Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Oct 8 - 12, 2018


4th Grade Week 1010/8/201810/9/201810/10/201810/11/201810/12/2018
Discipleship
Teacher Training - Student Holiday
Attentiveness
BibleEx 32Exodus 34
MathHIG p58, TB p56, LT 3-5, WB Ex 24HIG p59-60, TB p56-57, LT 6-9, WB Ex 25HIG p61-62, TB p57, LT 10-12, WB Ex 26 CCCWB Review 2 Co-Teachers, assist your student with bar modeling word problems as needed (HIG p113-114)
SpellingStep 8: Review card box, phonograms as needed, DS 7-9Step 8 Spelling TestStep 9 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 9 Practice".
GrammarCh 7 L3: Object Pronoun Jingle, Review previous jingles as needed, Teaching Script p119, Give Test Time (TM p120) orallyCh8, L1: Helping Verbs, Adverb "not'Ch 8, L2: Jingle 14, Classify sentences, & TM p133: Make Practice sentence-Due Mon
WritingL7, Pt 3: Using your SSO & Checklist p 68, write 2nd paragraph of Theseus. Co-Teachers please check 1st two paragraphs for spelling and grammar. Writer's Conference & in class writing assignmentL7, P4: Write the third paragraph of Theseus. All three RD paragraphs  due MonUse the Rough Draft Checklist (p68) to ensure that you have all the required elements!
ReadingThe Wright Brothers Read Ch 7-10Discuss The Wright Brothers Chaps 7-10, Read Ch 11 in classRead Ch 12-13Co-Teachers, have your child orally narrate their reading assignments to you.
LatinCh 6 Memory Page & ChantCh 6 Memory Page and Grammar LessonMake Vocab cards for Ch 6, Review all previous vocab cards
HistoryLenin & the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia #137
Timeline Song		Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution Powerpoint, SOTW Ch 21 The Russian RevolutionWrite a summary in your journal of the key points you learned this week.
Timeline Song
GeographySouthern Europe - Due 11/7
ScienceReview Simple Machines memory work, Physics Week 9 QuizActivity: "Something About Ramps" p51 & Group Gears Project Activity: "Screws & Screw Tops" Instructions sent home
Memory WorkTimeline Song(1st 4 min) Due 10/24, Types of Simple Machines Due 10/17, Geography: Southern Europe Due 11/7, Quarter 2 Poem Due 11/28
Coming Soon!
Monday, Oct 8 - Teacher In-service, Student Holiday!
Wednesday, Oct 10 - Nest Meeting 9:00 am
Wednesday, Oct 17 - Spirit Day!
Saturdays, Oct 20 - Fortis Fall Festival & Craft Show 10am -7pm
Wednesday, Oct 24 - 1st four minutes of Timeline Song due
Wednesday, Oct 31 - Historical Dress-Up Day!

On Wednesday, October 31st,  your student is allowed to dress in costume as a historical figure from our history time-period (Civil War to the Present). 

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 Math fact sheet of your choice.  
Work through Mental Math 14 this week.
Objectives:
1. Convert an improper fraction to a mixed number.
2. Convert a mixed number to an improper fraction.
3. Add and subtract fractions involving improper fractions.
4. Review previously learned skills, reteaching when necessary.

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
Objectives:
1. Learn the phonogram "ough"
2. Learn how to spell common holidays and words with /uff/ spelled ough 

Composition
Objectives:
1.  Write a myth using your story sequence outline and composition checklist

Reading  
Objectives:
1. Spend 30-45 min of independent reading per day
2. Engage in meaningful discussion over assigned text

Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify object pronouns.
2. Review previously learned material
3. Identify helping verbs
4. Know that "not" is always an adverb
5. Correctly use subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive pronouns in sentences.

Latin: 
Objectives:
1. Learn new 2nd Declension (masculine) nouns and how to recognize them.

History
Objectives:
1. Know that Russia's economic collapse led to the Bolshevik Revolution, which forced the Czar out of power.
2. Know that the Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin, became a brutal dictator.
3. Lenin established the USSR and ruled over it until his death in 1924.

Science
Objectives:  
1.  Name and describe five simple machines: Levers, Wheels, Pulleys, Screws, and Gears.
2.  Build a simple machine.

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: Find the Timeline Song here.
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