Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2019


4th Grade Week 1210/28/201910/29/201910/30/201910/31/201911/1/2019
Discipleship                                                    Initiative
Bible
Teacher Training - No School
Ruth 1 & 2Read I Sam 1
MathHIG pg 79, TB 70-71, LT1 WB Ex 36 & 37WB Review 3Complete TB p66-69 Review B in preparation for Mon test, Co-teachers please check and help student make correctionsHIG p 80, TB p 72 LT 2-3, WB Ex 38
SpellingReview Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Review Writing Station wordsStep 10 Spelling TestStep 11 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 11 Practice".
GrammarOrally list the 8 parts of speech and give an example of each, Listen to Jingles 14 & 15Ch 9, L3, Classify sentences, Ref. 28 HomonymsReview Ref 28: Homonym Chart & complete worksheet sent home
WritingCo-Teachers, please check all three paragraphs of Damon & Pythias for spelling & grammarWriter's Conference, Begin writing FD in classWrite FD of Damon & Pythias Due Mon. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
ReadingRead Ch 12-14Discuss Ch 9-14, Read Ch 15Read Ch 16-18
LatinCh 6 chant, Complete Ch 6 story, Read Ch 6 Grammar lesson for review & Review all flashcardsReview 1st & 2nd declension endings, Ch 6 worksheetCh 6 Quiz for review
HistoryDo some brief internet research and write down some facts on Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolf Hearst or Frederick Remington to share on WedTeddy Roosevelt & The Spanish American WarRead The Korean Battlefield p157-161 and write a 4-5 sentence summary of key events in your journal
GeographyWestern Europe Due 12/11
ScienceRead p163-165 and write interesting facts in journal p140AntsRead p165-169 (stop at honeybee) and add facts to journalDo you have at least 10 insects pinned and properly labeled? Due 11/13
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2
GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe Test on 12/11
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 11/20
Please check Alma weekly for grades and missing work.

Coming Soon:
Monday, Oct 28 - Teacher Training, NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, Oct 30 - Historical Dress-Up Day & Pizza Day
Wednesday, Nov 13 - Insect Collection Due
Saturday, Nov 16- Fortis Dodgeball Tournament 6-9 pm @Austin Sports Center, Cedar Park

For the Historical Dress-Up Day, students in 4th grade may dress as a historical figure from our history time period: 1850-present. Check out your history book for ideas.

Math
Objectives:
1. Read and interpret data presented in a table
2. Construct a bar graph from data given in a table.
3. Construct a table from data given in a bar graph.
4. Solve problems using data presented in a bar graph.
5. Review previously learned skills re-teaching where necessary.

Spelling
Objective: Know five ways to spell the sound of /er/.

Writing
Objective: Write a polished final draft of a 3-paragraph story including dress-ups and new vocabulary

Grammar
Objectives:
1. Review the eight parts of speech
2. Know that homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
3. Use the correct homonym to complete a sentence correctly

Latin
Objective: Review the 2nd Declension for Latin nouns

History
Objectives: 
1. Research and report on newspaper owners Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer and their impact on the Spanish American War
2. Know that Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders in a fight with Spanish soldiers in Cuba
3. Know that Korea was a battleground for a war between China and Japan.

Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of ants and other social insects
2. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Continue to add to your insect collection. You will need to have 10 different insects, all labeled with the Order,
name of insect, date, and location.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  Additional copies .here.
Geography:  We will begin our study of Western Europe this week.
The Western Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
History: Key Dates for 2nd quarter:
The War Between the States                         1861-1865
World War I                                                      1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution                      1917
The Great Depression                                     1929-1939
World War II                                                     1939-1945
Mao & Communist Victory in China                 1949

Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct 21 - 25, 2019


4th Grade Week 1110/21/201910/22/201910/23/201910/24/201910/25/2019
DiscipleshipInitiative
BibleJoshua 1 & 2Read Joshua 6Joshua 11:15-16,23 Judges 2Read Judges 6 & 7
Math MM 16, HIG p 70, TB p 61 LT 7, WB Ex 31

 MM 17, HIG p 71, TB 61-62 LT 8-10, WB Ex 32HIG p 73-74, TB 62 LT 11, WB 33 & HIG p75, TB p63-64 LT 12-14Review HIG p75 if necessary, Complete WB Ex 34-35 Bar Models required CCCDo Practice 3C TB p 65 Due Mon for homework grade
SpellingStep 9: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Thurs, Play Sparkle! Rewrite Step 8 misspelled words 5 times, Review card box, phonograms as needed, Review Reinforcement & Writing Station words. Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 9 Spelling TestStep 10 : "ER" Word Sort. Dictate words Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 10 Practice".
GrammarReview Helping Verbs & Ch 8, L3:Irregular VerbsCh 8 Test: Do Ex 1,2,3, & 5 onlyCh 9, L1 Jingle 15, Classify Sentences, Discuss conjunctions and interjections, Review 8 parts of speech, Write practice sentenceCh 9, L2 Jingle 15, Classify Sentences, Review 8 parts of speech, giving mom an example of each, Write practice sentence (TM p152)
WritingMake KWO using Story Sequence Chart for Damon & Pythias, Introduce because clause/banned wordsComplete Style Practice and Vocab practice, write 1st paragraph (characters & setting) using your KWO & Composition ChecklistWrite your 2nd paragraph (conflict/problem), Add dress-ups & vocab wordsFinish writing your 3rd paragraph (climax & resolution), edit mechanics for errors, underline & label dress-ups
ReadingThe Wright Brothers Discuss Ch 2-3, Read Ch 4 The Wright Brothers Chaps 5-7Discussion & Read Ch 8Read Ch 9-11
LatinCh 6 Memory Page and Grammar LessonCh 6 Memory Page & ChantReview GameMake Vocab cards for Ch 6, Review all previous vocab cards
HistoryDiscuss Brazil's Republic, Do Creatures of the Pantanal Activity & make a telephone activityRead The Next to last Czar of Russia p147-149 & answer questions on "Two Czars" Paste it in your journalDiscuss Next to last Czar of Russia & do Role Play,       & Liberian Flag Activity for Tomorrow's lessonRead Ethiopia & Italy p150-155Review History Key Dates 1-4
GeographyWestern Europe Due 12/11
ScienceFlies, Mosquitoes & Notebook activitiesRead p190-193 and add interesting facts to your journal p155True Bugs & Try This! p196Read p194-197 and Complete "What Do You Remember?" p156
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2
GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe Test on 12/11
HISTORY KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 11/20
Please check Alma weekly for grades and missing work.
Coming Soon:
Monday, Oct 21 - Picture Retakes
Monday, Oct 21 - Spirit Week: Crazy Sock Day!
Wednesday, Oct 23 - Spirit Week: Crazy Hair Day!
Saturday, Oct 26 - Fortis Trunk or Treat
Monday, Oct 28 - Teacher Training, NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, Oct 30 - Historical Dress-Up Day & Pizza Day

For the Historical Dress-Up Day, students in 4th grade may dress as a historical figure from our history timeline: 1850-present. Check out your history book for ideas.

Math
Objectives:
1. Relate fraction of a whole to units in a bar-model diagram
2. Express a part as a fraction of a whole
3. Determine the whole from the value of a fractional part of the whole
4. Solve up to two-step word problems which involve fractions of a set

Spelling
Objective: Spell words with or in an unaccented syllable

Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO from a source text using the story sequence chart
2. Write a 3-paragraph story including dress-ups, and new vocabulary

Grammar
Objectives:
1. Use irregular verbs correctly in various tense forms
2. Identify conjunctions and interjections in sentences
3. Name and give examples of each of the eight parts of speech: Noun, Verb, Pronoun, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition,Interjection, Conjunction

Latin

History
Objectives: 
1. Learn about creatures living in the Pantanal area of Brazil
2. Know that Alexander II and Alexander III were unpopular Russian Czars with unlimited power
3. Design a flag using colors and symbols that represent a free country

Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of mosquitoes, flies and true bugs
2. Review Classification Orders: Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hemiptera
3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Continue to add to your insect collection. You will need to have 10 different insects, all labeled with the Order,
name of insect, date, and location.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  Additional copies .here.
Geography:  We will begin our study of Western Europe this week.
The Western Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
History: Key Dates for 2nd quarter:
The War Between the States                         1861-1865
World War I                                                      1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution                      1917
The Great Depression                                     1929-1939
World War II                                                     1939-1945

Mao & Communist Victory in China                 1949


Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct 14 - 18, 2019


4th Grade Week 1010/14/201910/15/201910/16/201910/17/201910/18/2019
DiscipleshipInitiative
BibleNumbers 14Deuteronomy 6Deut 28:1-14, Deut 30:15-20Deut 30:15-20
MathHIG p63, TB p 58-59, WB Ex 27MM 14, HIG p64-65, TB p59 LT 2-3, WB 28 CCCHIG p66-67, TB p60 LT 4, WB Ex 29MM 15, HIG p68-69, TB p60 LT 5-6, WB Ex 30 CCC
SpellingStep 8: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 Play Sparkle! Re-write missed test words 5x, Step 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".
GrammarCh8, L1: Helping Verbs, Adverb "not' & Make Practice sentenceCh 8, L2: Jingle 14, Classify sentencesCh 8, L3:Irregular VerbsReview Helping Verb Chart, Complete the Test Time section in TM pg 139 orally as a review, and for fun Activity Time -Acrostic Poem.
WritingWriter's Conference & In-class writing assignmentBegin writing Daedalus & Icarus FD, Due next Mon. Study all IEW vocab words & use each one correctly in a sentenceVocabulary quizComplete FD of Daedalus. Illustrate if you'd like. Due Mon stapled in this order: Rubric, FD, RD
ReadingThe Great Wheel Ch 15The Great Wheel Ch 16Read The Wright Brothers Ch 1Read The Wright Brothers Ch 2-3Co-Teachers, have your child orally narrate their reading assignments to you.
LatinCh 5 ReviewReview Chants1-4 & Flashcards of words you have not masteredReview Game & QuizCh 5 Derivative Study p35
HistoryRead Ireland's Troubles p123-126 and complete outlineWith your mom, do a little research on George Washington Ferris and the Chicago World's Fair. Add to your history journal & be prepared to share on WedThe Boers & the BritishRead Brazil's Republic p135-139 and make a list of the good things Pedro II did. In what ways was he similar to Abraham Lincoln? Different?
GeographyReview Southern EuropeReview Southern EuropeSouthern Europe Test
ScienceBeetles, Flies & True BugsRead p183-186 & write interesting facts in journal p154, include a sketchFireflies & LadybugsRead p187-190 & add facts to journal p155
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe Test on 10/16
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/11
SCIENCE: 

Please check Alma weekly for grades and missing work.
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Oct 16 - Spirit Day! Students may wear jeans with spirit shirts
Monday, Oct 21 - Picture Retakes
Saturday, Oct 26 - Fortis Trunk or Treat
Monday, Oct 28 - Teacher Training, NO SCHOOL!

Math
Objectives:
1. Understand a fraction of a set of objects
2. Find the number of objects in a fraction of a set
3. Multiply a fraction by a whole number
4. Express a part as a fraction of the whole

Spelling
Objective: Spell common holidays and words with /uff/ spelled ough.

Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a three point expository paragraph in third person 
2. Write a polished 3 paragraph final draft of a myth from an edited RD
3. Include strong verbs, -ly adverbs, who/which clause and new vocabulary in story

Grammar
Objectives:
1. Recognize and use helping verbs in sentences.
2. Know that "not" is usually an adverb
3. Use irregular verbs correctly in various tense forms

Latin
1. Practice the 1st Conjugation verb endings and 1st Declension noun endings
2. Review Latin vocab and grammar

History
Objectives: 
1. Identify problems Ireland faced in the mid-1800's.
2. Know that the Boer War was fought between Great Britain and Afrikaners and the British won.
3. Know that Pedro II made the slave trade illegal, freed slaves, and finally made slavery illegal in Brazil.

Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of beetles, flies, ladybugs and fireflies.
2. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Continue to add to your insect collection. You will need to have 10 different insects, all labeled with the Order,
name of insect, date, and location.

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  Additional copies .here.
Geography:  We will have our test over Southern Europe this week.
The Southern Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
History: Key Dates for 2nd quarter:
The War Between the States                         1861-1865
World War I                                                      1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution                      1917
The Great Depression                                     1929-1939
World War II                                                     1939-1945
Mao & Communist Victory in China                 1949

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