HIG- Home Instructor Guide | KWO-Key Word Outline | Grammar- Shurley English |
LT- Learning Task | RD- Rough Draft | USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | FD- Final Draft | |
TB- Textbook (oral) | CC- Copy cursive book | NT- New Teaching |
WB- Workbook | TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp) | DS - Dictate Sentences |
MM- Mental Math FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet | L- Lesson |
Welcome 4th grade Falcons!
I am excited to start the year, and hope you are as well. We are diving into the year's work quickly and have much to discuss in the way of procedures and introductions to each piece of curriculum this week. Don't be dismayed when "kinks" arise in class or at home; it will take a couple weeks to get into a rhythm. Praise God for His grace! God bless us as we all get started, and may He be glorified by all we do!
Mrs. Johnson
Coming Soon:
Monday, August 27 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms
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. We will be doing an overview of the Bible this year at school with selected passages from the entire Bible. This will go very nicely with the history timeline song they are memorizing. I invite you to join with us in reading the passages on home days and discussing them with your child. Our Character Virtue of the month is Obedience.
Math
Objectives:
1. Read & write a 5-digit number.
2. Relate each digit up to 100,000 to its place value.
3. Add, subtract, multiply and divide thousands and ten thousands.
4. Round off whole numbers to the nearest 10.
5. Determine the scale of a number line.
Please make copies of the master math fact practice drill sheets sent home. Students will be expected to complete math fact practice drills on most home days. The appropriate sheet to use is denoted with the abbreviation “FP” followed by a letter (FP-A, FP-B, etc.) that specifies which sheet to use that day. Set the timer for five minutes. If the student finishes before the timer goes off, record the time on the sheet. If the timer goes off and the student does not finish, mark the place where he/she finished. We want to see improvement in the number of facts correctly completed each time.
Also, please do 5 minutes of mental math each home day as a warm-up. Don't strive to finish all problems in this time. We will be using the Mental Math pages multiple times on campus and at home. The goal is to be able to calculate answers mentally. (Start this week doing Mental Math 1 found in the HIG Appendix) On Thursday, start the day reviewing the concept taught Wed. using the concrete manipulatives, before moving on to the workbook exercise.
Reading
Objectives:
1. Learn about the life a soldier during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know the definitions of Synonym & Antonym.
2. Learn how to use "a" and "an" correctly.
History
Objectives:
1. Identify factors that led to the War Between the States.
2. Identify key figures of the war.
Science
Objectives:
1. Name three states of matter.
2. Know that a gas is a substance that has no definite volume or shape.
3. Experiment with volume and density
Your student will be making their own dictionary of terms through the course of this study. Most definitions can be found in the Usborne Science Encyclopedia’s glossary, all are in the readings. It's up to you how you want your student to obtain the definition: you can choose to dictate the definition or you can have them look up the terms in a dictionary. They are to write out each definition on the vocabulary page of their science inquiry notebook.
Here are this week's terms: (These are a guide. Your student's definitions don't need to be word for word.)
State of matter- the different forms in which a substance can exist: solid, liquid, and gas
Gas the state of matter in which a substance has no fixed shape or volume
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". A copy was placed in your student's binder on Monday. Practice this with a family member, pet, or stuffed animal as an audience, focusing on the public speaking skills listed in IEW on pg. 9. If you really want a challenge, try using yourself as an audience in a mirror! Additional copies here.
History Timeline:
You can find the timeline song here: Part 1 & Part 2
Geography: We will begin our study of geography this week through "blob mapping" the oceans and continents. Here is a short video that demonstrates blobbing of a world map. (This is part one of a four-part video series, which you should be able to easily find if you have watched part one.)
Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.
Mrs. Johnson
Coming Soon:
Monday, August 27 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms
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. We will be doing an overview of the Bible this year at school with selected passages from the entire Bible. This will go very nicely with the history timeline song they are memorizing. I invite you to join with us in reading the passages on home days and discussing them with your child. Our Character Virtue of the month is Obedience.
Math
Objectives:
1. Read & write a 5-digit number.
2. Relate each digit up to 100,000 to its place value.
3. Add, subtract, multiply and divide thousands and ten thousands.
4. Round off whole numbers to the nearest 10.
5. Determine the scale of a number line.
Please make copies of the master math fact practice drill sheets sent home. Students will be expected to complete math fact practice drills on most home days. The appropriate sheet to use is denoted with the abbreviation “FP” followed by a letter (FP-A, FP-B, etc.) that specifies which sheet to use that day. Set the timer for five minutes. If the student finishes before the timer goes off, record the time on the sheet. If the timer goes off and the student does not finish, mark the place where he/she finished. We want to see improvement in the number of facts correctly completed each time.
Also, please do 5 minutes of mental math each home day as a warm-up. Don't strive to finish all problems in this time. We will be using the Mental Math pages multiple times on campus and at home. The goal is to be able to calculate answers mentally. (Start this week doing Mental Math 1 found in the HIG Appendix) On Thursday, start the day reviewing the concept taught Wed. using the concrete manipulatives, before moving on to the workbook exercise.
Reading
Objectives:
1. Learn about the life a soldier during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know the definitions of Synonym & Antonym.
2. Learn how to use "a" and "an" correctly.
History
Objectives:
1. Identify factors that led to the War Between the States.
2. Identify key figures of the war.
Science
Objectives:
1. Name three states of matter.
2. Know that a gas is a substance that has no definite volume or shape.
3. Experiment with volume and density
Your student will be making their own dictionary of terms through the course of this study. Most definitions can be found in the Usborne Science Encyclopedia’s glossary, all are in the readings. It's up to you how you want your student to obtain the definition: you can choose to dictate the definition or you can have them look up the terms in a dictionary. They are to write out each definition on the vocabulary page of their science inquiry notebook.
Here are this week's terms: (These are a guide. Your student's definitions don't need to be word for word.)
State of matter- the different forms in which a substance can exist: solid, liquid, and gas
Gas the state of matter in which a substance has no fixed shape or volume
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". A copy was placed in your student's binder on Monday. Practice this with a family member, pet, or stuffed animal as an audience, focusing on the public speaking skills listed in IEW on pg. 9. If you really want a challenge, try using yourself as an audience in a mirror! Additional copies here.
History Timeline:
You can find the timeline song here: Part 1 & Part 2
Geography: We will begin our study of geography this week through "blob mapping" the oceans and continents. Here is a short video that demonstrates blobbing of a world map. (This is part one of a four-part video series, which you should be able to easily find if you have watched part one.)
Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.
