 910/3/202210/4/202210/5/202210/6/202210/7/2022
DiscipleshipDiligence
BibleEx 32-33Read Exodus 34:1-4 & Ex 34:29-35Read Numbers 13-14Numbers 20:1-13
MathCh 5, L5 TB p122-125, WB p109-112Ch 5, L7 Practice B TB p130-131
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Make test corrections on a separate paper, attach to test & return		Division Quiz & Introduction to FractionsReview 1 TB p132-133Complete Review 1
SpellingStep 7: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle!Rewrite misspelled Step 6 words 5 times, Review any shaky Phonograms and card box. Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 7 Spelling TestStep 8: New teaching, Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 8 Practice".
GrammarCh 7 L1: Possessive Nouns & Write Practice Sentence using Labels: SP V Adv P PPA PNA Adj OP (TM p114-115)Ch 7, L2: Classify Sentences, Co-Teachers, please have student do question/ answer flow orally & check sentences for accuracy) & Complete Daily GrammarCh 7 L3 Object PronounsCo-teachers, give Test Time on p120 of Teacher's Manual following the directions given
Writing1st paragraph due, Begin writing 2nd paragraph (Conflict/ problem) of RDWrite 2nd paragraph (Conflict/problem) of Daedalus RD. Check first two paragraphs using Composition Checklist p64, Underline & label dress-upsWrite 3rd paragraph of RD (Climax & Resolution)Check all three paragraphs, using Rubric to check that you have all required elements. Begin writing FD, due next Wed.
ReadingIntroduce Misty of Chincoteague Read Ch 1 & 2Read Misty Ch 3 and answer questions in your reading journal p6Discussion & Read Ch 4Read Ch 5-6 and answer questions in your journal p10
Latin
HistoryThe Suez CanalRead "The Iron Outlaw" p113-117& Make a "Wanted" Poster, See note belowShare Wanted Posters, map Australia, & Australia activitiesRead Carving Up Africa p117-121 and journal p23
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/13Review Southern Europe
ScienceWDYR
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Set up butterfly garden		Read p226-229 & Review study guide for tomorrow's quizQuiz
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Intro to Praying Mantises and Dragonflies		Lesson 13 Read p199-202 and add 3 interesting facts to journal p167How many insects have you collected and pinned? Continue working on your insect collection.
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 11/30
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/12
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/7
Coming Soon:
Friday, Oct 7 - End of the first quarter
Monday, Oct 10 - Parent/Teacher Conferences, No school for students 
Wednesday, Oct 12 - Spirit Day
Wednesday, Oct 12 - Falcon Moms Lunch @ Mainstreet Social 11:30am
Saturday, Oct. 15 - Fortis Lap-A-Thon 9:00 a.m.

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 Diligence.

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

Objectives:
1. Solve multi-step word problems involving division
2. Practice division
3. Identify equivalent fractions
4. Cumulative review of content from Ch 1-6


Spelling
Objective:  Spell words with the sound of /eks/ and /egs/ spelled ex

Reading  

We are starting Misty of Chincoteague this week. Please add the Novel Study to your yellow reading journal.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.
Objectives: 
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Summarize a passage through written narration.

Writing

Objectives:

1. Write a 3-paragraph myth that follows the story sequence chart (characters/setting, conflict/problem, climax/resolution)
2. Incorporate dress-ups (ly, who/which, strong verb) and vocabulary words (proud, fasten)

Grammar

Objectives:
1. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences
2. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.
3. Identify object pronouns in sentences.
4. Review previously learned grammar skills.

History  
Objectives: 
1. Know that the Suez Canal allowed ships to pass from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea to go East, instead of sailing around Africa.
2. Know that prisoners were sent to Australia instead of prisons in Britain.
3. Understand that free men and women joined the prisoners in Australia because they could own a farm of their own.
Make a Wanted Poster
Ned Kelly and the members of his gang were wanted by the police. The police offered a reward to anyone who could offer information or help in catching Ned Kelly and his gang. They notified people about this reward by making a "Wanted" poster. Make your own wanted poster like the poster used to catch the Iron Outlaw. Draw a picture of Ned Kelly in the center of your poster. Write important details for the public to know, such as what crimes he's accused of and the reward offered for his capture.

Science
1. Review facts about order Lepidoptera
2. Set up a butterfly habitat for Monarch larvae
3. Learn about ways to attract butterflies to your yard
4. Identify characteristics of praying mantises and dragonflies
5. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Note:
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.
PoetryOur second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  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: Memorize Key Dates 1-6

Key Dates for the 2nd 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


Fortis Academy 4th grade: Sept 26 - 30, 2022

4th Grade Week 89/26/20229/27/20229/28/20229/29/20229/30/2022
DiscipleshipResponsibility - "A man's pride shall bring him low, but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit." Prov. 29:23
BibleEx 14Ex 16Ex 19-20Ex 23:20-Ex 24
MathCh 5, L2 TB p111-114, WB p97-100Complete worksheet sent home, Co-Teachers, check multiplication problems for mastery.Multiplication facts test
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Ch 4 Test		Ch 5, L3 TB p115-119, WB p101-104Ch 5, L4 Practice TB p120-121
SpellingReview 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, phonograms. Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 6 Spelling TestStep 7: New teaching, Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 7 Practice".
GrammarCh 6, L2 Jingle 12, Ref. 21 Possessive Pronouns, Do Practice Sentence.Ch 6, L3 Classify Sentences ONLY! Complete Daily GrammarCh 6, L3 Subject/Verb AgreementReview 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 the correct answer
WritingPoem 1 RecitationsComplete Theseus FD. Due tomorrow. &
Pick one of the activities in your reading journal p18 to complete and share.		Poem 1 Recitations continued
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L8: Read Daedalus & Icarus, Create a KWO and retell, Banned Words: go/went		Write 1st paragraph (setting & characters) of Daedalus & Icarus
ReadingDiscuss Ch 11, Literary Elements, & read Ch 12Finish reading The Perilous RoadFinal Discussion, Literary Elements: Irony, Theme, Character SketchPut Misty of Chincoteague in your backpack for Mon & complete the Writing Activity p21 in your journal.
LatinL4L4
History
Key Dates Test & The Impressionists:Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cassat
Read SOTW "The Dutch East Indies" p93-96 & in your journal write a paragraph answering the questions in the note below.KrakatoaRead SOTW "The Sick Man of Europe" p96-101 and orally narrate
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/12
ScienceRead p219-222 & write at least 3 interesting facts in journal p175Butterflies & MothsRead p222-225 & write at least 3 interesting facts in journal p177Continue working on your insect collection.
Memory WorkPOEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/28
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/12
KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/26
Please check Alma weekly for grades and/or missing work.
Coming Soon:
Monday, Sept. 26 - Grammar Play Date 3-4pm at Lions Foundation Park
Wednesday, Sept. 28 - D.O.G.S. Day, Pizza Day & Spirit day!
Friday, Oct 7 - End of the first quarter
Saturday, Oct. 15 - Fortis Lap-A-Thon 9:00 a.m.


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 Responsibility. Responsibility is "doing what I have been entrusted to do".
To practice responsibility, I will: do my work to the best of my ability, keep my commitments, clarify expectations, not make excuses, and correct my mistakes.

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. Estimate and find quotients using long division

2. Assess multiplication skills

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

4. 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  

Write a paragraph summary in your journal using complete sentences. Include information about the following questions.

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:
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 daily 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


Fortis Academy 4th grade: Sept. 19 - 23, 2022

4th Grade Week 79/19/20229/20/20229/21/20229/22/20229/23/2022
DiscipleshipResponsibility - "A man's pride shall bring him low, but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit." Prov. 29:23
BibleEx 6-9 Select passagesRead Exodus 10Exodus 11-12Read Ex 13: 17-22
MathCh4 L6, TB p98-100, WB p82-85Ch 4, L7 TB p101-103, WB 86-89Review & TB L8 Practice B p104-106Ch 5, L1 TB p107-110, WB p95-96Memorize all Mult/Div facts: do flashcards, worksheets, play math fact games.
Master those facts!
SpellingStep 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. Review card box.Step 5 SpellingTestStep 6: New teaching p45-46, Dictate 12 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 6 Practice".
Grammar
 Review Jingles 10-11. Complete Daily Grammar sent homeCh 6, L1- Jingles 10 and 11. Review Ref. 19 and 20: Subject Pronouns.Ch 6, L3 Classify Sentences ONLY! What are the SIX parts of speech we have studied so far? List them and give an example of each. Complete Daily Grammar
WritingWrite 3rd paragraph (Climax & Resolution) of Theseus mythCheck and edit your 3rd paragraph using the composition checklist p56. Begin writing FDWork on FD of TheseusComplete Theseus FD. Due next Wed. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RDReview Poem 1 for Poem Recitation next week.
ReadingDiscuss Ch 6, Characterization & Similies, Begin reading Ch 7The Perilous Road: Read Ch 7-8 & answer questions 1-5 (p13) in journalDiscuss Perilous Road Chap 7-8 begin reading Chap 9 in classRead Perilous Road Ch 10-11 and answer questions p14
LatinL4L4
HistoryThomas EdisonRead p83-85 Rails, Zones & Bulbs & answer journal questionsThe Transcontinental RailroadRead Japan's Meiji Restoration p86-90.  In your journal: Pretend you're a shogun and write about changes you've seen in Japan since Commodore Perry came.Review Key Dates 1-3 for Monday's test
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/12
ScienceReview & What Do You Remember? journal p128Read L14 p213-215Butterfly MigrationRead p215-219 Describe what you've learned about Lep anatomy in your journal p175
Memory WorkPOEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/26 or 9/28
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/12
KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/26

Coming Soon:
Monday, Sept. 26 - Grammar Play Date 3-4pm at Lions Foundation Park
Wednesday, Sept. 28 - D.O.G.S. Day, Pizza Day & Spirit day!
Saturday, Oct. 15 - Fortis Lap-A-Thon 9:00 a.m.


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 Responsibility. Responsibility is doing what I have been entrusted to do.
To practice responsibility, I will: do my work to the best of my ability, keep my commitments, clarify expectations, not make excuses, and correct my mistakes.

Math

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 characterization in literature.

3. Identify similies.

Writing
Objectives:

1. Write the climax and resolution of a 3-paragraph narrative story.

2. Edit and write a polished FD of a myth.


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. Identify ways 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.

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 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




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