Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2024

4th Grade Week 1210/28/202410/29/202410/30/202410/31/202411/1/2024Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipFortitude-" 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
BibleRuth 1 & 2I Sam 1I Sam 3 & 8I Sam 16
MathCh 6 quiz
 &
Ch 7, L1
TB p161-164, WB p151-153
FP-H or I,
Ch 7, L2
TB p165-167, WB p154-156
FP-H or I,
Ch 7 L3
TB p168-170, WB p157-158
FP-H or I,
Ch 7, L4
TB p171-172, WB p160-161
Ch 7, L5
TB p173-175, WB p162-163
SpellingReview New Teaching, phonograms, DS 4-6Rewrite misspelled Step 9 words 5x, Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Review phonograms ow, ou, ai, ay, ea, or, uiStep 10 Spelling TestStep 11 : New teaching, Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 11 Practice".
GrammarCh 10, L1 Classify sentences and read through Ref 31Ch 10, L2 Classify sentences and complete Capitalization worksheet sent home. Due Wed.Ch 10, L2
Ref 33
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Daily Grammar 20-21
Daily Grammar 22-23
WritingRead & discuss The Brother's Grimm, make KWO, Introduce www.asia dress-up, style practiceReview vocab: devoted, publish. Using your KWO, style practice p104-105, and composition checklist p106, write a RD on the Brothers Grimm.
In-class writing assignment
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 Begin Brothers Grimm FD
Complete FD started in class yesterday.
Due Mon. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD Are all dress-ups underlined and labeled?
Co-teachers, please check mechanics on RD, and see note below.
ReadingMary Poppins Discuss Ch 9
& begin reading Ch 10
Complete Ch 10 and answer questions in your journalRead and discuss Mary Poppins Ch 11Read Mary Poppins Ch 12 & complete questions
HistoryTeddy Roosevelt, Frederick Remington, & The Spanish American WarRead "The Spanish American War" & Journal questions p31Westward ExpansionRead "Moving West" and answer journal questions p32Review History Key Dates 1-4
GeographyWestern Europe
ScienceOrder Diptera: Flies, Mosquitos & Robber flies Act. 6.5Read
TB p120-123, Cut out fly minibook NB p133 and add facts to back, glue head to p137
Order Hemiptera: True Bugs & Activity 6.6Read
TB p124-128, &
Complete WDYR p128
Memory WorkPOEM 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. 30 - Historical Dress Up Day 
Wednesday, Nov. 13 - Spirit Day!
Wednesday, Nov. 20 - DOGS, Spirit & Pizza Day!
Monday Nov. 25 - Friday Nov. 29  Thanksgiving Break  NO SCHOOL

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. Return two fact sheets per week.

Objectives:

1. Add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

2. Add and subtract fractions with related denominators.

3. Add a fraction and mixed numbers with related denominators.

4. Add mixed numbers with related denominators.


Spelling

Objective: Know five ways to spell the sound of /er/.


Reading  

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Identify characters and their qualities.

3. Summarize the plot by identifying the rising action, climax, and resolution


Grammar

Objective: Review and practice capitalization and punctuation skills.

Writing   

Objectives:

1. Practice the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model 2. Introduce the www.asia clause dress-up (when, where, while, as, since, if, although) 3. Write a 1-paragraph report about the Brothers Grimm 4. Correctly use new vocabulary words: devoted and publish


Note: This IEW unit focuses on summarizing. Students need to be able to choose a few important facts from a longer source text and weave them together in a way that makes sense. This is not a unit that allows for creativity. Students need to stick to the facts. They should focus on learning and/or perfecting the skill of writing topic sentences and clinchers. A topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph and tell what the paragraph is about. All facts should support the topic sentence. A paragraph clincher is a sentence at the end of a paragraph that repeats or reflects two-3 key words from the topic sentence and reminds the reader what the paragraph is about. The repeating/reflecting (synonym) words should be highlighted in both the topic sentence and clincher. 


History
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of Frederick Remington's artwork.
2. Understand how newspaper owners used “yellow journalism” and artwork by Frederic Remington to stir up sentiment against Spain.
3. Know that Theodore Roosevelt helped the US gain a decisive victory in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
4. Know that the American West was changed as settlers moved west, railroads were built, Native Americans were pushed off their land, and territories became states. 

Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of flies, mosquitos, robber flies and true bugs


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 continuing 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