Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct. 21 - 25, 2024

4th Grade Week 11	10/21/2024	10/22/2024	10/23/2024	10/24/2024	10/25/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Fortitude-" Then David said to Solomon his son, 'Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.' " 1 Chronicles 28:20
Bible	Deut 34, Joshua 1;1-9 & Joshua 2	Read Joshua 6	Joshua 11:15-16,23 Judges 2	Read Judges 6 & 7
Math	FP-I, Ch 6, L5 TB p150-151, WB p139-141	FP-H or I, Ch 6, L6 TB p152-153, WB p142-144	FP-I, Ch 6, L7 TB p154-158, WB p145-147	FP-H or I, Ch 6, L8 Practice B TB p159-160		Friday is a catch-up day. Complete any unfinished Ch 6 WB problems if your student needs more practice to reinforce and solidify concepts. It may be helpful to review a few problems from Practice A (p148-149) in preparation for Mon.quiz
Spelling	Step 9: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!	Rewrite Step 8 misspelled words 5 times, Review card box, phonograms as needed, Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 9 Spelling Test	Step 10 : "ER" Word Sort. Dictate words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 10 Practice".
Grammar	Ch 9, L1 Conjunctions & Interjections: Jingle 15, Grammar Time, Make Practice sentence	Ch 9, L2 Classify sentences & orally list the 8 parts of speech. Be sure you can give an example of each, Listen to Jingles 14 & 15	Ch 9, L3, Classify sentences, Ref. 28 Homonyms	Review Ref 28: Homonym Chart & complete worksheet sent home
Writing	Introduce Summarizing a Reference, New Dress-up: because clause & Practice writing topic sentences	Create a KWO for "Swans" p88-89, Include topic sentence, 4-5 facts, clincher. Retell to a family member. Complete style & vocabulary practice p91-92	Using KWO & composition checklist p93 write swans RD	Write FD of Swans. Underline & label dress-ups. Due Mon. stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
Reading	Read Mary Poppins Ch 7 & Discuss	Read Ch 8. Orally narrate & orally answer questions in your journal	Discussion	Read Mary Poppins Ch 9 and answer questions in your journal
History	Discuss Brazil's Republic, Do Creatures of the Pantanal Activity & make a telephone activity	Read "The Next to last Czar of Russia" p171-175 and answer questions in journal	Russian Czars	Read "The Korean Battlefield" p183-188. Orally narrate
Geography	Western Europe
Science	Order Coleoptera: Beetles & Ladybugs, Act. 6.1	Read TB p112 to top of p115 Cut out beetle mini-book NB p129 and write interesting facts on back. Glue head to p135	Fireflies	Read TB p115 -119 & answer WDYR p127 in journal
Memory Work	POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/4 GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe Due 11/20 KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/9

Coming Soon!

Wednesday, Oct. 23 - Spirit day, pizza day, DOGS day!

Friday, Oct. 25 - Fortis Fall Festival at Glad Tidings Church

Wednesday, Oct. 30 - Historical Dress Up Day 

Note: Our class is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. For Historical Dress-Up day, students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history. 

Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts until mastered.  Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up using the math facts sheets sent home.

Objectives:

1. Express improper fractions as mixed numbers.

2. Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions.

3. Understand fractions as division.

4. Practice 

Spelling
Objective: Spell words with or in an unaccented syllable

Reading  

We are continuing Mary Poppins this week.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn new vocabulary.

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.

Writing

Objectives:

1. Write a because clause and add it to a complete sentence. 

2. Practice writing topic sentences.

3. Memorize and correctly use the topic sentence/clincher rule.

4. Create a KWO of several facts about swans.

5. Write a paragraph summarizing a reference about swans.

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Review the eight parts of speech

2. Know that homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

3. Use the correct homonym to complete a sentence correctly

History  

Objectives: 

1. Know that Pedro II made the slave trade illegal, freed slaves, and finally made slavery illegal in Brazil.

2. Learn about creatures living in the Pantanal area of Brazil.

3. Know that Alexander II and Alexander III were unpopular Russian Czars with unlimited power.

4. Know that the Sino Japanese War (Chinese-Japanese) was fought in Korea resulting in Queen Min of Korea being killed and Korea taken over by Japan.

Science

Objective: Identify characteristics of beetles, ladybugs and fireflies.

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 second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  Additional copies here.
Geography:  We are starting our study of Western 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.

Sheppards software has helpful computer games for additional practice. https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/geography/europe/game-1/

History: Key Dates for 2nd quarter:

The War Between the States                         1861-1865
World War I                                                     1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution                   1917

The Great Depression 1929-1939

World War II 1939-1945

The Cold War 1945-1991