Fortis 4th grade: Nov. 11 -15, 2024

4th Grade Week 1411/11/202411/12/202411/13/202411/14/202411/15/2024Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipDILIGENCE - "Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble." 2 Peter 1:10
BibleI Kings 2:1-3, 3:5-28, &
Select Proverbs		Ecc 3:1-10 & II Chron 7:11-22I Kings 12 & 17:1-24II Chron 20:1-30
MathFP-I, Ch 8, L3, TB p188-191, WB p176-177FP-I, Ch 8, L4
TB p192-195, WB p179-181		FP-I, Ch 8, L5
TB p196-200 WB p182-184		FP-I, Ch 8, L6
TB p201-203, WB p185-187		Ch 8, L7 TB p204-206, WB p188-190Co-Teachers, please check WB exercises from the prior school day and help with corrections.
SpellingStep 12: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!Rewrite misspelled test words 5x, Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Review phonogramsStep 12 Spelling TestStep 13 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words .Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 13 Practice"
GrammarCh 12, L1: Introduce Pattern 2 Sentences, Jingle 16, Ref 38, classify sentences & complete activityCh 12, L2 Jingle, 16, Grammar Time & P2 Practice Sentence
(TM p208)		Ch 12, L3 Editing SkillsComplete Grammar WS sent home. Due Mon.
WritingWriter's Conference & Work on FD of HCAReview Vocab words & Complete FD of HCA. Underline & label all dress-ups. Due Wed. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RDIntroduce Writing from pictures.
Read "The Ugly Duckling"		Read p117 and create your original KWO on p118. Each "Central Fact" is like a topic sentence--it tells what is happening in the picture. Add details & Clincher for each picture. Due Mon
ReadingDiscuss The Wright Brothers Ch 4 & 5Read Ch 6-7 and answer journal questions,DiscussionRead Ch 8-9 and answer questions.
HistoryThe Last Emperor of ChinaAnswer "The Last Emperor" questions in your journal. Reread if necessary. p239-243 The Mexican Revolution & map workRead "The Balkan Mess" p231-236 & Practice writing out key dates 1-6 (event & date)
GeographyWestern EuropeColor and label each country in Western EuropePracticeReview for next week's test
SciencePraying Mantids, Dragonflies, & DamselfliesRead TB p140-143 & orally narrate. Do Act. 7.7 TB p143, and write what you learned about order Orthoptera in journal p147.Order Orthoptera: Crickets, Grasshoppers & KatydidsRead TB p144-146 Do Activity 7.8
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, Nov. 13 - Spirit Day!
Wednesday, Nov. 20 - DOGS, Spirit & Pizza Day!
Monday Nov. 25 - Friday Nov. 29  Thanksgiving Break  NO SCHOOL 

Our virtue of the month is Diligence. Diligence is careful and persistent work or effort. It is the quality of being conscientious and dedicated. 

Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness is doing what is right and best for others in every circumstance.

Math

Continue to start each day with a Facts Practice sheet. Set a timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, and have student complete the page. Correct & return to school.

Objectives:

1. Multiply a fraction by a whole number.

2. Simplify before multiplying a fraction and a whole number.

3. Find the fraction of a quantity.

4. Multiply a whole number by a fraction.

5. Multiply a whole number by a fraction where the product is greater than 1.


Spelling

Objective: Spell words with the sound of /e/ spelled ei and more words with silent E.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn about the Wright Brothers and the invention of the airplane

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar

Objectives:

1. Introduce Pattern 2 sentences: SN, V-t, DO

2. Identify a direct object in a sentence.

3. Review Editing

4. Practice skills


Writing 

Objectives:

1. Practice the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model.

2. Write a polished 2-paragraph report on Hans Christian Anderson.

3. Introduce the "Writing From Pictures" structural unit.

4. Create a KWO for a 3-paragraph story.


History 

Objectives: 

1. See God's hand in the history of China
2. Identify key figures in the Mexican Revolution.

3. Know that conflicts and alliances between the Balkan countries were a major factor leading to WW I.


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:  Western Europe due11/20 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.
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