Fortis Academy 4th grade: Feb. 5 - 9, 2024

4th Grade Week 222/5/20242/6/20242/7/20242/8/20242/9/2024
DiscipleshipHONESTY: Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2Timothy 2:15
BibleMatt 7-8Read Matthew 9Matt 13Read Matthew 17
MathFP, Ch 12, L1 TB p59-65,WB p49-51FP & Ch 12, L2 TB p66-71, WB p52-55FP, Ch 12, L3 TB p72-76, WB p56-58FP & Ch 12, L4 TB p77-82, WB p59-62Ch 12, L5 TB p83-85, WB p63-65
SpellingStep 19: Review New Teaching, DS 4-6Rewrite missed Step 18 words 5x. & Step 19: Review Card box, Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 19 TestStep 20 New Teaching. Complete Make it Plural book p11, Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 20 Practice."
GrammarCh 17, L1: Beginning & Ending Quotes, Ref. 50 & 51, Practice Time p.80Ch17, L2 Classify sentences & Practice Time 1-3 Co-teachers, please check & help students make corrections. Practice 3 due tomorrowReview & practiceCh 17, L4 Test. Skip Exercises 3, 5, and 7. Co-Teachers, correct in red pen & return to school Monday.
WritingKWO for 1st paragraph due, begin writing RD, take notes in classComplete RD of 1st paragraph. Take notes for 2nd paragraph. See Note BelowWork on 2nd paragraph KWO & begin 1st paragraph FDCreate a fused KWO from your sources for the 2nd paragraph of your project and begin writing RD. Include topic, several facts, and clincher.
ReadingNumber the Stars discussion & Read Ch 15Read Ch 16 & 17. Answer questions 1-5 p38. Bring journal to school tomorrow for final grading.Final Number the Stars discussion & Introduce My Side of the Mountain and Read Ch 1Read My Side of the Mountain Ch 2 and answer questions in your journal
LatinReviewLatin numbers
HistoryPearl Harbor
&
The Allies & the Axis 
Continue researching and taking notes to make a KWO for your 2nd paragraph. See note below.

D-DayRead SOTW "The War that Stretched Across the World" p317-322 & Start on the visual portion of your project if you have not already.
GeographyWestern Europe
ScienceFeather Features & TypesComplete "What Do You Remember?" Journal p40Feathers cont.Color the Killdeer p9 and the Greater Roadrunner p11 in your bird guide.Watch for birds at your feeder and try to identify as many as you can! Keep a record in your journal p28
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/1
GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe Due 2/19
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/27
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/6
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Feb. 14 - Spirit Day & Valentine exchange
Wednesday, Feb 28 - Dogs/Pizza/Spirit Day!

On Feb. 14, we'll have a Valentine Exchange and party the last 20 minutes of the day. Please bring a valentine for each classmate and a box or bag to take home your valentines. Here's a class list. 
1. Laney                           6. Lydia                    11. Benaiah
2. Ella                               7. Zoe                      12. Kendall
3. Georgia Anne               8. Gage                   13. Jaxon
4. Judah                           9. Jacob                  14. Alyson
5. Mackenzie                  10.  Willa

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 Honesty.

Honesty: Being truthful in what I say and do. 

To practice Honesty, I will:

  • tell the truth
  • encourage others to be truthful
  • not cheat or steal
  • admit when I am wrong

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. Understand the meaning of decimals to tenths and hundredths.

2. Express fractions in tenths and hundredths as decimals.

3. Express one-place and two-place decimals as fractions.

4. Express mixed numbers in tenths and hundredths as decimals.

5. Represent decimals on a number line.

6. Express decimal numbers in expanded form.

7. Express decimals as fractions in simplest form.


Spelling

Objectives:

1. Learn to spell /ij/ at the end of a word.

2. Form irregular plurals


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Engage in meaningful discussion.


Grammar

Objective: Correctly punctuate sentences with beginning, ending, and middle quotes.


Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a RD on one aspect of WW II. Include at least 5 dress-ups
2. Take notes from at least two source texts
3. Create a KWO for the second paragraph of the WW II project
4. Begin writing 2nd paragraph RD from KWO.

NOTE: Each paragraph must contain a topic sentence, at least 6 facts, a clincher sentence, and your choice of 5 dress-ups (-ly, w/w, sv, adj, bc, www.asia). For this assignment only, the FD may be typed or handwritten in cursive.

History 

Objectives:

1. Know that the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, brought the US into WW II.

2. Know that D-Day was a turning point in the war in Europe.

3. Know that Winston Churchill was a key figure during WW II.

3. Continue researching and taking notes on areas of interest from WW II


NOTE: This week you will continue reading and taking notes about your chosen WW II topic(s) and create a KWO from which
to write your second paragraph. You will need to have several facts from at least three books and/or websites. You may use SOTW as one
of your sources if you like.
Books: Write down the title of the book, the author, publisher, date of publication, and page numbers used.
Websites: Write down the name of the website, the title of the article, and the author and date if it is
listed on the website.
We will be making Bibliography with this information next week.

Science

Objectives:
Know the functions of three types of feathers
2. Review
3. Examine the arrangement of feathers on a chicken

Students will be making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  For coloring accuracy, search birds here:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

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: Western Europe and Central Europe. Due 2/19

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 PresidentsFor 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