Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Aug 20 - 24

4th Grade Week 3	8/20/2018	8/21/2018	8/22/2018	8/23/2018	8/24/2018
Discipleship
Bible	Gen 21:1-8, Gen 22:1-18	Genesis 24	Gen 27	Gen 28
Math	FP-D, HIG p17-18, TB p23-26, LT 1-11, WB Ex 10	FP-E, TB p27 Practice 1B Co-Teacher please correct in red pen and have students make corrections. Due Wed.	FP-D, HIG p20-22, TB p28-30 LT 1-4, WB Ex 11	Co-Teachers see note below.  FP-E, HIG p23-24, TB p31-33 LT 5,6,8-10, WB Ex 12, problem 1. Check all work from yesterday and today for accuracy.	Catch-up Day. Review and practice with Singapore games, flashcards and/or fact sheets. We want to master all add/sub & multi/div facts soon!
Spelling	Step 2: Review new teaching, Reinforcement & Writing Station Words, Review Phonograms, DS 4-6	Step 2: Review card box, phonograms, Dictate Sentences 7-9 Check for accuracy.	Step 2 Test	Step 3: New Teaching p27-30, Dictate new words	DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 2 Practice"
Grammar	Ch 2, L5: Adjectives and Articles	Chap 3, Lesson 1, TM p.26-27	Ch 3, L2: Pattern 1 Sentences, & Ch 3, L3 Noun Check	Chap 3, Lesson 3: Review Ref 10, Classify Sentences & Do Ch 3, L3 Practice 1-3 (TM p36)
Writing	Lesson 2, Part 1 KWO & Read Aloud: The Dog & the Wolf	Lesson 2, Part 2: Brainstorm, Read Aloud; The Jay & the Peacock	Lesson 2, Part 3: Begin rough draft. Review proofreading symbols handout	Complete rough draft started in class. Due Mon. Use composition checklist on p. 33 to ensure all components are present. Read Aloud:The Miser
Reading	Discuss Perilous Road Chap 8-9, begin reading Chap 10 in class	Read Ch 11-12	Discussion	Read Ch 13-14	We will have our final discussion of Perilous Road on Monday
Latin	Ch 2 Memory Page & Grammar Lesson	Review Ch 1 & Ch 2 Chants, charts, Make flashcards for new vocabulary	Review game	Complete Ch 2 story, Review chants & flashcards
History	SOTW Ch 6 The Dominion of Canada, activities & mapping	Read #129 Dominion of Canada and write a short summary in your journal. Timeline Song 1	SOTW p75 The Second Reich	#130 Otto von Bismarck Unifies Germany Watch this: Visual Timeline Song
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/5
Science	Introduce liquids: water ECWP p32-34,  Experiment: "The Strange Story of Water's SIze" PEC p22  & "Water Isn't Pure" PEC p23	Read USE p72-73 "Water" Write a short summary	Write up results from experiment, Make a terrarium demonstrating the water cycle	Read USE p74-75 "Water" cont., Define "Hard Water" on p13 of Science Inquiry Notebook & add interesting facts to summary.
Memory Work	POEM: "The Father's Vineyard" - Due for recitation on 9/26 GEOGRAPHY: Continents and Oceans - Test on 9/5 HISTORY SONG: First four minutes - due on 10/24 SCIENCE: Matter Poem due 9/5

Blog Abbreviations:

HIG- Home Instructor Guide	KWO-Key Word Outline	Grammar- Shurley English
LT- Learning Task	RD- Rough Draft	USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia
CCC-Complete, check, correct	FD- Final Draft
TB- Textbook (oral)	KWO-Key Word Outline	NT- New Teaching
WB- Workbook	TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp)	DS - Dictate Sentences
MM- Mental Math FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet	L- Lesson

Coming Soon:

Monday, August 27 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day & Spirit Day: Students may wear jeans with Fortis spirit shirts

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.   You may want to read the assigned Bible passage to your student and discuss, or they may read it independently.  Our Character Virtue of the month is Obedience.

Math
Objectives:
1.  Understand the concept of multiples 

2. Determine if a number is a multiple of a 1-digit number

3. List multiples of a 1-digit number

4. Find common multiples

5. Practice concepts involving factors and multiples

6. Multiply a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number

7. Divide a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number

Start with 5 min of subtraction practice using Facts Practice E.  Do 5 min of Mental Math using MM 3 & 4  in the HIG appendix.  Don't strive to finish all problems; just do a few at time mentally.

Parents, if you haven't already, please watch these videos to aid you in teaching Singapore Math.  The first one is especially good at demonstrating using base-10 blocks (or a white board) to model long division.

Long Division

Teaching Division

Singapore Long Division

Bar Modeling 1

Bar Modeling 2

Grammar

Objectives:

1.  Recognize and identify adjectives and article adjectives.

2.  Identify adverbs that modify adjectives and adverbs.

2.  Identify nouns as "common" or proper" and "singular" or "plural."

3.  Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence.

Writing:

Objectives:

1. Create a KWO from a source text.

2. Brainstorm synonyms 

3. Write a rough draft of fable using KWO and composition checklist.

4..Correctly incorporate “ly” words into composition.

Reading

We will begin reading Helen Keller next week. Bring your book to class on Monday!

Latin: See Links Below
History

Objectives: 

1. Know that Canada became independent of British and French rule to become the Dominion of Canada
2. Know that Otto von Bismarck united Austria and Prussia into an the new country of Germany


Science
Objectives:
1. Know that water expands when heated and contracts upon freezing.
2. Know that water is a good solvent.
3. Know that water is being recycled through a process known as the water cycle 
4. Know that water contains minerals.
This week's Definition: 
Hard Water:  Water that contains minerals from rocks it has flowed over.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here.
History Timeline:
You can find the timeline song here: Part 1 & Part 2
Geography: Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.

Science:  

Matter Poem 
There are three states of matter
Solid, liquid, gas
We'll begin with the latter
This test you can pass

A gas has no shape
It's molecules bounce all over the place
Gas tries to escape
Far out into space

A liquid moves freely
It's molecules can flow
They fill your glass easily
From place to place they go

A solid is firm
It's molecules locked in tight
There's no room to squirm
Try as a solid might

Latin Chant 1



Latin Chant 2

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Aug 13-17

4th Grade Week 2	8/13/2018	8/14/2018	8/15/2018	8/16/2018	8/17/2018
Discipleship	Obedience
Bible	Gen 8-Gen 9:1-13	Gen 11:1-9	Gen 12: 1-8, 15: 1-18	Gen 18: 1-15
Math	FP-B, HIG p9, TB p17, LT 8-11, WB Ex 7	FP-B, TB p18 Practice 1A: Complete on lined paper. CoTeacher please correct in red pen and help students make corrections. Due Wed	FP-B, HIG p 12-13, TB p19-20 Learning tasks 1-4, WB Exercise 8	FP-B, Review HIG p12, Do HIG p 14-16, TB p21-22, Learning Tasks 5-13	Review previously learned material as needed. Do WB Ex 9
Spelling	Step 1 New Teaching, DS 6-9 on same paper started Friday	Review New Teaching (p18-19) & Dictate Sentences 10-14	Step 1 DS 15-20	Step 2 New Teaching p21-24, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 2 Practice"
Grammar	Chap 2, Lessons 1 & 2	Chap 2, Lesson 2, Listen to Jingles 1-3, Memorize the 5 elements of a sentence	Chap 2, Lessons 3 & 4	Ch 2, L4 Review adverbs: What are the adverb questions?, Classify sentences, review jingles 4-6
Writing	L1, P2 KWO & Banned Words	L1 P3 Read source text and create a KWO, Orally retell using only your outline	L1, P4 -LY words
Reading	Discuss The Perilous Road Chaps 4-5, Begin reading Ch 6 in class.	Finish reading Ch 6 if not completed in class & Read Ch 7	Discussion	The Perilous Road: Read Ch 8-9
Latin	Ch 1 Grammar Lesson & Worksheet	Review Ch 1 chant, memory chart and flashcards, Complete Chap Story p3	Derivatives & Review Game	Ch 1 Quiz for practice only (May be done orally)
History	SOTW:After the Civil War discussion & Outline	Read Card #128 Reconstruction of the Southern States and discuss Timeline Song	Civil War & Reconstruction Activities	Journal Entry: Write 2-3 interesting facts you've learned about the Civil War & the Reconstruction of the South	Memorize 1st Key Date: The Civil War 1861-1865
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/5
Science	Introduce Gases in the Air, ECWP p36-38	Read Usborne Science Encyclopedia p62-63, Jot down 2-3 interesting facts on p8 of your Notebook under "What You Already Know"	Experiment w/Carbon Dioxide ECWP p37 Write out Lab Report	Read USE p64-65 Air (cont.), Complete  "Reflect on your Learning" p12 of notebook if not finished in class yesterday
Memory Work	POEM: "The Father's Vineyard" - Due for recitation on 9/26 GEOGRAPHY: Continents and Oceans - Test on 9/6                  HISTORY SONG: First four minutes - due on 10/24                               SCIENCE: Matter Poem due 9/5

Blog Abbreviations:

HIG- Home Instructor Guide	KWO-Key Word Outline	Grammar- Shurley English
LT- Learning Task	RD- Rough Draft	USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia
CCC-Complete, check, correct	FD- Final Draft
TB- Textbook (oral)	KWO-Key Word Outline	NT- New Teaching
WB- Workbook	TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp)	DS - Dictate Sentences
MM- Mental Math FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet	L- Lesson

Coming Soon:

Monday, August 27 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms

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.   You may want to read the assigned Bible passage to your student and discuss, or they may read it independently.  Our Character Virtue of the month is Obedience.

Math
Objectives:
1. Estimate the answer for addition or subtraction

2. Understand factors

3. Find all the factors of a whole number up to 100

4. Find the common factors of two whole numbers

5. Practice skills learned.

Start with 5 min of subtraction practice using Facts Practice B.  Do 5 min of Mental Math using MM 1 & 2 in the HIG appendix.  Don't strive to finish all problems in this time.    The goal is to be able to calculate answers mentally. 

Reading  
Objectives:
1. Learn about the life a soldier during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.

Please bring your Perilous Road book to class each day as we will continue reading and discussing the book this week.

Grammar

Objectives:

1.  Know that a noun is a person, place, thing or idea
2.  Know that a verb shows action or state of being
3.  Name the five requirements of a sentence
4.  Know that an adverb answers how? when? where?
5.  Know the four kinds of sentences and corresponding end-marks

Writing:

Objectives:

1. Take notes on the main ideas of a fable creating a Key Word Outline

2. Find synonyms for banned words.

3. Insert -ly words correctly into sentences.

History

Objective: Understand challenges facing the country after the Civil War.

Science
Objectives:
1. Know that gas particles don't have a specific volume or shape
2. Experiment with expanding gas


Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here.
History Timeline:
You can find the timeline song here: Part 1 & Part 2
Geography: Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.

Science:  

Matter Poem 
There are three states of matter
Solid, liquid, gas
We'll begin with the latter
This test you can pass

A gas has no shape
It's molecules bounce all over the place
Gas tries to escape
Far out into space

A liquid moves freely
It's molecules can flow
They fill your glass easily
From place to place they go

A solid is firm
It's molecules locked in tight
There's no room to squirm
Try as a solid might

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Aug 6 - 10

4th Grade Week 1	8/6/2018	8/7/2018	8/8/2018	8/9/2018	8/10/2018
Discipleship	Obedience
Bible	Prov 1: 1-7 & Gen 1	Genesis 2	Gen 3	Genesis 7
Math	Why Math? FP A, HIG p 1-2, TB 6-8 Learning Tasks 1 & 2, WB Ex. 1	FP A, HIG p 3-4, TB p 9-11 Learning Tasks 3-9, WB Exercises 2 & 3	FP A, HIG p5-6, TB p11, Learning Task 10, WB Ex 4	FP A, HIG p7, TB p12-14, LT 1-3, WB Ex 5	HIG p8, TB p15-16, LT 4-7, WB Ex 6
Spelling	Introduce Poem 1 & "Get to know you" activity	Review information found through pg. 12 of the All About Spelling book. Setup at-home spelling board to match information found on pg. 15.	Introduce Phonograms, Teach and play Sparkle with words from previous levels.	Step 1: pgs 15-18 Review Phonogram Cards 1-65, Sound Cards 1-77, Key Cards 1-22, Review Division Rules, Syllable Types & Suffix Rules	Dictate Sentences 1-5 on paper titled "Step 1 Practice"
Grammar	Review parts of a friendly letter and write yourself a letter to be read at EOY.	Quickly review the information found in Ch 1, Lesson 3: Synonyms and Antonyms.	Chap. 1, Lesson 4: A/An Choices Review Nouns	Ch 2 L1 Listen to Jingles 1-3, Review nouns & verbs
Writing	Classroom and school behavioral expectations.	Read through the 4th Grade Curriculum Information and Syllabus in the front pocket of the classroom binder and share the information with your child.	Lesson 1, Part 1: Finding key words	Retell the Grasshopper and the Ants fable to two family members using only your KWO.
Reading	Begin Reading Perilous Road Chap 1 in class	Read Perilous Road Ch 2-3	Discussion	Read Ch 4-5
Latin	Introduction to Latin, & Ch 1 Memory Page	Read over the Introduction to Students pages vii-vii, Review Ecclesiastical Pronounciation Chart p. xi	Introduction & Ch1 - Memory page review, teach grammar lesson, Begin making flashcards	Ch1 - Recite memory chart & chant (p1), complete making flashcards for all new vocabulary
History	SOTW Ch 5 The American Civil War, Make map	Read Card #127 Lincoln's War Between the States and discuss. Listen to Timeline Song	Discussion & Make outline	Write 3-4 interesting facts about the American Civil War in your journal
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/5
Science	Introduce 3 States of Matter & Matter Poem, Experiment with volume and density ECP p19 &20	Read Usborne Science Encyclopedia p16-17 Solids, Liquids, Gases. Orally summarize the material and write a definition for "states of matter" on p7 of your Science Inquiry Notebook	Review Scientific Method & do Gas Experiment: ECP p35 & PEFC p6	Read Usborne Science Encyclopedia p22-23 How Gases Behave Orally summarize your reading and write out definition of "gas" on p7 of notebook. Jot down any questions you may have on p2	Review States of Matter Poem
Memory Work	Quarter 1 Poem Due 9/26, Matter Poem Due 9/5

HIG- Home Instructor Guide	KWO-Key Word Outline	Grammar- Shurley English
LT- Learning Task	RD- Rough Draft	USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia
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 FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet	L- Lesson

Welcome 4th grade Falcons!

I am excited to start the year, and hope you are as well.  We are diving into the year's work quickly and have much to discuss in the way of procedures and introductions to each piece of curriculum this week.  Don't be dismayed when "kinks" arise in class or at home; it will take a couple weeks to get into a rhythm. Praise God for His grace! God bless us as we all get started, and may He be glorified by all we do!
Mrs. Johnson

Coming Soon:
Monday, August 27 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms

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.  We will be doing an overview of the Bible this year at school with selected passages from the entire Bible.  This will go very nicely with the history timeline song they are memorizing. I invite you to join with us in reading the passages on home days and discussing them with your child.   Our Character Virtue of the month is Obedience.

Math
Objectives:
1. Read & write a 5-digit number.
2. Relate each digit up to 100,000 to its place value.
3. Add, subtract, multiply and divide thousands and ten thousands.
4. Round off whole numbers to the nearest 10.
5. Determine the scale of a number line.
Please make copies of the master math fact practice drill sheets sent home. Students will be expected to complete math fact practice drills on most home days. The appropriate sheet to use is denoted with the abbreviation “FP” followed by a letter (FP-A, FP-B, etc.) that specifies which sheet to use that day. Set the timer for five minutes. If the student finishes before the timer goes off, record the time on the sheet. If the timer goes off and the student does not finish, mark the place where he/she finished. We want to see improvement in the number of facts correctly completed each time.
Also, please do 5 minutes of mental math each home day as a warm-up.  Don't strive to finish all problems in this time.  We will be using the Mental Math pages multiple times on campus and at home.  The goal is to be able to calculate answers mentally. (Start this week doing Mental Math 1 found in the HIG Appendix)  On Thursday, start the day reviewing the concept taught Wed. using the concrete manipulatives, before moving on to the workbook exercise.

Reading 
Objectives:
1. Learn about the life a soldier during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know the definitions of Synonym & Antonym.
2. Learn how to use "a" and "an" correctly. 
History
Objectives: 
1. Identify factors that led to the War Between the States.
2. Identify key figures of the war.
Science
Objectives:
1. Name three states of matter.
2. Know that a gas is a substance that has no definite volume or shape.
3. Experiment with volume and density
Your student will be making their own dictionary of terms through the course of this study.  Most definitions can be found in the Usborne Science Encyclopedia’s glossary, all are in the readings.  It's up to you how you want your student to obtain the definition: you can choose to dictate the definition or you can have them look up the terms in a dictionary.  They are to write out each definition on the vocabulary page of their science inquiry notebook.
Here are this week's terms:  (These are a guide. Your student's definitions don't need to be word for word.)
State of matter- the different forms in which a substance can exist: solid, liquid, and gas
Gas the state of matter in which a substance has no fixed shape or volume

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard".  A copy was placed in your student's binder on Monday.  Practice this with a family member, pet, or stuffed animal as an audience, focusing on the public speaking skills listed in IEW on pg. 9.  If you really want a challenge, try using yourself as an audience in a mirror! Additional copies here.
History Timeline:
You can find the timeline song here: Part 1 & Part 2
Geography:  We will begin our study of geography this week through "blob mapping" the oceans and continents.   Here is a short video that demonstrates blobbing of a world map. (This is part one of a four-part video series, which you should be able to easily find if you have watched part one.)
Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.