Fortis 4th Grade (M/W): Fortis Academy 4th grade: Nov. 27

4th Grade Week 16	11/27/2023	11/28/2023	11/29/2023	11/30/2023	12/1/2023
Discipleship	RESPECT: "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets." Matthew 7:12 (NLT)
Bible	Isaiah-Select verses	Hosea 4:1-3 & Hosea 6:1-3	II Kings 18	Nahum 1, Zeph 1:14-18, Hab 3:16-19
Math	FP & Ch 8, L8 TB p207-209, WB Ex 8 p192	FP-H & Ch 8, L9 Practice TB p210 & TB p231 #8,9 & 10. WB p196-197 Co-teachers, please check and help students correct any errors in preparation for tomorrow's test	Ch 8 Test & Ch 9, L1 TB p211-217, WB p201-203	FP-H & Ch 9, L2 TB p218-220, WB Ex 2 p205	Complete Math Packet sent home
Spelling	Step 14: Review New Teaching, Review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!	Re-Write misspelled Step 13 words 5x, Review Card Box, Review Phonograms: sh, th, oo, ee, oy, oi, ch Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 14 Spelling Test & Phonogram Review	Step 15: New teaching, Dictate 10 words & Sentences 1-3. Review phonograms ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, ui	Administer FA Phonics Assessment #2 and Oral Phonogram Drill Sheet & return to school Monday. See note below.
Grammar	Editing Practice	Complete WS sent home	Editing Practice	Ch 12, L4 Test. Do Ex 1, 2, 4, and Ex 5 #1 & 2 only. Co-teachers, please correct in red pen and return to school for grade recording
Writing	Write from a prompt	Complete RD of yesterday's prompt. Include sensory words & dress-ups.	Poem 2 Recitations
Reading	Discussion & read Ch 18-19	Finish reading The Wright Brothers & put Helen Keller in your backpack for tomorrow	Introduce Helen Keller, Read p7-19	Helen Keller Read p20-45 and copy first 3 quotes in your journal
Latin	L8	Copybook L7	L8	Copybook L7
History	Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution	Read "The End of the War", answer questions in journal, & Review Key Dates 1-6	The End of the Great War discussion & read "In Flanders Fields"	Review Key Dates 1-6 & complete study guide sent home
Geography	Southern Europe
Science	Potential & Kinetic Energy Experiment	Read p54-57 and complete worksheet started in class yesterday.	Heat & Thermal Energy Experiment	Read p58-61 & complete worksheet started in class yesterday. Due Mon.	Review for insect final test on Monday
Memory Work	POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 11/29 GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/4

Check Alma weekly for grades and/or missing work.

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, Nov 29 - Spirit, D.O.G.S, and Pizza Day!

Wednesday, Dec 6 - Christmas Sweater Day & Grammar school Christmas Party!

Friday, Dec 8 - End of 2nd Quarter

Monday, Dec 11 - Friday, Jan 5 - Christmas Break

Fortis Grammar students have a tradition of having a classical book exchange at the Christmas party. If you would like your child to participate, please send a wrapped new or gently used classical book. You may want to specify if the book would appeal more to boys or girls, but that's not necessary. Here’s a list of classical books if you’d like some ideas.

https://childrensbookradio.com/more-classic-books-for-children.html

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. This month's virtue is Respect.

Math

Continue to complete a Facts Practice worksheet each day. Correct and return to school for a completion grade.

Objectives:

1. Solve word problems involving fractions.

2. Practice multiplying fractions.

3. Assessment

4. Interpret change over time in bar and line graphs

5. Draw and display data in a line graph

Spelling

Objective:
1. Spell more words with the sound of /z/ spelled s.
2. Review and assess phonograms

Please administer the Classical Phonics Assessment (in binder) this week and return to school Monday.

You only need to do Assessment 2. Here are instructions for administering the assessment.

Phonogram Drill Form (written portion) - Parents, read the sound or sounds on the card. Or if you prefer, you can play the sound on the AAS app. Your student should then write the corresponding phonogram in the box. Mark any your child missed.

Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker (oral portion) - Show the card to the student. He or she should be able to correctly identify all the sounds associated with that card. Please note any phonograms your child missed on the form.

Reading

Objective: Identify goodness, truth, and beauty in biographical literature.

Grammar

Objectives:

1 Classify Pattern 2 sentences: SN, V-t, DO

2. Review editing and punctuation skills

3. Practice editing skills

4. Assessment

Writing

Objectives:

1. Write from a prompt

2. Recite 2nd quarter poem

History

Objectives:

1. Know that Russia's economic collapse led to the Bolshevik Revolution, which forced the Czar out of power.

2. Know that the Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin, became a brutal dictator.

3. Lenin established the USSR and ruled over it until his death in 1924.

4. Know that WW I started in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

5. Know that WW I ended in 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Science

1. Know that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but does change forms.

2. Describe potential and kinetic energy and give examples of each.

3. Measure and explain the transfer of thermal energy.

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

Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.

Geography: We are reviewing Southern 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.

Here is the link to the Sheppards software game. https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/geography/europe/game-1/

History:

Key Dates for 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: Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2023