Fortis Academy 4th grade: Jan. 18 - 22, 2021

4th Grade Week 191/18/20211/19/20211/20/20211/21/20211/22/2021
DiscipleshipFaith Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb. 11:1
BibleDaniel 5 & 6Ezra 1:1-7, 3:1-3, 11-13Haggai 1:1-10, 2:6-7, Zech 4:6Esther 1 & 2
MathCh 10, L5 TB p20-22, WB p14-18Ch 10, L6 TB p23-24 Practice A, CCCCh 10 L7 TB p25-27, WB p20-22Ch 10, L8 TB p28-30, WB p23-25Ch 10, L9 Practice B: TB p31 problems 1-5 CCC
SpellingStep 16: Review Plural Patterns 1-4. DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle!Review Card Box & phonograms, Dictate sentences 7-9.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, L2: Ref 42 & Ch 13, L3 Ref 44-46Ch 13, L3 Classify Sentences, Practice Time 1,2, & 3 on p74LimericksDaily Grammar
WritingUgly Duckling: Using your KWO write RD of 1st paragraph only. Underline & label your six dress-ups, include vocab: hatch, siblingsUsing your KWO, write the 2nd paragraph of your story. Use the composition checklist p125 to make sure you have all required dress-ups. Vocab study: miserable, despiseWriter's Conference & begin writing 3rd paragraph RDComplete 3rd paragraph of your RD. Underline 6 dress-ups in each paragraph and label in margin. Highlight 2-3 key words in each central fact/clincher. RD due Mon.
ReadingDiscussionRead Helen Keller p74-endDiscussion & ActivityComplete Biography Sheet for Helen Keller (in journal) & put Number the Stars in your backpack for Monday
Latin
HistoryStalin & TotalitarianismRead "Fascism in Italy" p260-266Mussolini"Japan, China & a Pretend Emperor" p269-272
GeographyEastern Europe
ScienceBird Identification StrategiesRead p29-32 & add facts to journal p26Bird BehaviorRead p33-36
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 on 3/3
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/24
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/1
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/5

Coming Soon:
Monday, January 25 - Moms in Prayer
Wednesday, January 27 - Pizza/Spirit Day

Discipleship: 
Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.

Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading. Our virtue this month is Faith.


Math

Objectives:

1. Express measurements of time in compound units & single units.

2. Multiply time expressed in compound units.

3. Practice concepts learned.

4. Express a smaller unit of measurement as a fraction of a larger unit of measurement.


Spelling

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


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn about the life of Helen Keller

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar

Objective:

1. Identify simple sentences, compound parts and complex sentences.
2. Join two sentences correctly to make a compound sentence.
3. Correct compound sentence mistakes
4. Write a limerick.

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Practice the Unit 5 structural model.
2. Write a 3-paragraph composition from a KWO
3. Correctly use new vocabulary words.

History 

Objectives: 

1. Examine Stalin's rule in the USSR and identify characteristics of totalitarianism.

2. Examine Mussolini's rule in Italy and identify characteristics of fascism.

Science

1. Learn ways to identify birds through field markings, behavior, habitat, and songs. 


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 here.

Geography:  We are beginning our study Eastern 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.

History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21


Key Dates for 3rd 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
7. The Formation of Israel                             1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China          1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968


Blog Abbreviations:

L-Lesson

KWO-Key Word Outline

NB-Science Notebook

TB- Textbook 

RD- Rough Draft

SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4

WB- Workbook

FD- Final Draft

CCC-Complete, check, correct

Grammar- Shurley English

NT- New Teaching

MM- Mental Math

TM - Teacher's Manual 

DS - Dictate Sentences

FP-Facts Practice Sheet

CB- Latin Copybook




Fortis Academy 4th grade: Jan. 11 - 15, 2021

4th Grade Week 181/11/20211/12/20211/13/20211/14/20211/15/2021
DiscipleshipFaith Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb. 11:1
Bible
Ezekiel 33:1-9, 36:22-28 & Joel 2Daniel 1 & 3Daniel 4
Math
Ch 10, L1 TB p1-6, WB p1-3Ch 10, L2 TB p7-11, WB p4-6Ch 10, L3 TB p12-15, WB p8-10Ch 10, L4 TB p16-19, WB p11-13
Spelling
 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"
Grammar
Ch 13, L1 Classify sentences, Go thru Teaching Script TM p220-221, Complete Practice Time 1 & 2Ch 13, L2 Correcting Run-on sentencesDaily Grammar 35 & 36
Writing
Read p 116-117 and Read Aloud "The Ugly Duckling" Introduce Unit 5: Writing From Pictures and write KWOFinish KWO if not completed in class, Complete Style Practice p119-121
Reading
Helen Keller Read p7-38Discussion & Read Helen Keller p39-55Read Helen Keller p56-73 and copy quotes 1-3 in your journalCo-teachers, please have your child orally narrate to you after each reading.
Latin
History
Read SOTW "Indian Nationalism" p237-242 and orally narrate, Optional: Read "The Peace of Versailles"  or watch Treaty of Versailles Discuss Gandhi and write journal entryRead "The Rise of Joseph Stalin" p251-254 and complete mini-book. Glue it into your journal
GeographyEastern Europe
Science
Read p21-24 Add facts to journal p26Ways to Identify Birds & Bird Map in journal p29Read p24-28 & complete Bird Map if not finished in class
Memory Work
POETRY: Poem 3 on 3/3
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/24
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/1
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/5
Discipleship: 
Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.

Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading. Our virtue this month is Faith.


Math

Objectives:

1. Add, subtract, & multiply metric units of measurement

2. Express inches, feet, yards and miles in compound units and single units

3. Express ounces & pounds in compound units and single units

4. Express gallons, quarts, pints, cups, & ounces in compound units and single units.

5. Express measurements of time in compound units & single units.

6. Multiply time expressed in compound units.


Spelling

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


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn about the life of Helen Keller

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar

Objective:

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

3. Correctly write a compound sentence.

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Introduce Unit 5: Writing from Pictures
2. Create a KWO from a series of three pictures
3. Create a central fact or topic sentence for each picture, stating what is happening in the picture

3. Ask questions to get ideas for writing details about each picture.


History 

Objectives: 

1. Know that world leaders met in Versailles and formed the League of Nations in an attempt to ensure peace after WW I 
2. Know that Mohandas Gandhi promoted nonviolent resistance to British rule in India
3. Know that under Joseph Stalin, Russia became the USSR and millions of Russians died. 

Science

1. Identify physical characteristics of birds

2. Learn ways to identify birds through field markings, behavior, habitat, and songs. 


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 here.

Geography:  We are beginning our study Eastern 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.

History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21


Key Dates for 3rd 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
7. The Formation of Israel                             1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China          1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968


Blog Abbreviations:

L-Lesson

KWO-Key Word Outline

NB-Science Notebook

TB- Textbook 

RD- Rough Draft

SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4

WB- Workbook

FD- Final Draft

CCC-Complete, check, correct

Grammar- Shurley English

NT- New Teaching

MM- Mental Math

TM - Teacher's Manual 

DS - Dictate Sentences

FP-Facts Practice Sheet

CB- Latin Copybook