4th Grade Week 1010/11/202110/12/202110/13/202110/14/202110/15/2021
DiscipleshipTHOROUGHNESS: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26 NKJ)
Bible
No School - Teacher Training
Deuteronomy 6Deuteronomy 7-8 select versesDeut 28:1-14, Deut 30:15-20
MathSee Note Below
Ch 6, L1 TB p135-140, WB p127-129		Ch 6, L2, TB p141-144, WB p130-132Ch 6, L3 TB p145-147, WB p133-135Ch 6 L4 Practice A TB p148-149 WB p136
SpellingStep 8: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 Play Sparkle!Step 8 Spelling TestStep 9: New teaching, Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 9 Practice".
GrammarCh8, L1: Helping Verbs, Adverb "not' & Make Practice sentenceCh 8, L2: Jingle 14, Classify sentences & Complete Daily Grammar
WritingComplete Daedalus FD using your best handwriting, Due Wed. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RDRead Damon & Pythias, Write KWO, Introduce because clauseReview KWO, retell to a family member. Using composition checklist p78, write 1st paragraph only
ReadingRead Misty of Chincoteague Ch 7-8 and answer questions in your journal p14-15Discuss Ch 5-8 & Literary ConflictRead Ch 9-10 and orally narrate. Do you see any examples of literary conflict? If so, make a note on p51 of your journal.
LatinL6
HistoryRead Ireland's Troubles p123-126 and answer questions below in your journalThe Potato FamineRead "The Boers & the British" p127-133 and orally narrate and discuss
GeographyReview Southern Europe for tomorrow's testSouthern Europe Test
ScienceRead p203-206 and add 3 interesting facts to your journal p167Crickets & GrasshoppersRead p206-210 and complete "What Do You Remember?" p166How many insects have you pinned and labeled? You need at least 10!
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/1
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/13
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/8
Coming Soon:
10/11 - No school for students (Teacher Training)
10/13 - Spirit Day
10/18 - Moms in Prayer @ 9:00 and Co-teacher training @ 2:00
10/22-10/24 - Fall Fortis Camping Trip
10/25 - Grammar Play Date @ 3:00
10/27 - Historic Dress Up day and Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day!
10/29 - Fortis Trunk or Treat

Note: Our class is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. Students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history for Historical Dress-Up day.

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

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 Character Virtue of the month is Thoroughness.

Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts!  Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.

Here are the Black Line Masters you'll want to print for Tuesday's lesson.

Equivalent Fractions      Equivalent Fractions Number Lines

Objectives:

1. Review equivalent fractions. 

2. Use multiplication and division to generate equivalent fractions.

3. Compare fractions by finding common denominators or numerators.

4. Express fractions greater than 1 as improper fractions and mixed numbers.


Spelling
Objective: Spell common holidays and words with /uff/ spelled ough.

Reading  

We are continuing Misty of Chincoteague this week.

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn new vocabulary

3. Find examples of conflict in Misty of Chincoteague.

4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.

Writing

Objectives:

1. Create a KWO of a 3-paragraph myth that follows the story sequence chart (characters/setting, conflict/problem, climax/resolution)
2. Write the first paragraph RD
3. Incorporate dress-ups (ly, who/which, strong verb, and because clause) and vocabulary words 

Grammar

Objectives:
1. Identify object pronouns in sentences.
2. Review previously learned grammar skills.

History  

Objectives: 
1. Identify problems Ireland faced in the mid-1800s.
2. Know that the Boer War was fought between Great Britain and Afrikaners and the British won.

Tuesday: Answer the following questions in your journal. Write your answers in complete sentences with proper capitalization and punctuation.
1. Why had the Irish not gotten along with the English for so many years?
2. What were the Corn Laws?
3. What was the Home Rule Bill?
4. What was the blight? Why did it affect Ireland so greatly?

Science
1. Identify characteristics of grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids
2. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

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 will have our test over Southern 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: 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


Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct. 4 - 8, 2021

 

4th Grade Week 910/4/202110/5/202110/6/202110/7/202110/8/2021
DiscipleshipTHOROUGHNESS: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26 NKJ)
BibleEx 32-33Read Exodus 34:29-35Read Numbers 13-14Numbers 20:1-13
MathCh 5, L5 TB p122-125, WB p109-112Ch 5, L7 Practice B TB p130-131Ch 5 TestReview 1 TB p132-133Complete Review 1
SpellingStep 7: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle!Rewrite misspelled Step 6 words 5 times, Review any shaky Phonograms and card box. Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 7 Spelling TestStep 8: New teaching, Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 8 Practice".
GrammarCh 7 L1: Possessive Nouns & Write Practice Sentence using Labels: SP V Adv P PPA PNA Adj OP (TM p114-115)Ch 7, L2: Classify Sentences, Co-Teachers, please have student do question/ answer flow orally & check sentences for accuracy)Ch 7 L3 Object PronounsCo-teachers, give Test Time on p120 of Teacher's Manual following the directions given
Writing1st paragraph due, Begin writing 2nd paragraph (Conflict/ problem) of RDWrite 2nd paragraph (Conflict/problem) of Daedalus RD. Check first two paragraphs using Composition Checklist p64,Write 3rd paragraph of RD (Climax & Resolution)Check all three paragraphs, using Rubric to check that you have all required elements. Begin writing FD, due next Wed.
ReadingIntroduce Misty of Chincoteague Read Ch 1 & 2Read Misty Ch 3 and answer questions in your reading journal p6-7Discussion & Read Ch 4Read Ch 5-6 and answer questions in your journal p10-11
Latin
HistoryThe Suez CanalRead "The Iron Outlaw" p113-117& Make a "Wanted" Poster, See note belowShare Wanted Posters, map Australia, & Australia activitiesRead Carving Up Africa p117-121 and in your journal answer: Why were the countries of Europe so interested in Africa?
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/13Review Southern Europe
Science"What Do You Remember?" p176 & Life Cycle MinibookRead p226-229Praying Mantises and DragonfliesLesson 13 Read p199-202 and add 3 interesting facts to journal p167Continue working on your insect collection.
Due 11/3
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/1
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/13
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/8
Coming Soon:
10/4 - Moms in prayer @ 9:00
10/6 - Co-teacher training @ 9:00
10/11 - No school for students (Teacher Training)
10/13 - Spirit Day
10/18 - Moms in Prayer @ 9:00 and Co-teacher training @ 2:00
10/22-10/24 - Fall Fortis Camping Trip
10/25 - Grammar Play Date @ 3:00
10/27 - Historic Dress Up day!/ Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day
10/29 - Fortis Trunk or Treat

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 Character Virtue of the month is Thoroughness.

Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts!  Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.

Objectives:
1. Solve multi-step word problems involving division
2. Practice division
3. Cumulative review of content from Ch 1-6


Spelling
Objective:  Spell words with the sound of /eks/ and /egs/ spelled ex

Reading  

We are starting Misty of Chincoteague this week. Please add the Novel Study to your yellow reading journal.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journaObjectives: 
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Summarize a passage through written narration.

Writing

Objectives:

1. Write a 3-paragraph myth that follows the story sequence chart (characters/setting, conflict/problem, climax/resolution)
2. Incorporate dress-ups (ly, who/which, strong verb) and vocabulary words (proud, fasten)

Grammar

Objectives:
1. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences
2. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.
3. Identify object pronouns in sentences.
4. Review previously learned grammar skills.

History  
Objectives: 
1. Know that the Suez Canal allowed ships to pass from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea to go East, instead of sailing around Africa.
2. Know that prisoners were sent to Australia instead of prisons in Britain.
3. Understand that free men and women joined the prisoners in Australia because they could own a farm of their own.
Make a Wanted Poster
Ned Kelly and the members of his gang were wanted by the police. The police offered a reward to anyone who could offer information or help in catching Ned Kelly and his gang. They notified people about this reward by making a "Wanted" poster. Make your own wanted poster like the poster used to catch the Iron Outlaw. Draw a picture of Ned Kelly in the center of your poster. Write important details for the public to know, such as what crimes he's accused of and the reward offered for his capture.

Science
1. Review facts about order Lepidoptera
2. Learn about ways to attract butterflies to your yard
2. Identify characteristics of praying mantises and dragonflies
3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0BaGLMiBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LfDYYn5_bE&t=322s
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
PoetryOur second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  Additional copies here.
Geography:  We will continue to study Southern Europe 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.


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