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.