Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Feb. 26 - Mar. 2

4th	2/26/2018	2/27/2018	2/28/2018	3/1/2018	3/2/2018
Discipleship	Honesty (Trustworthiness) + Matthew 5: 1-13
Bible	Is. 66:1-2, Acts 1:15-26	Matt. 11:25-30, Gen 17:1-7, 15-16	Ps 22:23-31, Rom 5:1-11	Mk 8:27-38
Math	HIG p 51, TB p 50-51 LT 15-18, WB Ex 32-33	HIG p53, TB p52 Practice 2C CCC	HIG p 54-55, TB p53, LT 1-6, WB Ex 34	HIG p56-57 TB p56 LT 7-10, WB Ex 35	HIG p 58 TB p56-57 LT 10 WB Ex 36
Spelling	Step 22: Review New Teaching, DS 4-6 on same paper started Thur, Play Sparkle!	Make Step 21 Corrections, Review Card box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.	Step 22 Spelling Test	Step 23 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 23 Practice."
Grammar	Poem Memorization strategies, Ch 21, L1 Review writing a friendly letter	Ch 21, L2 Classify Sentences, Write one original sentence for each sentence pattern (P1, P2, P3) Include labels	Poem 3 Recitations	Ch. 21, L3 Classify Sentences. Optional: use Ref 63- 64 to write a friendly letter to a relative, and mail it!
Writing	L17 P1 Source Text & KWO	L17 P2 Brainstorm p140, Read Aloud: The Sword in the Stone	L17, P2: Fused Outline	Complete L17 P3: Write Rough Draft using composition checklist on p143. Read and edit your paragraph
Reading	Read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Chaps 5-8 this week.
Latin	Ch 16 Review	Study Memory Chart & Chants for Ch 15 & 16 for Board Wars tomorrow	Board Wars!	Ch 16 Quiz
History	SOTW Ch 37 "Two Short Wars & One Long One"	The Vietnam War #153 Write a summary in your journal	Vietnam activities & discussion	Timeline Songs 1 & 2
Geography	Eastern Europe - Due 3/28
Science	Project: Newspaper Stool Do Steps 1 & 2	Read G & G p99-102, Choose and do 1 activity	Project: Newspaper Stool Do Steps 3-5	Read G & G p103-105 Make a frisbee and test it out
Memory Work	Quarter 3 Poem Due 2/28

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, Feb 28 - Quarter 3 Poem Recitation

Wednesday, Feb 28 - Pizza Lunch & Spirit Day!

March 12 - 16 Spring Break!

Math:   Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with a Math fact sheet of your choice and 5 min of Mental Math.   Work through MM 13 this week.  This week we will:

• Solve word problems involving multiplication of decimal numbers
• Practice multiplying decimal numbers
• Divide a number of up to two decimal places by a 1 digit number

Composition:

We will continue to practice:

• using multiple references to writing a report
• taking notes on a specific topic from each reference 
• fusing outlines and writing a summary from the fused outline

Reading: Students should be reading a minimum of 40 minutes per day.  After each chapter students should narrate the passage to parents. Parents should then ask questions about the meaning of the passage and engage in Socratic discussion with their student.

Grammar:

Spelling: Learn the Doubling Rule for adding vowel suffixes.

Latin:

Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3  Chapter 4  Chapter 6  Chapter 7  Chapter 8  Chapter 9  

Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 14 Chapter 15  Chapter 16        

History

Science  

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is “Pied Beauty”. Due 2/28.  Additional copies here.

History: Timeline  

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

Geography: We are continuing our study of Eastern Europe.  Additional maps here.

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Feb 19 - 23

4th	2/19/2018	2/20/2018	2/21/2018	2/22/2018	2/23/2018
Discipleship	Honesty + Matthew 5: 1-12
Bible	Gen 22:1-18	Ps 25:1-10	James 1:12-18	Mk 1:9-15
Math	FP A, HIG p45-46 TB p45 LT 1-6 WB Ex 28	FP H, HIG p 43, TB p43, Practice 2A	FP B, HIG p 47-48, WB Ex 29	FP H, HIG p 49-50, TB p 48 LT 7-14, WB Ex 30-31	HIG p43 TB p44 Practice 2B
Spelling	Step 21: Review New Teaching, DS 4-6, Review Phonograms, Play Sparkle!	Make Step 20 Corrections, Review Phonograms as needed. Review Card box. Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present	Step 21 Spelling Test	Step 22 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words and sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 21 Practice."	Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 3 grade in red pen and return to school Mon
Grammar	Ch 20, L1 Sentences. Review Ref. 59: Linking Verbs, Practice Time.	Ch 20, L2 Sentences, Review Making Nouns Plural Ref. 60, Complete Practice 1,2 & 4.	Ch 20, L3 Sentences, Similes & Metaphors, Complete Ch 20 L4 Activity Time: Color Poem	Ch 19, L4 Test. Skip Exercises 2, 5, and 7. Co-Teachers, correct in red pen & return to school.
Writing	Ugly Duckling RD due, L16, P1:Source Text & KWO & L16 P2: Source Text & KWO	Page 132-133 Prepositional Sentence Opener & L16 Vocabulary study p127	L16, Pt 3 Fused Outline	L16, Pt 4 Read source text & create KWO and Vocab study p135
Reading	Read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Chaps 1-4 this week.
Latin	Ch 16 Memory Chart & Grammar	Ch16 - Recite memory chart & review new teaching	Ch16 - Worksheets. Recite memory chart.	Write out the Imperfect Tense Verb Endings
History	President's Day! Review US Presidents	The Antarctic Treaty #152, Write a short summary in your journal.	US Presidents Assessment	Timeline Song 1  & Timeline Song 2
Geography	Eastern Europe - Due 3/28
Science	Balance Sentence Due G & G p90-91 Experiment: Super Spinners, Write lab report	Read G&G p92 & 93 Do activity & add to summary sheet	Project: Newspaper Stool Do Steps 1 & 2	Read G & G p94 & 95 More about Spin Do activity & add summary to journal, Define torque
Memory Work	US Presidents Due 2/21, Quarter 3 Poem Due 2/28

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, Feb 21 - US Presidents Assessment

Wednesday, Feb 28 - Quarter 3 Poem Recitation
Wednesday, Feb 28 - Pizza Lunch & Spirit Day! 

Discipleship:

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 11& 12 this week.  
Objectives:
1. Multiply numbers to 1-decimal place by a 1-digit whole number.

2. Solve word problems involving multiplication of decimal numbers.
3. Practice adding and subtracting decimal numbers. 

4. Multiply numbers to 2-decimal places by a 1-digit whole number.

Composition:
We're starting Unit 6 this week, where students will learn to write a report by summarizing multiple source texts and then fusing the notes into one outline.  We are also adding the prepositional opener to our stylistic techniques.
Objectives for Unit 6: 

• use multiple references in writing a report
• take notes on a specific topic from each reference
• fuse and write a summary from the fused outline
  

Reading: Students should be reading a minimum of 40 minutes per day.

Grammar
Objectives: 1.Know that a Linking Verb connects a word in the predicate to the subject of a sentence.

2. Identify similes and metaphors in writing  
Spelling

Objective: Learn to spell words containing the sound of /n/ spelled gn. 
Latin:
Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 6  Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9  
Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 14 Chapter 15           
History 
Objectives: 1. Assess US Presidents 
Science  
Torque: the force you add to make something rotate.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory
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 
president picture memory cards.   
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:
US Presidents to "America"  US Presidents
Timeline:  You can find a YouTube video of the timeline song with pictures of the cards and dates on
here.
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

Geography: We are continuing our study of Eastern Europe. Additional maps here.