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

4th Grade Week 11	10/21/2019	10/22/2019	10/23/2019	10/24/2019	10/25/2019
Discipleship	Initiative
Bible	Joshua 1 & 2	Read Joshua 6	Joshua 11:15-16,23 Judges 2	Read 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 32	HIG p 73-74, TB 62 LT 11, WB 33 & HIG p75, TB p63-64 LT 12-14	Review HIG p75 if necessary, Complete WB Ex 34-35 Bar Models required CCC	Do Practice 3C TB p 65 Due Mon for homework grade
Spelling	Step 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 Test	Step 10 : "ER" Word Sort. Dictate words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 10 Practice".
Grammar	Review Helping Verbs & Ch 8, L3:Irregular Verbs	Ch 8 Test: Do Ex 1,2,3, & 5 only	Ch 9, L1 Jingle 15, Classify Sentences, Discuss conjunctions and interjections, Review 8 parts of speech, Write practice sentence	Ch 9, L2 Jingle 15, Classify Sentences, Review 8 parts of speech, giving mom an example of each, Write practice sentence (TM p152)
Writing	Make KWO using Story Sequence Chart for Damon & Pythias, Introduce because clause/banned words	Complete Style Practice and Vocab practice, write 1st paragraph (characters & setting) using your KWO & Composition Checklist	Write your 2nd paragraph (conflict/problem), Add dress-ups & vocab words	Finish writing your 3rd paragraph (climax & resolution), edit mechanics for errors, underline & label dress-ups
Reading	The Wright Brothers Discuss Ch 2-3, Read Ch 4	The Wright Brothers Chaps 5-7	Discussion & Read Ch 8	Read Ch 9-11
Latin	Ch 6 Memory Page and Grammar Lesson	Ch 6 Memory Page & Chant	Review Game	Make Vocab cards for Ch 6, Review all previous vocab cards
History	Discuss Brazil's Republic, Do Creatures of the Pantanal Activity & make a telephone activity	Read The Next to last Czar of Russia p147-149 & answer questions on "Two Czars" Paste it in your journal	Discuss Next to last Czar of Russia & do Role Play,       & Liberian Flag Activity for Tomorrow's lesson	Read Ethiopia & Italy p150-155	Review History Key Dates 1-4
Geography	Western Europe Due 12/11
Science	Flies, Mosquitoes & Notebook activities	Read p190-193 and add interesting facts to your journal p155	True Bugs & Try This! p196	Read p194-197 and Complete "What Do You Remember?" p156
Memory Work	POEM 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