Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Oct 1 - 5

4th Grade Week 9	10/1/2018	10/2/2018	10/3/2018	10/4/2018	10/5/2018
Discipleship	Attentiveness
Bible	Ex 14	Ex 16	Ex 19-20	Ex 23:20-Ex 24
Math	MM 14, HIG p49-50, WB Ex 21	TB Practice 3A 6-9 & Practice 3B 6-8	HIG pg53, TB pg 52-53 & Enrichment 2, WB Ex 22, Ex 10 WS sent home	HIG p56, TB p55 LT 1-2, WB Ex 23	Complete worksheet sent home. Do odd number problems only. Due Wed
Spelling	Step 7: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle!	Rewrite Step 6 misspelled words 5x. Review any shaky Phonograms. Review card box & Step 7 Writing Station and reinforcement words. Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 7 Spelling Test	Step 8: New teaching, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 8 Practice".
Grammar	Ch 6, L3 Subject/Verb Agreement	Ch 6 Test: Do Exercises 1,2, 3 & 5 only. For practice only--no grade	Ch 7 L1: Possessive Nouns & Practice Sentence using Labels: SP V Adv P PPA PNA Adj OP	Review Subject & Possessive Pronouns- Ref. 19 & 21. Can you name them all?    Ch 7, L2: Classify Sentences	Co-Teachers, when classifying, please have student say question/answe flow orally & check sentences for accuracy.
Writing	L7, P1: Create SSO Outline, Introduce Poem 2	L7, P2: Brainstorm	Vocab Quiz & In-class writing assignment	L7, P3 Write 1st paragraph of Theseus RD
Reading	Read The Wright Brothers Ch 1	Ch 2-3	Discussion & Read Wright Brothers Ch 4 in class	Read The Wright Brothers Ch 5 & 6	Co-Teachers, have your child orally narrate their reading assignments to you.
Latin	Ch 5 Review	Review Chants1-4 & Flashcards of words you have not mastered	Review Game & Quiz	Ch 5 Derivative Study p35
History	SOTW p216-221 WW I, MOH p282: Five Causes of WWI	Read World War I and President Wilson #136 Timeline Song	SOTW The End of WW I	Write a summary of WWI and President Wilson in your journal Timeline Song
Geography	Southern Europe - Due 11/7
Science	Newton's 3 Laws Assessment & Quiz, Share research about Ferris & his wheel, If time: Small Group Gears Project	Read USE p134-135 Simple Machines Write 2-4 Sentence summary of what you learned in your science notebook	Define "lever" & 'pulley" & Do Experiment "How a pulley works" If time: Small group gears project	Read USE p 136-137 Work & Power, Write 2-4 Sentence summary of what you learned in your notebook	Review Types of Simple Machines memory work
Memory Work	Timeline Song(1st 4 min) Due 10/24, Types of Simple Machines Due 10/27, Geography: Southern Europe Due 11/7, Quarter 2 Poem Due 11/28

Blog Abbreviations:

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)	SSO- Story Sequence Outline	NT- New Teaching
WB- Workbook	TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp)	DS - Dictate Sentences
MM- Mental Math FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet	L- Lesson

Coming Soon!

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 Attentiveness. 

Kids of Integrity has wonderful resources to aid you in developing this virtue in your child.

Math:

Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet.  

Work through Mental Math 13 this week.

Objectives:

1.  Solve word problems with fractions.

2.  Practice adding and subtracting fractions.

3.  Write mixed numbers.

4.  Add fractions to, and subtract fractions from, a whole number.

5.  Locate mixed numbers on a number line.

6.  Understand the relationship between improper fractions and mixed numbers.

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.

Spelling

Objective: Spell words containing /eks/ and /egz/ spelled ex

Step 6 Spelling Test was returned on Monday.  Please have your student correctly rewrite any misspelled words five times and return it to school on Wed.  Continue reviewing phonogram cards.

Composition

Objectives:

1. Ask story sequence questions and discuss answers.

2. Create a story sequence outline and retell myth using the outline.

3. Brainstorm synonyms and dress-ups for story

4. Write a rough draft of the first two paragraphs using SSO.

5. Assess vocabulary words.

Reading  

Objectives:

1. Spend 30-45 min of independent reading per day

2. Engage in meaningful discussion over assigned text

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate subject/verb agreement

2. Identify subject and possessive pronouns

3. Know that a possessive noun (PNA) shows ownership and modifies like an adjective

4. Write an original sentence containing a possessive noun (PNA) and possessive pronoun (PPA)

Latin: 

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned Latin vocabulary and grammar

2. Learn new English vocabulary from Latin derivatives.

History

Objectives:
1. Identify factors which led to WW I.

2. Know that WW I  started in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

3. Know that WW I ended in 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Science

Objectives:  

1. Assess Newton's 3 Laws of Motion

2. Name and describe five simple machines: Levers, Wheels, Pulleys, Screws, and Gears

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By a Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
History Timeline: ASL Hand motions explained on YouTube video

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Geography: Southern Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling each country on a map.

Science: Types of Simple Machines

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Sept 24-28

4th Grade Week 8	9/24/2018	9/25/2018	9/26/2018	9/27/2018	9/28/2018
Discipleship	Faith                                                              "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" Heb 11:1
Bible	Ex 5-6:13	Read Exodus 7	Ex 8-12 Select passages	Read Ex 13: 17-22
Math	FP-A, HIG p44-45, TB p44-45 LT 4-9, WB Ex 18.	FP-H, HIG p 46, TB p46-47 LT 1-4, WB Ex 19	FP-A, MM 13, HIG 47-48, WB Ex 20	FP-H, CCC WB Ex 20. Do TB Practice 3A 1-5, & Practice 3B 1-5 CCC
Spelling	Review Phonograms: kn, gn, nk, ough, ew. Step 6: Review New Teaching and Tips. Dictate sentences 4-6 on the same paper started Fri.	Step 6: Review card box, phonograms,  Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Writing Station words.	Step 6 Spelling Test	Step 7: New teaching, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 7 Practice".
Grammar	Ch 6, L1- Jingles 10 and 11. Review Ref. 19 and 20: Subject Pronouns.	Review Ref 19 and 20 (TM pg.89-90). Classify Sentences for Ch 6, L1. Review Jingles 1-11.	Ch 6, L2 Jingle 12, Ref. 21 Possessive Pronouns, Do Practice Sentence.	Ch 6, L3 Classify Sentences ONLY! What are the SIX parts of speech we have studied so far? Orally give an example of each.
Writing	Story Sequence Outline Practice & Retell	Practice reciting Poem 1. Review rubric sent home Monday	Poem 1 Recitation	Review all IEW vocabulary words learned so far for next week's quiz. Write a sentence for each, using vocab words correctly.
Reading	The Great Wheel  Discuss Ch10-11, Read Ch 12	Ch 13-14	The Great Wheel Discussion	Ch 15-end	We will begin reading The Wright Brothers next week. Bring your book!
Latin	Review noun & verb endings , Ch 4 Worksheet	Complete Ch 4 story, Read Ch 4 Grammar lesson for review & Review all flashcards	Ch 4 Review & Game	Ch 4 Quiz for review, Review flashcards & chants
History	SOTW p211-216 The Mexican Revolution & Timeline Song	Read #135 Mexican Revolution & Timeline Song	Mexican Revolution Pantomime	Draw a cartoon strip illustrating the Mexican Revolution. Include Diaz, Madero, Pancho Villa, and Huerta
Geography	Southern Europe - Due 11/7
Science	Introduce Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, Experiment: Action-Reaction Rocket, & Read Gadgets & Gizmos p26-27 More on Motion,	Read USE p126-127 3rd Law of Motion	Review Newton's 3 Laws of Motion, Experiment and Lab write-up	Read Gizmos & Gadgets p26-27, With your mom, do a little research on George Washington Gail Ferris and the Chicago World's Fair. Add to your history journal & be prepared to share on Mon
Memory Work	Quarter 1 Poem Due 9/26,  Science: Newton's 3 Laws of Motion Due 10/3, History Song: First four minutes - due on 10/24                         Geography: Southern Europe Due 11/7

Blog Abbreviations:

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)	SSO- Story Sequence Outline	NT- New Teaching
WB- Workbook	TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp)	DS - Dictate Sentences
MM- Mental Math FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet	L- Lesson

Coming Soon!

Wednesday, Sept 26 – 1^st Quarter Poem Recitation

Wednesday, Sept 26 – Pizza and Spirit Day!  Students may wear jeans with Spirit shirts.

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 Faith.

Math:

Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet.  

Work through Mental Math 12 this week.

Objectives:

1. Add related fractions.
2. Subtract like fractions.
3. Subtract related fractions.
4. Practice fraction skills

Bar Modeling: Bar modeling is a key component of problem solving. We will now do a practice "Bar Model of the Day" each day at school along with our normal math facts and mental math warm-ups.  If you have not watched the bar model training videos on the blog under resources, they will be beneficial in assisting your student.

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.

Spelling

Objective: Analyze two ways to spell the sound of /shun/.

Step 5 Spelling Test was returned on Monday.  Please have your student correctly rewrite any misspelled words five times and return it to school on Wed.  Continue to review phonogram cards.

Composition

Objectives:

1. Tell the difference between a key word outline and a story sequence outline.

2. Retell a myth using the story sequence outline.

3. Write a title that repeats key words from the final clincher.

4. Learn and incorporate vocabulary words into writing.

Reading  

Objectives:

1. Spend 30-45 min of independent reading per day

2. Engage in meaningful discussion over assigned text

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify subject pronouns in sentences

2. Correctly use subject pronouns in an original sentence.

3. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences

4. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.

Latin: 

Objectives:

1. Memorize the 1st Declension Noun Endings

2. Practice Latin vocabulary and grammar

History

Objectives:
1. Know that Porfirio Diaz was a brutal dictator in Mexico.
2. Pancho Villa led a rebellion which resulted in a revolution.

Science

Objectives:  

1. Understand Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion

2. Know that in physics, motion is the study of how an object moves.

3. Know that in physics, action is the force on an object.

4. In physics, reaction is the equal force on an object in the opposite direction.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here.
History Timeline: ASL Hand motions explained on YouTube video

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Geography: Southern Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling each country on a map.

Science: Newton's 3 Laws of Motion