Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 14 - 18, 2019

4th	1/14/2019	1/15/2019	1/16/2019	1/17/2019	1/18/2019
Discipleship	Courage
Bible	Jeremiah 1:4-10, 17:5-10	Read Lamentations 3:21-26	Ezekiel 18:19-32, 36:22-28	Read Daniel 1
Math	Review Hundredths. HIG p. 10, TB p. 15-16 LT 5-7, WB EX 6.	CCC WB EX 6. HIG p. 11, TB p 16-17 LT 8-9, WB Ex 7.	HIG p. 13, TB p. 17 LT 10-13, WB Ex 8.	CCC WB Ex 8. HIG p. 15, TB p 18-19 LT 14-17, WB Ex 9.	HIG p.16, TB 19 LT 18-23, WB Ex 10
Spelling	Step 16: Review Plural Patterns 1-4. DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle!	Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.	Step 16 Spelling Test	Step 17 New Teaching. Complete Make It Plural Book Pattern 5 (p.6)	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 17 Practice."
Grammar	Ch 14, L1 Sentences, Ref 47.	Ch 14, L2 Classify sentences & Practice Time 1-3 as a review of Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and sentence types.	Reptile Show!	Ch 14, L3: Classify sentences, Do Practice 1 & 2
Writing	L13, P1: Intro to Writing from Pictures & KWO	Read Aloud: The History of Tom Thumb p.224 in Appendix. You'll need to have read this for tomorrow!	Lesson 13, Part 2: Pictures, KWO, Brainstorm	Lesson 13,Part 3: Write RD of 1st paragraph only using checklist p113
Reading	Begin reading The House of Sixty Fathers Ch 4	Read Ch 5	Discussion	Read Ch 6	Complete Ch 6 and be ready to discuss on Mon
Latin	Derivative Study & Ch 9 Worksheet	Review Ch 9 chant & flashcards, Ch 9 Quiz	Review Game	Review ALL flashcards
History	Read SOTW Ch 32 "China After WW II", discuss and outline	Mao & Communist Victory in China #147 Timeline Song 2	Read SOTW Ch 41 Mao & Communist China	Using your notes and outline, write a paragraph about Mao & Communist China. Include a topic sentence, 5 facts, and a clincher sentence. Try to incorporate some dress-ups!	US President's Song
Geography	Western Europe - Due 1/30
Science	Discuss & write up results of last week's experiments, Define reflection and refraction	Read USE p 218-219 Light Behavior, and Write 2-4 sentence summary in your journal	Light Experiment, Quiz & Light memory work due	Read USE p220-221 Lens & Mirrors, Add to summary
Memory Work	Western Europe Due 1/30, Science Light Memory Work Due 1/21, US Presidents Due 2/21, Quarter 3 Poem Due 2/27,

Coming Soon!
Wednesday, January 16 - Spirit Day - Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with jeans. 
Wednesday, January 16 - Reptile Show. 
Wednesday, January 30 - Pizza/Spirit Day - Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with jeans.

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 Courage. kidsofintegrity.com has some excellent resources to help foster this virtue in your child.  Courage

Math:  

Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with a Math fact sheet and 5 min of Mental Math.  

Begin working through MM1 this week.

Objectives:

1. Express a mixed number as a decimal.

2. Relate money in dollars and cents to decimals.

3. Express a 2-place decimal as a fraction in simplest form.

4. Compare and order numbers to 2 decimal places.

5. Add and subtract tenths and hundredths

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 

Composition:This week we are starting Unit 5, which is writing from pictures. Here's a link to help you gain confidence moving forward as Andrew Pudewa explains the vital role Unit 5 plays in unlocking students' imagination and in developing their thinking skills.   

IEW Unit 5 Podcast 

Objectives:  

1. Describe the sequence of events happening in a series of pictures.

2. Write a KWO telling the facts of what is happening.

3. Using your KWO, write a paragraph describing a picture 

Reading: We will continue reading The House of Sixty Fathers this week. Please bring your book to class each day.

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify antecedents and use correct pronoun agreement in sentences.

2. Review compound sentence punctuation.

Spelling

Objective: Learn how to make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.

History

Objectives:

1. Know that Mao Zedong brought communism to China in 1949.

2. Name at least five results of Mao’s regime in China.

Science

Vocabulary Definitions:

Reflection: the change in direction of a wave due to its bouncing off a boundary between one medium and another.
Refraction: the change in direction of a wave due to its moving into a medium in which its speed is different.

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

History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents.   There are several YouTube video songs.  

Here are two: US Presidents to "America"  US Presidents  For assessment, students will write or sing all the 

presidents' first and last names.  Due 2/20/18.     

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone". Due 2/27.  These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here in one. In Christ Alone Additional copies of the poem here.

Geography: We are continuing our study of Western Europe this week.  Additional maps found here.

All Geography songs and maps are found here.  Due 1/30