4th | 8/21/2017 | 8/22/2017 | 8/23/2017 | 8/24/2017 | 8/25/2017 |
Discipleship | Love (Kindness)+ Matthew 5:1-2 | ||||
Bible | Is 56:1, 6-8, Ps 67 | Rom 11:1-2a, 13-15, 28-32, Matt 15:21-28 | Prov. 3:1-8, 2 Cor. 4:7-10 | Luke 22:24-30 or John 1:42-51 | |
Math | FP B, HIG p17-18, TB p23-26, WB Ex 10 | FP B, TB p27 Practice 1B Co-Teacher please correct in red pen and have students make corrections. Due Wed. | FP B, HIG p20-22, TB p28-30 LT 1-4, WB Ex 11 | FP B, HIG p23-24, TB p31-33 Learning tasks 5,6,8-10, WB Ex 12, problem 1. Check all work from yesterday and today for accuracy. | Catch-up Day. Continue practicing math facts with Singapore games, flashcards, fact sheets, until all are addition/subtraction & multiplication/division are mastered. |
Spelling | Step 2: Review new teaching, Reinforcement & Writing Station Words, Review Phonograms: p,r,s,t,u,v,w,y,n,x,z 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, L2 Noun Check | Chap 3, Lesson 3: Classify Sentences & Ch 3, L3 Practice 1-3 (TM p36) | |
Writing | Lesson 1, Part 4: LY words, Read Aloud: The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts. | L1, Pt 4: Review -ly words and -ly adjective imposters. Use at least one -ly word in your summaries this week. | Lesson 2, Part 1 KWO & Read Aloud: The Dog & the Wolf | Lesson 2, Part 2: Brainstorm. | |
Reading | Discuss Perilous Road Chap 6, begin reading Chap 7 in class | Complete Ch 7, Read Ch 8 | Discuss Ch 7-8, Practice writing a narration together | Read Ch 9-10 | |
Latin | Ch3 - Memory page, teach grammar lesson | Ch3 - Recite memory chart, review new teaching | Ch3 - Worksheets. Recite memory chart. | Ch3 - Recite memory chart, Complete quiz and activity. | |
History | Audrey & Eris share journal entries, Reconstruction Discussion, Timeline | Read #129 Dominion of Canada and write a short summary in your journal | Michael & Carina share journal entries, Canada activities & map | #130 Otto von Bismarck Unifies Germany | Tag & Luke share journal entries on 8/28 |
Geography | Continents and Oceans - Due 9/6 | ||||
Science | Week 2 Review & Experiment: The Strange Story of Water's Size | Read USE p72-73 Water Orally summarize and write 2-4 sentences of what you learned in journal. Review States of Matter poem | Check results of Mon. experiment, Write lab report, Begin Experiment: Hovercraft Step 4 | Read USE p74-75 Water (cont) Add to summary & define "Hard Water" in journal | Week 3 Quiz, Review Matter Poem |
Memory Work | POEM: "The Father's Vineyard" - Due for recitation on 9/27 GEOGRAPHY: Continents and Oceans - Test on 9/6 HISTORY SONG: First four minutes - due on 10/25 SCIENCE: Matter Poem due 9/6 | ||||
Blog Abbreviations:
HIG- Home Instructor Guide | L- Lesson | Grammar- Shurley English |
LT- Learning Task | KWO-Key Word Outline | USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | RD- Rough Draft | |
TB- Textbook | FD- Final Draft | NT- New Teaching |
WB- Workbook | FP-Math Facts Practice Sheet | DS - Dictate Sentences |
MM- Mental Math |
Coming Soon:
Monday, August 28 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms.
Monday, September 4 - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, September 6 - Picture Day
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 Love, this week focusing on Kindness. http://www.kidsofintegrity.com/lessons/kindness
has some wonderful Bible lessons, ideas, games and resources to help instill this virtue in your children.
Math:
Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet. If your child has mastered the current fact sheet, move on the next one.
Work through Mental Math 4 & 5 this week.
Objectives:
1. Understand the concept of multiple.
2. Relate the concept of factor to multiple.
3. Determine if a whole number is a multiple of a 1-digit number
4. Find common multiples.
5. Multiply a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number.
6. Divide a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number.
Please complete all the work assigned for home days, including workbook and practice exercises, as well as math facts practice. Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance.
Composition
Objectives:
- Insert "ly" words correctly into sentences.
- Take notes on the main ideas in a fable, creating a KWO.
- Make up a title by repeating or reflecting key words.
Reading
Objectives:
1. Learn about the life a soldier during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.
3. Write a reading narration using rubric.
Please bring your Perilous Road book to class each day as we will continue reading and discussing the book this week.
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.
Spelling:
1. Know how to spell words with the sound of /kt/ spelled "ct".
2. Know how to alphabetize to the third letter.
Latin:
1. Memorize Present tense verb endings
2. Memorize new vocabulary
3. Introduce noun declensions
3. Introduce noun declensions
Science
Objectives: Learn about the composition and properties of water.
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 Encylopedia'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 journal.
Here are this week's terms. These are a guide. Your student's definitions don't need to be word for word.
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". A copy was placed in your student's binder. Additional copies here.
History Timeline:
You can find the timeline song here.
Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History Card timeline-motions.
Geography: We will continue memorizing the ocean and continents this week. Here is a short video that demonstrates blobbing of a world map.
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.
