Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 20 - 24, 2020


4th1/20/20201/21/20201/22/20201/23/20201/24/2020
DiscipleshipDiscipline
BibleJeremiah 1:4-10, 17:5-10Read Lamentations 3:21-26Ezekiel 18:19-32, 36:22-28Read Daniel 1
MathReview Hundredths. HIG p. 10, TB p. 15-16 LT 5-7, WB EX 6. HIG p. 11, TB p 16-17 LT 8-9, WB Ex 7.HIG p. 13, TB p. 17 LT 10-13, WB Ex 8.MM 1, HIG p. 15, TB p 18-19 LT 14-17, WB Ex 9.HIG p.16, TB 19 LT 18-23, WB Ex 10
SpellingStep 16: Review Plural Patterns 1-4. DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle! Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.Step 16 Spelling TestStep 17 New Teaching. Complete Make It Plural Book Pattern 5 (p.6)Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 17 Practice."
GrammarCh 13, L1Ch 13, L1 Classify sentences & do Practice Time 1 & 2 Ch 13, L2: Ref 42 & Ch 13, L3 Ref 44-46Ch 13, L3 Classify Sentences, Practice Time 1,2, & 3 on p74
WritingHCA Two paragraph summary: KWO & Banned words: a lot, interestingUsing your KWO, write the 1st paragraph RD for HCA. Use composition checklist to make sure you have all required elements. Edit your paragraph.Writer's Conference and write 2nd paragraph RD of HCAWrite FD of HCA. Underline & label dress-ups, highlight key word in topic & clincher sentences. Due Mon Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
ReadingNumber the Stars discussion and read Ch 6Ch 7 & 8DiscussionRead Ch 9 & 10
LatinReview 2nd Declension noun endings, practice decliningWrite out the 2nd declension noun endings and decline the following nouns: servus, amicusVocab review & gameReview all chants
HistoryBlack Tues & the New Deal p281-285Read "Hitler's Rise to Power"Introduce WWII history projectRead "Rebuilding the Fatherland" p299-302 & Choose your topics to research for WW II project.Get books from the library and/or have your parent help you find some websites to begin your study. Instructions sent home.
GeographyEastern Europe Due 2/26
ScienceIntroduce BirdsRead p21-24 Add facts to journal p25-26Identifying BirdsRead p24-28
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 on 3/4
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/26
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 2/19
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 3/25
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, January 15 - Spirit Day. Students may wear spirit shirts with jeans.
Wednesday, January 15 - Co-teacher training session, 9-10 a.m., Sanctuary
Wednesday, January 22 - Falcon mom meet up 9-10 a.m.

Math
Objectives:
1. Express an mixed number as a decimal.
2. Locate 2-place decimals on a number line.
3. Express a 2-place decimal as a fraction in simplest form.
4. Express a fraction as a 2 place decimal.
5. Compare and order numbers to 2 decimal places.
6. Add and subtract tenths and hundredths

Spelling
Objective:
1. Review four patterns for making words plural.

Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a two-paragraph KWO using the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model
2. Correctly use the topic/clincher rule for each paragraph
3. Correctly use new dress-up in paragraphs (when, while, where, as, since, if, although)
4. Write a 2-paragraph report summarizing a reference, incorporating previously learned dress-ups

Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify and correct sentence fragments.
2. Identify simple sentences, compound parts and complex sentences.
3. Correctly write a compound sentence.

Reading
Co-Teachers, please have your child orally narrate their reading to you, and you may use the questions sent home to further evaluate comprehension.
Objectives:
1. Engage in meaningful Socratic dialogue
2. Summarize a passage through oral narration.
3.Identify virtues in characters in Number the Stars.

Latin
Objectives:
1. Review and practice declining nouns.
2. Review Latin vocabulary

History
Objectives:
1. Know that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 leading the The Great Depression.
2. Know that Hitler rose to power in Germany during the The Great Depression.
3. Know that WW II began in 1939 after Germany invaded Poland.
4. Choose an aspect of WW II for further study and research presentation.

Science
Objectives:
1. Identify physical characteristics of birds
2. Learn ways to identify birds through field markings, behavior, habitat, and songs.
3. Practice bird identification.

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 in one. In Christ Alone  Additional copies can be found here.
Geography:  We will begin our study of Eastern Europe this week. Due 2/26
The Western Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
History: : We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents.   There are several YouTube video songs.  
Here are two: US Presidents to "America"  US Presidents  For assessment, students will write or sing all the 
presidents' first and last names. Due 3/25

Key Dates for 3rd 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
Mao & Communist Victory in China                 1949
The Cold War                                                   1945-1991
The Formation of Israel                                    1948
Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 13 - 17, 2020


4th1/13/20201/14/20201/15/20201/16/20201/17/2020
Discipleship
BibleProv 3:1-26, 4:20-27Read Ecclesiastes 3:1-10Isaiah 6:1-8, 9:2-7, 40:28-31Read Isaiah 53, 61:1-2 & Luke 4:14-22
MathStart 4B books. HIG p 1, TB p. 6-8 LT 1-4, WB EX 1.HIG 3, TB 9-10 LT 5-8, WB Ex 2.HIG p.5, TB p.10 LT 9-12, WB Ex 3.HIG p. 6, TB 11 LT 13-14, WB Ex 4. HIG p. 8, TB 12-14 LT 1-4, WB Ex 5.
SpellingPlay Sparkle!Re-write missed Step 15 words 5x. Put the AAS "Make it Plural Book" in your backpack for tomorrow. If you don't have a copy, email me & I'll make one for you.Step 16: New teaching, Introduce "Make It Plural Book" and complete Plural Patterns 1-4.Review Step 16 New Teaching, Card Box, & Phonograms, DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 16 Practice"
GrammarPattern 2 Review, Editing guidelines & practiceCh 12, L3 Review Editing, Do Practice Time p 72Punctuation & Editing PracticeComplete Punctuation Review sheet sent home
WritingIntroduce Poem 3 & Summarizing a referenceIn your history journal, write an account of Stalin. Include a topic sentence, 5-6 facts, clincher. Vocab: Totalitarian stateSummarizing a ReferenceIn your journal write a summary of "The Long March" Include topic sentence, facts, clincher. You may use the outline sent home or create your own.
ReadingIntroduce "Number the Stars"Read Number the Stars Ch 2-3. Orally narrate and discuss.Discussion & Read Ch 4Read Number the Stars Ch 5 & answer questions
Latin1st Conjugation Review & gameWrite out the 1st Conjugation present tense verb chart and conjugate the following verbs: parare, laudare1st & 2nd Declensions Review & GameWrite out 1st (Fem) & 2nd (Masc) Declension Noun Endings Charts
HistoryGandhi

Read "The Rise of Joseph Stalin" p251-254 and discussJapan, China & a Pretend EmperorRead "The Long March" p273-278 and discuss 
GeographyEastern Europe Due 2/26
ScienceFlight & Air pressureRead p12-14 & add facts to journal p15ExperimentRead p15-18 and complete What Do You Remember? p14
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 on 3/4
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/26
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 2/19
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 3/25
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, January 15 - Spirit Day. Students may wear spirit shirts with jeans.
Wednesday, January 15 - Co-teacher training session, 9-10 a.m., Sanctuary
Wednesday, January 22 - Falcon mom meet up 9-10 a.m.

Math
Objectives:
1. Read and write 1-place decimal numbers
2. Relate fractions in tenths to 1-place decimal numbers.
3. Locate decimal numbers on a number line.
4. Express a decimal as a mixed number in simplest form.
5. Rename 10 tenths as 1 one and 1 one as 10 tenths.

Spelling
Objective:
1. Review four patterns for making words plural.

Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO using the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model
2. Correctly use the topic/clincher rule
3. Write a 1-paragraph report summarizing a reference

Grammar
Objectives:
1. Review and Pattern 2 sentences: SN, V-t, DO
2. Review punctuation and editing skills

Reading
Co-Teachers, please have your child orally narrate their reading to you, and you may use the questions sent home to further evaluate comprehension.
Objectives:
1. Engage in meaningful Socratic dialogue
2. Summarize a passage through oral narration.
3.Identify virtues in characters in Number the Stars.

History
Objectives:
1. Know that Mohandas Gandhi promoted nonviolent resistance to British rule in India.
2. Know that under Joseph Stalin, Russia became the USSR and millions of Russians died.
3. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.

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 in one. In Christ Alone  Additional copies can be found here.
Geography:  We will begin our study of Eastern Europe this week. Due 2/26
The Western Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
History: : We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents.   There are several YouTube video songs.  
Here are two: US Presidents to "America"  US Presidents  For assessment, students will write or sing all the 
presidents' first and last names. Due 3/25
Key Dates for 3rd 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
Mao & Communist Victory in China                 1949
The Cold War                                                   1945-1991
The Formation of Israel                                    1948
Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968

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