Fortis Academy 4th grade: Sept. 18 - 22, 2023

4th Grade Week 7	9/18/2023	9/19/2023	9/20/2023	9/21/2023	9/22/2023
Discipleship	Responsibility - "A man's pride shall bring him low, but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit." Prov. 29:23
Bible	Ex 6-9 Select passages	Read Exodus 10	Exodus 11-12	Read Ex 13: 17-22
Math	FP-H, Ch4 L6, TB p98-100, WB p82-85	FP-H, Ch 4, L7 TB p101-103, WB 86-89	FP-H, Review & TB L8 Practice B p104-106	FP-H, Ch 5, L1 TB p107-110, WB p95-96	Complete worksheet sent home, Co-Teachers, CCC checking multiplication problems for mastery.
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. Review card box..	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.	Classify Sentences for Ch 6,L1, Co-Teachers, please check that your student can say the Question/ Answer flow, Review Jingles 10-11. Complete Daily Grammar sent home	Ch 6, L2 Jingle 12, Ref. 21 Possessive Pronouns, Do Practice Sentence.	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
Writing	Write 3rd paragraph (Climax & Resolution) of Theseus myth	Check and edit your 3rd paragraph using composition checklist p56. Begin writing FD	Work on FD of Theseus	Work on Theseus FD, using rubric to make sure you have all required elements. Underline & label dress-ups & vocab. Due Wed. 9/2	Review Poem 1 for Recitation next week.
Reading	Discuss Ch 6, Characterization & Similes, Begin reading Ch 7	The Perilous Road: Read Ch 7-8 & answer questions 1-5 (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	L3	Copybook L3	L3
History	Thomas Edison	Read p83-85 Rails, Zones & Bulbs & answer journal questions Review Key Dates 1-3	The Transcontinental Railroad	Read Japan's Meiji Restoration p86-90. Pretend you're a shogun and in your journal write about changes you've seen in Japan since Commodore Perry came.	Review Key Dates 1-3 for Monday's test
Geography	Review Northern & Eastern States	Match the Northern & Eastern states with their capitals		Review Northern & Eastern States
Science	Review & What Do You Remember? journal p128	Read L14 p213-215	Butterfly Migration	Read p215-219 Describe what you've learned about Lep anatomy in your journal p175
Memory Work	POEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/27 GEOGRAPHY: Northern States & Capitals and Eastern Border States KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/25

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

Coming Soon:

Saturday, September 23 - Dodgeball Tournament, Glad Tidings Church 5:30-7:30 pm

Wednesday, September 27 - DOGS, Spirit, & 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 Character Virtue of the month is Confidence. We gain confidence by knowing our identity in Christ and trusting in Almighty God.

Math

Begin math with a 5-minute warm-up of Multiplication facts. Strive to memorize multiplication facts ASAP. When you can complete 100 facts in 5 minutes with 97% accuracy, move on the Division 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. Review and practice multiplication skills.

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

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 similes.

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 memorize the Northern & Eastern Border states and capitals. 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