Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan. 30 - Feb. 3


4th1/30/20171/31/20172/1/20172/2/20172/3/2017
DiscipleshipHonesty + Proverbs 3:1-16
MathHIG p25-26, TB p26-27 LT 1-4 & 5-7, WB Ex 14 & 15CCC Ex 14 & 15. Do Review A TB p28 to review for test. *See Note BelowTestReview all Add/Sub & Mult/Div facts 1-12Work through MM 3-4 this week
ReadingFinish Wright Brothers Discussion, Read Aloud HCA's "The Ugly Duckling" in class.Begin reading classical book of your choice. Pace yourself to complete the book in three weeks.Narration Break!
CompositionLesson 13, Parts 3 & 4: Writer's Conference, The Past Perfect Tense & Write RD 2nd paragraphL14, P1:Write RD 3rd paragraph using checklist p. 116, Co-Teachers please check all three paragraphs for spelling & punctuation. Study vocab words for test Wed.Vocab Test, Writer's Conference, & begin writing FD. Rubric sent homeLesson 14, Part 2: FD Due Mon. Stapled: Rubric, RD, FDFinish FD if not completed.
GrammarCh 17, L1: Beginning & Ending Quotes, Ref. 50 & 51, Practice Time p.80Ch17, L2 Classify & Practice Time 1-3Ch17, L3: Classify & Practice TimeGrammar Break! Catch up day.
SpellingReview Step 18 New Teaching and Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6.Review Card box. Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.Step 18 Spelling TestStep 19 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words and sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 18 Practice."
HistoryGreat Depression ActivitiesL54 Mohandas Gandhi     WesleyGandhi ActivitiesL55 The Rise of Adolf Hitler AlexeiComplete & score one narration. Due Monday
ScienceTry This! pg. 191Read pgs. 191 - 193 , begin at Conduction and stop at Set on FireTry This! pg. 193Read pgs. 193 -197 , start at Set on Fire stop at Thermal Expansion
GeographyWest Indies Due 2/22
Memory WorkQuarter 3 Poem Due 2/27, Key dates #37-44 Test on 3/6, Gettysburg Address (3rd-5th grade) Due 3/22, Presidents of the United States of America Due 4/19
LatinPL 16Copybook 16Board Wars!


Coming Soon:
Monday, Jan 30 - Installation Service for Mr. William Brannan at 7:00pm 
Saturday, Feb 25 - Pancake Breakfast!
Monday, Feb 27 - Third Quarter Poem due. 
 

Discipleship
Start your home school day with prayer and Bible reading.  Our Character Virtue of the month is Honesty.  http://www.kidsofintegrity.com/lessons/honesty has wonderful resources to help instill this character trait in your child.

Math:  
On Tuesday, use Review A to assess your student's understanding of the skills learned.  There is no need to do every problem if your student understands the concepts well.  You may only need to do one or two problems of some skills, and all the problems of others, depending on your student's needs.  However, I would recommend everyone work the word problems on p.30, bar modeling where necessary.

Work through Mental Math 3 & 4 this week.  Next week we will start adding/subtracting, multiplying/dividing decimals, so keep honing those math facts!

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.

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: Rounding Decimals

Reading  
Students should begin reading a classical book of choice.  Pace yourself to finish the book in three weeks.  No reading narration required this week.
Composition 
We're continuing Writing from Pictures this week, writing one paragraph per picture.  Each paragraph should have a topic sentence describing the central fact of the picture with the rest of the paragraph filling in the who, when, where, what, why and how details, completeted with required dress-ups.
Spelling
We will review the phonograms ui, gn, our, and ci and learn how to make the plural form of words ending in o.
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:  Due 3/6

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
The War Between the States 1861 - 1865
World War 1 1914-1918 
The Great Depression  1929

Memorize the Gettysburg Address    Due 3/22
Memorize the Presidents of the United States Due 4/19  Here is list of the presidents,
and a mp3 link for a song to help with memorization.  Here are some president picture memory cards.  Assessment will be oral.
Geography: This week we will introduce the West Indies.  To be assessed 2/22 West Indies Original
West Indies Geography Game
 All maps and songs can be found here.
 
Poetry: "The Village Blacksmith" due 2/27.  Additional copies may be found here.
Scripture:  Continue memorizing Proverbs 3:1-23.  Additional copies may be found here.