Fortis Academy 4th grade: Nov. 18 - 22, 2024

4th Grade Week 1511/18/202411/19/202411/20/202411/21/202411/22/2024Co-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 18Amos 7:14-15, 8:11-12, Obadiah 1:3-4,15Jonah 1-4Micah 4:1-2, 6:8
MathFP-H or I,
Ch 8, L8
TB p207-209, WB Ex 8 p192
FP-H or I,
Ch 8, L9 Practice TB p210 &
TB p231 #8,9 & 10.
WB p196-197
Co-teachers, please check and help students correct any errors in preparation for tomorrow's test
Ch 8 TestFP-H or I,
Review 2
TB p228-230. Do problems 1-7. Co-teachers, please check and help students make any needed corrections.
SpellingStep 13: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6Rewrite Misspelled Step 12 words 5x.
Review Step 13 Spelling Words, Dictate sentences 7-9. Review phonograms sh, th,oo, ee, oy, oi, ch
Step 13 Spelling TestStep 14 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words & Review phonograms ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, uiDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 14 Practice".
GrammarCh 13, L1 Complete Sentences vs Sentence Fragments: Grammar Time, Practice TimeCh 13, L2 Grammar Time, Skill Time (TM p224-226) & Practice Time p73 Practice 1-2 Ch 13, L3 Compound SentencesCh 13, L3 Grammar Time, Practice Time 1,2, & 3 on p74 Co-Teachers, please correct Practice Time activities.
WritingUgly Duckling: Using your KWO write RD of 1st paragraph.Complete and edit your 1st paragraph. Begin writing 2nd paragraph. Use the composition checklist p125 to make sure you have underlined and labeled all required dress-ups. Vocab: miserable, despiseWriter's Conference & begin writing 3rd paragraph (climax/resolution) RDComplete 3rd paragraph of your RD. Edit & underline dress-ups in each paragraph and label in margin. Highlight 2-3 key words in each central fact/clincher. RD due Mon. 12/2.Practice and perfect your poem. Recitations are Wed. after the break!
ReadingDiscussion & Read Ch 10Read The Wright Brothers Ch 11-13 and answer questions orally. Be prepared to share tomorrow.DiscussionRead Ch 14-17 and answer questions orally. Jot down notes in your journal so you don't forget answers over the break.
HistoryCauses World War IRead WWI p255-262. Practice saying and writing Key Dates 1-6 (event & dates)World War 1: Trench warfare, aircraftRead "The Russian Revolution" p265-271 and answer journal questions p42.
GeographyReview Western EuropeReview Western EuropeWestern Europe Test
ScienceResearch Insects: Journal Act. 7.11Read TB p147-149Complete Act. 7.11Complete WDYR? journal p159
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. 20 - DOGS, Spirit & Pizza Day!
Monday Nov. 25 - Friday Nov. 29  Thanksgiving Break  NO SCHOOL 
Wednesday, Dec. 11 - Last Day of Fall Semester

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. Solve word problems involving fractions.

2. Practice multiplying fractions.

3. Assessment

4. Review and practice


Spelling

Objective: Analyze nine ways to spell the sound of /e/


Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a 3-paragraph story of "The Ugly Duckling" from a KWO
2. Correctly use new vocabulary words.


Grammar

Objective:

1. Identify and correct sentence fragments.
2. Identify simple sentences, compound parts, and complex sentences.

3. Correctly write a compound sentence.
4. Correct run-on sentences.


Reading  

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.


History 

Objectives: 

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

2. Know that WW I  started in 1914 after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand.

3. Look at the role of trenches and aircraft in WW I.

4. Know that Russia's economic collapse led to the Bolshevik Revolution, which forced the Czar out of power.


Science

Objectives:

1. Research a variety of insect orders.

2. Share findings with classmates.

3. Summarize through oral and written narration.


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 assessment is Wednesday, 11/20 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