Fortis Academy 4th grade: Jan. 22 - 26, 2024

4th Grade Week 20	1/22/2024	1/23/2024	1/24/2024	1/25/2024	1/26/2024
Discipleship	DETERMINATION: “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” James 1:12
Bible	Esther 3-8	Nehemiah 1	Neh 2,4 & 6:15-16	Malachi 3
Math	Ch 10 Quiz & Ch 11, L1 TB p33-37, WB p29-31	FP &  Ch 11 L2 TB p38-40, WB p32-33	FP & Ch 11, L3 TB p41-45, WB p35-37	FP & Ch 11, L4, TB p46-50, WB p39-41
Spelling	Review New Teaching (Make It Plural book) and Writing Station words. Dictate sentences 4-6	Rewrite Step 16 Test misspelled words 5x correctly, Step 17: Review Card Box, Dictate Sentences 7-9	Step 17 Spelling Test	Step 18 New Teaching, Complete Make it Plural Book p7-9, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 18 Practice."
Grammar	Ch 15 L1 Making Nouns Possessive: Grammar Time, Skill Tine, Practice Time	Ch 15, L2 Grammar Time & Practice Time CCC	Ch 15, L3 & Review	Ch 15 Test for practice only. Do Ex 1, 2, & 4 only. Co-teachers please check and help students make corrections.
Writing	Ugly Duckling RD due. Begin writing FD	Complete FD making sure you have all your dress-ups and vocab words underlined and labeled. Highlight key words in Central Fact and Clincher sentences for each paragraph. Due tomorrow, stapled: Rubric, FD, RD	Begin L21: Introduce Summarizing Multiple References & Prepositional Openers, Create a fused KWO	Complete Style Practice and write a 1-paragraph RD on Mt. Olympus using your fused KWO
Reading	Number the Stars Discussion	Read Ch 6-7 and answer questions 6-11 p21-22 in your journal	Symbolism in literature & Vocab Study	Read Ch 8-9 and answer questions 1-5 p27
Latin	Review		Review Game
History	China and The Long March	Black Tues & the New Deal p281-285, Orally answer journal questions.	The Great Depression	Read "Hitler's Rise to Power" p286-290 and answer questions in your journal
Geography	Review Southern Europe	Review Southern Europe	Southern Europe Test
Science	Practice bird identification	Complete "What Do You Remember?" Journal p27, using your textbook as necessary. Color the Cardinal in your guide.	Listen to TX songbirds & complete crossword puzzle p32	Read Lesson 3 p41-45 (stop at Contour Feathers) & add interesting facts to journal p38.	Watch for birds at your feeder and try to identify as many as you can! Keep a record in your journal p28
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/1 GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe Due 1/24 KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/27 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/6

COMING SOON...

Wednesday, January 24 - Spirit/DOGS/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 Determination.

Math

Note: Start each day with a facts practice warm-up sheet. Do whichever page your child is currently working on. Set the timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, then complete the rest of the page. Correct and return to school for a completion grade. (Two sheets due per week.)

Objectives:

1. Find the area of a figure given the side lengths by converting units.

2. Find the unknown side of a rectangle given the area and one side.

3. Find the area of rectangular paths.

4. Find the perimeter of rectangles

5. Find the length of an unknown side given the length of one side and the perimeter.

Spelling

Objective:
1. Make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.

Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Identify symbolism in literature

3. Learn new vocabulary.

Grammar

Objectives: Make singular and plural nouns possessive

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a polished FD story of "The Ugly Duckling".

2. Introduce the Unit 6 structural model: Summarizing Multiple References

3. Create outlines from two source texts

4. Create a fused outline

5. Write a 1-paragraph RD from a fused outline

6. Write a #2 opener sentence that begins with a prepositional phrase.

History 

Answer the following questions in your history journal, using complete sentences and proper mechanics.

1. Why was Germany poor, even before the Great Depression?

2. List two ways in which Germany became poorer after the stock market crash.

3. Why did Hitler think Germany could spread its culture across other countries?

4. What "evil people" did Hitler think were spreading discontent? What is this hatred called?

5. Why were Hitler's audiences willing to listen to him?

Objectives:

1. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.

2. Know that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 leading to the Great Depression. 3. Know that Hitler rose to power in Germany during the Great Depression.

Science

Objective: 

1. Identify parts of a feather

2. Know the functions of three types of feathers.

3. Practice identifying Texas birds. 

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone".  These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here is one. In Christ Alone. Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are completing our study of 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. Sheppard's software practice game: Southern Europe and Southeastern Europe

History: We are beginning 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 5/6

Key Dates for the 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