Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 15 - 19


4th1/15/20181/16/20181/17/20181/18/20181/19/2018
DiscipleshipSelf-Discipline (Work) + Matthew 5: 1-11
Bible1 Sam 3:1-10 (11-20)Ps 139:1-10 , Jn 1:43-51Acts 4:8-13, 2 Peter 1:1-15Mark 8:27-35 (36-9:1)
MathReview Hundredths. HIG p. 10, TB p. 15-16 LT 5-7, WB EX 6.CCC WB EX 6. HIG p. 11, TB p 16-17 LT 8-9, WB Ex 7.HIG p. 13, TB p. 17 LT 10-13, WB Ex 8.CCC WB Ex 8. HIG p. 15, TB p 18-19 LT 14-17, WB Ex 9.HIG p.16, TB 19 LT 18-23, WB Ex 10
SpellingStep 16: Review Plural Patterns 1-4. DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle! Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.Step 16 Spelling TestStep 17 New Teaching. Complete Make It Plural Book Pattern 5 (p.6)Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 17 Practice."
GrammarCh 14, L4 Poem Due for HW grade. Ch 15, L1: Making Nouns PossessiveCh 15, L2 Classify sentences & do Practice Time Ch 15, L3 Review making nouns possessiveChap 15 Test Do Ex. 1,2,4,5 Do Ex. 3 for optional extra credit, Co-Teachers, please correct in red pen and return to school for grade.
WritingRead background info & source text (history card), Introduce quality adjectives, brainstorm ideasUsing your history card and notes from Mon, make a KWO outline about Mao & Communist Victory in China. Include a topic sentence, at least 5 facts & a clincherWrite a 1-paragraph RD using your outline and composition checklist, include all required dress-ups, Rubric sent home.Edit your RD and write a FD in your history journal. Composition should be in cursive and include all elements listed on rubric.
ReadingBegin reading The House of Sixty Fathers Ch 4Finish reading Ch 4, Begin Ch 5Discuss Ch 4 & 5Read Ch 6Complete Ch 6 and be ready to discuss on Mon
LatinCh 14 Introduce 2nd Conjugation , New VocabularyCh14 - Recite memory charts, review new teaching on 2nd conjugation.Ch14 - Worksheet. Recite memory chart.Ch14 - Recite memory chart, Complete Ch 14 quiz
HistoryRead SOTW Ch 32 "China After WW II" and discussMao & Communist Victory in China #147 Timeline Song 2 Mao & Communist ChinaTimeline Song 1 We will begin assessing the first half of the timeline over the next few weeks.
GeographyWestern Europe - Due 1/31
ScienceExperiment: Amplifying Loudness p75Read USE p206-207: Sound Write 2-4 sentence summary in journalExperiment: The Speed of Sound, Controlling the Direction of Sound p70-71Read USE p210-211 Sound Reproduction, Add to summary, Define "Sound Wave" & "Decibel"
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 17 - Spirit Day
Wednesday, Jan 17 - Nest Meeting 9:00am
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, this week focusing on work.
Math:  
Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet and 5 min of Mental Math.  
Begin working through MM1 this week.
Objectives:
1. Express a mixed number as a decimal.
2. Relate money in dollars and cents to decimals.
3. Express a 2-place decimal as a fraction in simplest form.
4. Compare and order numbers to 2 decimal places.
5. Add and subtract tenths and hundredths
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. Take notes on facts from two paragraphs, limiting details.
2. Write a one paragraph RD which includes a topic sentence, several facts, final clincher and 
dress-ups.
3. Write a polished FD paragraph of information learned from multiple source texts.    
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. Know how to make both singular and plural nouns possessive
2. Assess skills
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             
History
Objectives:
1. Know that Mao Zedong brought communism to China in 1949
2. Name at least five results of Mao’s regime in China.
Science
Objectives:
1. Know that sound is a form of energy carried by waves of vibrating particles of solids, liquids or gas.
2. Experiment with changing the energy vibrations in order to change sound loudness
3. Experiment with controlling the direction of sound
4. Learn how by changing sound energy into electrical energy, sounds can be recorded
Vocabulary:
Sound Wave: a longitudinal mechanical wave that carries sound energy through a medium
Decibel: (dB) the unit of loudness
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.