Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Feb 10 - 14, 2020

4th	2/10/2020	2/11/2020	2/12/2020	2/13/2020	2/14/2020
Discipleship	Peacefulness
Bible	Teacher Training - No School	Nahum 1:7-9, 15 Hab 3:16-19, Zeph 1:14-18, 3:14-17	Read Haggai 1:1-10, 2:6-7	Zechariah 4:6, Malachi 3
Math		HIG p33 TB p36 LT 15-17, WB Ex 20	HIG p34 TB p37-38, LT 18-22, WB Ex 21	HIG p36, TB p38 LT 23-24, WB Ex 22	HIG p37-38, TB p39 LT 25-27, WB Ex 23-24 CCC
Spelling		Make Spelling Test Corrections, Step 19: Review Card box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement words.	Step 19 Test	Step 20 New Teaching. Complete Make it Plural book p11, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 20 Practice."
Grammar		Complete worksheet sent home.	Ch 15 L1 Making Nouns Possessive	Ch 15, L2 Classify sentences & do Practice Time
Writing		Complete FD of WW II report and read "The Ugly Duckling" in preparation for tomorrow's assignment	Introduce Writing from Pictures	Read p117 and create your original KWO on p118. The "Central Fact" is like a topic sentence--it tells what is happening in the picture. Add details & Clincher Due Mon
Reading		Read The House of Sixty Fathers Ch 5	Reading Discussion	Read The House of Sixty Fathers Ch 6	Please make sure your child is reading a minimum of 30-40 min/day
Latin		Review all chants in preparation for tomorrow's game	Board Wars!	Review chants
History		Complete your history project. Include a visual presentation (lapbook, storyboard, poster, or diorama, etc), and 3 paragraphs on WW II	History Project Presentations!	Read "The Partitioning of Palestine" p332-336 and discuss
Geography		Eastern Europe Due 2/26
Science		Read p49-53 & add facts to your journal	What Do You Remember? & Valentine's Exchange	Read p57-61 & add facts to your journal
Memory Work		POETRY: Poem 3 on 3/4 GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/26 KEY DATES: 1-9 on 2/19 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 3/25

Please Check Alma weekly for grades and missing work.

Coming Soon:

Monday, February 10 - Teacher In-service NO SCHOOL!

Wednesday, February 12 - History Projects Due
Wednesday, February 12 - Valentine Exchange

Saturday, February 22 - Fortis Family Work Day 9am-12pm
Wednesday, March 4 - Poem 3 Recitations

Math

Objectives:

1. Subtract tenths from numbers of up to two decimal places.

2. Subtract hundredths from hundredths, tenths, or ones.

3. Subtract 1-place decimal numbers.

4. Subtract 2-place decimal numbers.

Spelling

Objective:

1. Spell words ending with the sound of /ij/ spelled age.

Writing

Objectives:

1. Introduce Unit 5: Writing from Pictures

2. Create a KWO from a series of three pictures

3. Create a central fact or topic sentence for each picture, stating what is happening in the picture

3. Ask questions to get ideas for writing details about each picture.

Grammar

Objectives: Make singular and plural nouns possessive.

Reading

Objectives:
1. Engage in meaningful Socratic dialogue
2. Summarize a passage through oral narration.
3. Identify virtues in characters in The House of Sixty Fathers

Latin

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned grammar and Latin vocabulary

History

Objectives:

1. Complete and present history research project.

2. Know that Israel became a nation once again in 1948.

Science

Objectives:

1. Practice bird identification.

2. Identify parts of a feather

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

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone".  These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here in one. In Christ Alone  Additional copies can be found here.

Geography:  We will begin our study of Eastern Europe this week. Due 2/26

The Eastern Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.

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 3/25

Key Dates for 3rd 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

The Formation of Israel                                    1948

Mao & Communist Victory in China                 1949
The Cold War                                                   1945-1991
Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968