HIG- Home Instructor Guide | KWO-Key Word Outline | NB-Science Notebook |
LT- Learning Task | RD- Rough Draft | SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4 |
TB- Textbook | FD- Final Draft | |
WB- Workbook | Grammar- Shurley English | NT- New Teaching |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | TM - Teacher's Manual | DS - Dictate Sentences |
MM- Mental Math FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet | L- Lesson |
Monday, August 26 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 28 - Pizza Day! 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. We will be doing an overview of the Bible this year with selected passages from the
entire Bible. 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. Estimate the answer for addition or subtraction
1. Estimate the answer for addition or subtraction
2. Understand factors
3. Find all the factors of a whole number up to 100
4. Find the common factors of two whole numbers
ALEKS MATH. All students will begin with the assessment so that the program can determine a student's areas of strength and weakness. Please understand that the assessment is over 4th grade objectives, somewhat like a pre-test, so your student is not expected to know the material. We will be using Aleks math throughout the year for added review and to strengthen your student's math skills.
Start with 5 min of addition practice using Facts Practice A. When your child can complete FP-A correctly in 5 min, move on to FP-B (subtraction).
Do 5 min of Mental Math using MM 1 & 2 in the HIG appendix. Don't strive to finish all problems in this time. The goal is to be able to calculate answers mentally.
Reading
Objectives:
1. Learn about life in Hungary in the early 1900’s
2. Engage in meaningful Socratic discussion
3. Increase vocabulary
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know the five parts of a sentence: subject, verb, makes sense, capital letter, end mark
2. Know the four kinds of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory
3. Know that adverbs modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb and answer How, When, or Where?
History
Objectives:
1. Know the measures Japan took to keep out Western Influence until Matthew Perry gained access.
2. Identify some differences between West and East during the 1850's.
3. Know that Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Crimean War and introduced many new practices to the nursing field.
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify several benefits insects provide to our lives.
2. Identify the parts of an insect.
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.
Geography: We will continue 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.
Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
