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.
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.