Fortis Academy 4th Grade Sept. 19 - 23


4th9/19/20169/20/20169/21/20169/22/20169/23/2016
DiscipleshipFaith + Proverbs 3:1-5
MathHIG p39-42. Fraction Bingo.Parents read and if needed review HIG p39-42. Warmup with MM 9 (see first strategy of Enrichment 1 HIG pg 36). HIG p 43, TB p 42-43 LT 1-3, WB Ex 17HIG p44-45, TB p44-45 LT 6-9, WB Ex 18.CCC WB Ex 18. Warmup with MM10 (see second strategy of Enrichment 1 HIG p. 36). HIG p 46, TB p46-47 LT 1-4, WB Ex 19Work through final strategy of Enrichment 1 HIG pg 37. Warmup with MM 11. Catch up, review any confusing concepts
ReadingContinue reading classical book of your choice. Pace yourself to complete the book this week.Complete and score one reading narration. Use red pen to score. Due next Monday.
CompositionFour Oxen RD due. Lesson 4, Pt 1: KWOComplete L4,Pt 1 KWO if needed. Practice retelling the fable a couple times using your KWO. Complete the Vocab. Study on pg 43. Review the student samples (KWO and drafts p46) for inspiration!L4, Pt 2: Who-Which Clauses,  Oxen RD & rubric sent home, FD due MondayLesson 3, Pt.4: Complete Final Draft of "The Four Oxen & the Lioness". Due Monday. Please staple in this order: Rubric, FD, RD
GrammarCh 6, L1- Jingles 10 and 11. Review Ref. 19 and 20: Subject Pronouns.Review Ref 19 and 20 (TM pg.89-90). Classify Sentences for Ch 6, L1. Review Jingles 1-11. Ch 6, L2 Jingle 12, Ref. 21 Possessive Pronouns, Do Practice Sentence. Ch 6, L3 Classify Sentences ONLY! What are the SIX parts of speech we have studied so far? Give an example of each.
SpellingStep 5: Review Phonograms: ti, ci, si, tch. Review New Teaching/Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6 on the same paper started Thurs. Play SparklePhonograms: eigh, ei, ey, ph. Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.Step 5 SpellingTestStep 6: New teaching p45-46, Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 6 Practice".
HistoryDiscuss Napoleon BonaparteL14 Louisiana Purchase & Expeditions of Lewis & Clark   WesleyLewis & Clark ActivityL15 William Wilberforce   AlexeiComplete and score one reading narration. Use red pen to score. Due  Monday.
ScienceTry This! pg. 63 - observe salt crystals and then evaporated crystalsRead pgs. 67-72, stop at Acidic AcidTry This! p68 #1 Make a polymer slimeRead pgs. 72-76, stop at Chemical Chaos
GeographyReview Greenland & CanadaStudy for Geo Test tomorrowGeo Test 2, Introduce South America due 10/19

Memory WorkQuarter 1 Poem Due 10/3, Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America Due 11/2, Key dates #37-38
LatinPL 5Copybook L5Board Wars!


Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Sept. 21st - Geography Test over Canada and Greenland
Wednesday, Sept. 28th - Pizza Day!
Monday, Oct. 3rd - Poem 1 Recitation


HIG- Home Instructor Guide
KWO-Key Word Outline
Grammar- Shurley English
LT- Learning Task
RD- Rough Draft
Composition-Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales
CCC-Complete, check, correct
FD- Final Draft
TB- Textbook (oral)
CC-  Copy cursive book
NT- New Teaching
WB- Workbook
TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp)
DS - Dictate Sentences
MM- Mental Math
L- Lesson

Discipleship
Start your home school day with prayer and Bible reading.  Our Character Virtue of the month is: Faith.  We've been reading and discussing stories of faith in the Bible.  What are some of your favorites?  Read one together and discuss how you can apply what you've learned in your own life.

Math:
We start working with fractions this week.  The fraction bars and circles in Appendix A will be helpful to copy and have available to your student.  Allow your student to use them as long as necessary as they work through the problems, until they no longer need the concrete reinforcement.
Math Facts: Start each day with a 5 min warm up using the  Math Facts Practice sheets. This week we will continue doing Practice Sheet G (multiplication) at school.  We're seeing great progress, but please continue doing facts practice sheets daily at home until all facts are completely mastered.
Mental Math: Continue your warm up with 5 minutes of Mental Math. This week work through Mental Math 9-11  in the HIG appendix.
Workbook Exercises: Please check these daily and have students make corrections.
Math Buddies: We encourage you to regularly use this web site to help you better understand how to teach a lesson and to provide opportunities for your child to practice new skills or review previously learned concepts that they may need extra practice with. 
Math Buddies login page
Optional Math Buddies: Adding Fractions Using Equivalent Fractions

Bar Modeling: Bar modeling is a key component of problem solving. We will now do a practice "Bar Model of the Day" each day at school along with our normal math facts and mental math warm-ups.  Encourage your student to use bar models for all word problems, even if they can solve without one, as it's good practice for the more difficult word problems.

Reading  
Complete reading your classical book of choice this week.  We will begin reading Early Thunder next week.
Students are to write a short narration on their weekly reading using this form.  Reading 

Spelling Continue to review phonogram cards.
History
Students who are due to create a timeline figure are listed in red in the above table after the lesson number. The following class day, they will show the class the figure, tell  2-3 important points about the lesson, and place their figure on the classroom timeline.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
History:  Memorize Key Dates from Vol. 4:
                                       The American Revolution 1765-1783
                                         The French Revolution 1789-1799  
Last week, we introduced our first piece of history memory work for the year, the Preamble to the Constitution. A copy has been placed in your child's binder behind the "memory" tab. Please add this to your daily memory work practice. If you'd like a song to help with memorization, here's a link to the YouTube Schoolhouse Rock version: Preamble Video, or if you prefer lyrics only: Preamble
Geography: We will have our Geography test over Greenland and Canada this Wednesday.  Maps and songs can be found here.
Scripture:  We will be memorizing Proverbs 3:1-23 over the course of this year.  A copy of the passage was placed in your student's binder on Monday.  Additional copies may be found here.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard" to be recited on 10/3.   Additional copies here.


Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Sept. 12-16th


4th9/12/20169/13/20169/14/20169/15/20169/16/2016
DiscipleshipFaith + Proverbs 3:1-4
Math Review for test, Begin Practice 2B in classComplete TB p40 Practice 2B, Do TB p41 Review A to prepare for testMath Test HIG p36-37 Enrichment 1, Focus on mastering math factsMath Break!
ReadingContinue reading classical book of your choice. Pace yourself to complete the book in two weeks.Complete and score one reading narration. Use red pen to score. Due next Monday.
CompositionFinal Drafts due. Lesson 3, Part 1 KWO. Lesson 3, Part 2: Brainstorm portion only. Complete Vocab. Study on pg. 37. Read Aloud: The Great & Little Fishes Share Trumpeter FD with classmates. L3, P3: As a class, write a sample RDComplete rough draft started in class. Co-teachers please check spelling & grammar. Read Aloud: The Bear & the Two Travelers
GrammarCh 5, L2Ch 5, L3: Review Jingles 1-9, Classify Sentences onlyDo Activity/Assignment Time: Prepositional Sentence EndingsChapter 5 Test Skip Ex 4 & 8 Score in red pen & return to school Mon.
SpellingStep 4: Review New Teaching, phonograms ie, dge, wr. DS 4-6, Play SparkleStep 4: Review card box, Review Phonograms ck, oe, oa, ed. DS 7-9Step 4 Spelling TestStep 5: New teaching p39-42, Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 5 Practice".Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker Assessment 1 if you haven't already. See note below.
HistoryReview of The American Revolution, Mozart Activity L12* The French Revolution     AsherKey Date ActivitesL13 The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte     StreetLesson 12 Key Date #38     Write one narration due Mon
ScienceTry This! pg. 55Read pgs. 55-59 , begin at Bonding Basics and stop at Final MattersWhat Do You Remember? and Notebooking Activities pgs. 59-60Read pgs. 62-66
GeographyGreenland and Canada Due 9/21
Memory WorkQuarter 1 Poem Due 10/3, Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America Due 11/2, Key dates #37-38
LatinPL 4Copybook L4Review PL 4Review L4 terms using Copybook.

Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Sept 14th - Nest Meeting 9:15 am
Wednesday, Sept. 21st - Geography Test over Canada and Greenland
Wednesday, Sept. 28th - Pizza Day!

HIG- Home Instructor Guide
KWO-Key Word Outline
Grammar- Shurley English
LT- Learning Task
RD- Rough Draft
Composition-Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales
CCC-Complete, check, correct
FD- Final Draft
TB- Textbook (oral)
CC-  Copy cursive book
NT- New Teaching
WB- Workbook
TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp)
DS - Dictate Sentences
MM- Mental Math
L- Lesson

Discipleship:
Start your home school day with prayer and Bible reading.  Our Character Virtue of the month is: Faith.  Where does faith come from?  Read Romans 10:8-17.

Math:
Math Facts: Start each day with a 5 min warm up using the  Math Facts Practice sheets. This week we will be continue doing Practice Sheet G (multiplication) at school.  We're seeing great progress, but please continue doing facts practice sheets daily at home until all facts are completely mastered.
Mental Math: Continue your warm up with 5 minutes of Mental Math. This week work through Mental Math 8-9  in the HIG appendix.
Workbook Exercises: Please check these daily and have students make corrections.
Math Buddies: We encourage you to regularly use this web site to help you better understand how to teach a lesson and to provide opportunities for your child to practice new skills or review previously learned concepts that they may need extra practice with.   Our first math test will be this Wednesday.  
Math Buddies login page
Optional Math Buddies: No new lessons for this week. Review previously assigned Math Buddies.

Bar Modeling: Bar modeling is a key component of problem solving. We will now do a practice "Bar Model of the Day" each day at school along with our normal math facts and mental math warm-ups.  If you have not watched the bar model training videos on the blog under resources, they will be beneficial in assisting your student. 

Reading  
Continue reading a classical book of choice this week. Pace yourself to complete in two weeks.
Students are to write a short narration on their weekly reading using this form.  Reading 

Composition

Spelling:  If you haven't administered the Classical Phonics Assessment, please do so this week and return to school on Monday.  You only need to do Assessment 1 (Single Letter Phonograms) at this point. Here are instructions for administering the assessment.
Phonogram Drill Form (written portion) - Parents, read the sound or sounds on the card. Or if you prefer, you can play the sound on the AAS app.  Your student should then write the corresponding phonogram in the box. Mark any your child missed.
Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker (oral portion) - Show the card to the student. He or she should be able to correctly identify all the sounds associated with that card. Please note any phonograms your child missed on the form.

History
I've had several requests for the American Revolution video we watched.  Here's the link: American Revolution part 1  This video is about the events leading up to and including the Battles of Lexington & Concord.  There are two more parts if you're interested in watching them at home, but I have not previewed them yet.
Students who are due to create a timeline figure are listed in red in the above table after the lesson number. The following class day, they will show the class the figure, tell  2-3 important points about the lesson, and place their figure on the classroom timeline.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
History Key Dates:  
Add the second key date this week from Vol. 4: The French Revolution 1789-1799
The American Revolution 1765-1783.
Geography: We will continue our study of Greenland and Canada this week. The test over these is 9/21.   Maps and songs can be found here.
 Scripture:  We will be memorizing Proverbs 3:1-23 over the course of this year.  A copy of the passage was placed in your student's binder on Monday.  Additional copies may be found here.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard" to be recited on 10/3.   Additional copies here.