Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 22 - 26


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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.