Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 29 - Feb 2


4th1/29/20181/30/20181/31/20182/1/20182/2/2018
DiscipleshipHonesty + Matthew 5: 1-12
BibleDt 18:15-20, Ps 1111 Cor 8:1-13, Mk 1:21-281 Sam. 1:21-28, Heb. 2:14-18Luke 2:22-32 (33-40)
MathFP I, HIG p25-26, TB p26-27 LT 1-4 & 5-7, WB Ex 14 & 15    FP I,             Do Review A TB p28 -29 CCC *See note belowReview 2 as review for test on MonReview 1: Problems 1-23 CCC Due MonReview 3: Problems 1-14, 17, 18 & 21. CCC No Grade, for practice only
SpellingReview Step 18 New Teaching and Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6. Play Sparkle!Make spelling corrections, Review Card box. Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.Step 18 Spelling TestStep 19 New Teaching. Complete Make it Plural book p10, Dictate 10 words Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 19 Practice."
GrammarCh 17, L1: Beginning & Ending Quotes, Ref. 50 & 51, Practice Time p.80Ch17, L2 Classify & Practice Time 1-3Ch17, L3: Classify & Practice Time

WritingLesson 13, Part 3: Writer's Conference, The Past Perfect Tense & Write RD 2nd paragraphWrite RD 3rd paragraph using checklist p. 113, 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 Wed 2/7 Stapled: Rubric, RD, FDWork on FD if not completed.
ReadingComplete discussion on The House of Sixty Fathers Begin reading Classical Book of choice. Pace yourself to complete the book in 3 weeks.
LatinCh15 - Memory page, teach grammar lessonCh15 - Recite memory chart, review grammar lessonCh15 - Worksheets. Recite memory chart.Ch15 - Recite memory chart, Complete quiz.
HistorySOTW Ch 35 "Communism in Asia"The Korean War #149 Timeline Song 1The Korean War Activities, Timeline AssessmentsWrite a summary of what you learned in your journal this week. Include date of event, topic sentence at least 3-4 facts       Timeline Song 2
GeographyWestern Europe  Review
Western Europe Test

ScienceIntroduce Balance, Gizmos & Gadgets p68-70 "Slithering Snake"Experiment: Slithering Snake Do activity & write up resultsSound Memory Work Assessment & Project: Gumdrop Castle Test certain shapes & sketch a designRead Balance Handout p70-72. Pick one project to complete at home. Write up summary in your journal.
Memory WorkEastern Europe Due 3/28, Sound Poem Due 1/31, US Presidents Due 2/21 Quarter 3 Poem Due 2/28,
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Jan 31 - Pizza Day!
Discipleship:
Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.  
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:  

Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet and 5 min of Mental Math.  

Work through MM 3 & 4 this week.

Objectives:

1. Round a decimal number to the nearest whole number.
2. Practice previously learned skills, reteaching where necessary.

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!
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, complete with required dress-ups.
Reading: 
Students should begin reading a classical book of choice.  Pace yourself to finish the book in three weeks.
Grammar
Objective: Learn quotation rules for beginning and ending quotes.
Spelling
Objective: Learn how to make the plural form of words ending in o.
Latin:
Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.
Chapter 4                                                                                 
Chapter 11 
Chapter 12 
Chapter 14 
Chapter 15           
History
Science
Objectives:
1. Discover the basics of balance by making contraptions that wobble waver tile and rest.
2. Examine how balance and center of gravity affects buildings by building a castle out of 
toothpicks and gumdrops. 
Vocabulary:
Resonate - to vibrate at the same frequency as something else
Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
We are continuing our memorization of the US Presidents.  For assessment, students will write all the 
presidents' first and last names.  Due 2/21/18.  If you'd like to make flashcards, here are some 
Science Memory Work: Sentence on Balance
An object is in balance when all the forces that push or pull on it have caused it to remain still.
Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is “Pied Beauty”. Due 2/28.  Additional copies here.
History:  All US Presidents   There are several YouTube video songs.  Here are two:
Timeline:  You can find a YouTube video of the timeline song with pictures of the cards and dates on
Here is a YouTube demonstration the hand motions for the first 6 minutes. Timeline Song
Here is a video of the hand motions for the second 6 minutes of the song: Timeline Song
Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History
Card timeline-motions  
Geography: We are assessing Western Europe this Wednesday (1/31).  Additional maps found here.
All Geography songs and maps are found here.

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 22 - 26


4th1/22/20181/23/20181/24/20181/25/20181/26/2018
DiscipleshipSelf-Discipline + Matthew 5: 1-11
BibleJonah 3:1-5, 10, Ps 62, 1 Cor 7:29-31 Mk 1:14-20, Acts 16:1-5, 1 Tim. 6:11-16, Matt. 24:42-47Acts 9:1-22Gal. 1:11-24, Matt. 19:27-30
MathFP I, HIG p 19, TB pg 20-21 LT 1-3, WB Ex 11.CCC WB Ex 11. HIG p. 21, TB p. 21 LT 4-5, WB Ex 12.FP I, HIG p. 22-23, TB p 22 LT 7-11, WB Ex 13.CCC WB Ex 13. Do TB Practice 1A p. 23. CCC, Due MonTB Practice 1B p.24. CCC Due Mon
SpellingReview New Teaching (Make It Plural book) and Writing Station words. Dictate sentences 4-6 on the same paper started Monday.Rewrite Step 16 Test misspelled words 5x correctly, Step 17: Review Card Box, Dictate Sentences 7-9Step 17 Spelling TestStep 18 New Teaching, Complete Make it Plural Book p7-9, Dictate 10 words Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 18 Practice."
GrammarCh 15 Test Due. Ch 16, L1 Sentences, Ref 49, Jingle 17, Introduce Pattern 3Ch 16, L2 Sentences and Pattern 3 Practice sentence (See pg 269 in TM).Ch 16, L3 Sentences and Practice 1-3 from L1.Ch 16, L4 Test for practice. Students may skip exercise 3 and 7.
WritingL13, P1: Intro to Writing from Pictures & KWORead Aloud: The History of Tom Thumb p.224 in Appendix. You'll need to have read this for tomorrow!Lesson 13, Part 2: Pictures, KWO, BrainstormLesson 13,Part 3: Write RD of 1st paragraph only using checklist p113
ReadingDiscss The House of Sixty Fathers Ch 5 & 6Read Ch 7Read Ch 8Read Ch 9Finish reading Ch 9 and be prepared to discuss Mon
LatinCh 14 Review & Derivative StudyReview memory page & chants for L11, 12 & 14Review & Board WarsReview memory pages & chants L8, 9, & 10
HistoryLife in China Read North Atlantic Treaty Organization #148     Timeline Song 1NATO    Timeline AssessmentsWrite a summary of what you learned about NATO this week in your journal. Include 4-5 facts      Timeline Song 2
GeographyWestern Europe - Due 1/31
ScienceExperiment: What is Resonance? p76-77Read USE p208-209 Musical Instruments, Define "Resonate"Experiment: What is Resonance? Work on sound poem, review previous science memory work
Memory WorkWestern Europe Due 1/31, Sound Poem Due 1/31, US Presidents Due 2/21 Quarter 3 Poem Due 2/28,
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Jan 31 - Pizza 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 
Self-Discipline.
Math:  
Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet and 5 min of Mental Math.  
Work through MM1 & 2 this week.
Objectives:
1. Read, write, add & subtract numbers up to three decimal places.
2. Express a fraction with a denominator of 1000 as a decimal number.
3. Read scales in thousandths.
4. Express a number to three decimal places as a fraction in simplest form.
5. Compare and order a mixture of fractions and decimal numbers of up to three decimal places.
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:  
1. Describe the sequence of events happening in a series of pictures.
2. Write a KWO telling the facts of what is happening.   
Reading: We will continue reading The House of Sixty Fathers this week. Please bring your book to 
class each day and be prepared to discuss the reading..
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify and classify indirect objects in a Pattern 3 sentence.
Spelling
Objective: Learn how to make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.
Latin:
Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.
Chapter 4                                                                                 
Chapter 11 
Chapter 12            
History
Objectives:
1. Learn about life in communist China today.
2. Know that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in 1949 to stop the spread of 
communism and remains to this day for peacekeeping missions. 
Science
Objectives:
1. Know that musical instruments work by making sound waves.
2. Musical instruments can be divided into groups depending on the way they make sounds.
3. Experiment with resonance   
Vocabulary:
Resonate - to vibrate at the same frequency as something else
Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
We are continuing our memorization of the US Presidents.  For assessment, students will write all the 
presidents' first and last names.  Due 2/21/18.  If you'd like to make flashcards, here are some 
Science Memory Work: Sound Unit Poem
Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is “Pied Beauty”. Due 2/28.  Additional copies here.
History:  All US Presidents   There are several YouTube video songs.  Here are two:
Timeline:  You can find a YouTube video of the timeline song with pictures of the cards and dates on
Here is a YouTube demonstration the hand motions for the first 6 minutes. Timeline Song
Here is a video of the hand motions for the second 6 minutes of the song: Timeline Song
Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History
Card timeline-motions  
Geography: We are continuing our study of Western Europe this week.  Additional maps found here.
All Geography songs and maps are found here.