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

4th Grade Week 10	10/14/2019	10/15/2019	10/16/2019	10/17/2019	10/18/2019
Discipleship	Initiative
Bible	Numbers 14	Deuteronomy 6	Deut 28:1-14, Deut 30:15-20	Deut 30:15-20
Math	HIG p63, TB p 58-59, WB Ex 27	MM 14, HIG p64-65, TB p59 LT 2-3, WB 28 CCC	HIG p66-67, TB p60 LT 4, WB Ex 29	MM 15, HIG p68-69, TB p60 LT 5-6, WB Ex 30 CCC
Spelling	Step 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 7-9	Step 8 Spelling Test	Step 9 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 9 Practice".
Grammar	Ch8, L1: Helping Verbs, Adverb "not' & Make Practice sentence	Ch 8, L2: Jingle 14, Classify sentences	Ch 8, L3:Irregular Verbs	Review Helping Verb Chart, Complete the Test Time section in TM pg 139 orally as a review, and for fun Activity Time -Acrostic Poem.
Writing	Writer's Conference & In-class writing assignment	Begin writing Daedalus & Icarus FD, Due next Mon. Study all IEW vocab words & use each one correctly in a sentence	Vocabulary quiz	Complete FD of Daedalus. Illustrate if you'd like. Due Mon stapled in this order: Rubric, FD, RD
Reading	The Great Wheel Ch 15	The Great Wheel Ch 16	Read The Wright Brothers Ch 1	Read The Wright Brothers Ch 2-3	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	Read Ireland's Troubles p123-126 and complete outline	With 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 Wed	The Boers & the British	Read 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?
Geography	Review Southern Europe	Review Southern Europe	Southern Europe Test
Science	Beetles, Flies & True Bugs	Read p183-186 & write interesting facts in journal p154, include a sketch	Fireflies & Ladybugs	Read p187-190 & add facts to journal p155
Memory Work	POEM 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