Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

4th	10/31/2016	11/1/2016	11/2/2016	11/3/2016	11/4/2016
Discipleship	Obedience (Trust)+ Proverbs 3:1-9
Math	HIG p 81, TB p 73, WB Ex 39-40	HIG p 82, collecting and presenting data. Due Wed for homework grade.	HIG p 83, TB 74 LT1, WB 41	CCC WB Ex 41. HIG p 85, TB p 75 LT 2 & 3, WB Ex 42	Singapore Break! Spend time reviewing math facts
Reading	Continue reading classical book of your choice. Pace yourself to complete the book this week.				Reading Narration optional. Spend time working on History Project.
Composition	Lesson 8, Part 2: Story Sequence Outline, Introduce Strong Verbs	Lesson 8, Part 2 Complete Story Sequence Outline started yesterday, Review Lesson 8, Part 3, Finish FD of "Theseus" due tomorrow. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD	L8, P3 Write RD of paragraph 1	L8, P3: RD paragraph 2. Co-teachers, correct any spelling/punction mistakes of paragraph 1 and 2 of Daedulus and Icarus. Read Aloud: The Race for a Wife
Grammar	Ch 11, L1: Capitalization and Punctuation of a Friendly Letter	Ch 11, L2: Sentences, Practice	Ch 11, L3 Sentences. Begin Ch. 11 Test A, skipping Ex. 1, 4, 6.	If needed, complete Ch 11 Test A skipping Ex 1, 4, 6, and Ch 11 Test B skipping Ex. 3. This is for practice and your assessment only. No grade.
Spelling	Step 11: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!	Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.	Step 11 Spelling Test	Step 12 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 12 Practice".
History	Causes of the Civil War	L32* Charles Darwin & the Theory of Evolution   Asher	Recitation of the Preamble to the Constitution, Civil War Projects	L35* The War Between the States: Part 1      Street	No Narration-work on Civil War project.  L31, L33, and L34 optional, L32- Key date #41, L35 - Key date #42
Science	Try This! pg. 121, What Do You Remember? and Notebooking Activity (Fascinating Facts) pg. 123	Read pgs. 126-130	Try This! pgs. 128 and 130	Read pgs. 131-135, stop at Countless Coal
Geography	Central America Due 11/9
Memory Work	Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America Due 11/2, Quarter 2 Poem Due 12/5, Key dates #37-41
Latin	PL 10	Copybook 10	Review PL 10	Review Copybook 10 terms. Can you count 1-10 in Latin yet?

Coming Soon:

Monday, October 31 – Historical Dress Up Day
Wednesday, November 2 - Recite the Preamble to the Constitution
November 21-25 – Thanksgiving Break

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 obedience, this week specifically focusing on trust.


Math: 
We will finish up the unit on tables and graphs and begin a new unit on angles.
Math Facts: Start each day with a 5 min warm up using the  Math Facts Practice sheets.  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 any of MM1- 18  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: Angles

Reading  

Finish reading the classical book of choice this week.  Next week, we will read  How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark.  

Reading narrations are not required for this week.  Use the time normally spent writing a narration to work on the history project. 

Reading 

 

History
Students will be working on a Civil War lapbook or presentation board instead of writing narrations this week and next.  More information can be found here.  

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.

Timeline Figure Instructions

Timeline Figure Template

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
The Fall of Napoleon at Waterloo June 18, 1815
Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto  1848
Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution 1859

This week we will be reciting the Preamble to the Constitution.  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:  Continue memorizing Central America.    All maps and songs can be found here.
Scripture:  Continue memorizing Proverbs 3:1-23.  Additional copies may be found here.

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Oct. 24-28

4th	10/24/2016	10/25/2016	10/26/2016	10/27/2016	10/28/2016
Discipleship	Obedience (Cooperativeness/Attentiveness)+ Proverbs 3:1-9
Math	In-class review for Wed. test using Review 3 (See note below)	Complete TB Review B p66-69 as review	Test	HIG pg 79, TB 70-71, LT1 WB Ex 36(sent home) & 37	HIG p 80, TB p 72 LT 2-3, WB Ex 38
Reading	Continue 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.
Composition	Writer's Conference for paragraphs 1 & 2, L7, P4 Write RD of 3rd paragraph	Co-teachers, double- check all three paragraphs using RD Checklist on pg 68. Please edit any spelling and punctuation mistakes. Read Aloud: How Disease and Cares Came into the World.	Writer's Conference, Begin Final Draft. Rubric sent home. Grammar TM pg. 205 activity (Personality Poem for yourself and a friend).	Work on Final Draft of Theseus and the Minotaur. Due Wednesday stapled: Rubric, Final, Rough Draft.
Grammar	Ch 10, L1 Sentences. Introduce Capitalization rules. Show examples.	Review Capitalization Rules using Theseus & the Minotaur (L7, P1) from IEW. See note below.	Chap 10, L2 Sentences. Introduce Punctuation rules.	Review Punctuation Rules using Theseus & the Minotaur (L7, P1) from IEW. See note below.
Spelling	Step 10: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Thurs, Play Sparkle!	Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.	Step 10 Spelling Test	Step 11 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 11Practice".	Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment #2 this week and return to school on Monday
History	Karl Marx and Communism	L28 American Abolitionists: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman & Frederick Douglass    Micah	American Abolitionists, Begin Civil War Lapbooks	L30 Florence Nightingale: "Lady with the Lamp"          Abe	L29 (Hudson Taylor& the Taiping Rebellion) is optional, but recommended.
Science	Try This! pgs. 114 and 115	Read pgs. 116-119, begin at Grasping Gravity and stop at Accelerating Action	Try This! pg. 119, watching (no video)	Read pgs. 119-123
Geography	Central America Due 11/9
Memory Work	Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America Due 11/2,  South America 11/9, Quarter 2 Poem Due 12/5, Key dates #37-40
Latin	PL 9	Complete Copybook L9	Board Wars Review.	Review Copybook L9 terms.

Coming Soon:
Monday, October 24 - Fortis Spirit Week Western Day
Monday, October 24 – Picture Retakes
Wednesday, October 26 – Pizza Day! Fortis Spirit Week Crazy Hair Day
Wednesday, October 28 – Dodge Ball Tournament
Monday, October 31 – Historical Dress Up 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 obedience, this week specifically focusing on cooperativeness and attentiveness. 


Math:  The test on Wednesday will have problems very similar to Review 3 and Review B.  We will attempt to work through all of Review 3 in class on Monday, reviewing and reteaching any concepts that need additional clarification.  Review B is for further practice at home.  Please use this to help your child review any concepts he/she is struggling to understand.

Math Facts: Start each day with a 5 min warm up using the  Math Facts Practice sheets. This week we will work on division facts at school.   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 MM 18  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: Review previous lessons

Reading  

Write and score a narration from this week's reading and return to school on Monday.  Reading 

Grammar

On Monday, please use Theseus and the Minotaur from IEW to highlight all capitalized words in the story.  Then use your grammar book to identify and write above each capitalized letter the rule number that applies.   On Wednesday, go through the same process, but for punctuation.  This will be a good exercise in combining curriculum and making sense of how grammar applies everywhere!

 

Spelling 

Please continue to review phonograms at home as needed.   Administer Assessment 2 of the Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker. 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
Next week (11/3) we will begin reading about the Civil War.  As a break from the weekly history narrations, I thought it would be fun to create lapbooks highlighting important events and people from this time.  I'll be sending out more details later, but here are a couple links to some lapbook ideas.  You child can use these, or create their own.  Please don't be overwhelmed by the amount of information.  You don't have to use all of the resources, just have your child pick the areas that interest them and use those to create their own memorable project.  We'll start in class this week with information about the American Abolitionists, and they can add to it at home as we study the War Between the States.
Civil War Lapbook
Civil War Lapbook 

 

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.

Timeline Figure Instructions

Timeline Figure Template

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                                                                                                       The Fall of Napoleon at Waterloo June 18, 1815

                                       Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto  1848

Continue memorizing the Preamble to the Constitution.  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 introduce Central America on Monday.    All maps and songs can be found here.
Scripture:  Continue memorizing Proverbs 3:1-23.  Additional copies may be found here.