Fortis Academy 4th grade: Feb 17 -21, 2020


4th2/17/20202/18/20202/19/20202/20/20202/21/2020
DiscipleshipPeacefulness
BibleRead Matt 1 & 2Read Matt 4Matt 5-7Read Matthew 14:13-36
MathHIG p39-41, TB p40 LT 28-30 & 31-34, WB Ex 25HIG p42, TB p41-42 LT 35-37, WB Ex 26-27HIG p45-46 TB p45 LT 1-6 WB Ex 28HIG p 47-48, WB Ex 29HIG p 43, TB p43, Practice 2A CCC, Due Mon
SpellingReview Step 20 New Teaching and Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6. Play Sparkle!Review Step 20 New Teaching & Card Box, Dictate sentences 4-6. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.Step 20 Spelling TestStep 21 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 21 Practice."
GrammarCh 16, L1 The Indirect Object & Pattern 3Ch 16, L2 Classify sentences onlyCh 16, L3 Indirect Objects & Write a P3 sentenceCh 16 Test for practice only. Do Ex 1,2,4,5,6
WritingKWO due, Style Practice & begin write 1st paragraph of "The Ugly Duckling"Using you KWO, complete the 2nd paragraph of your story. Use the composition checklist to make sure you have all required dress-ups. Vocab study: miserable, despiseWriter's Conference and write the 3rd paragraph of your story.Co-Teachers, please check 3rd paragraph for grammar and spelling. Begin writing FD (Due Wed 5/19) Underline 6 dress-ups in each paragraph and label in margin. Highlight 2-3 key words in each central fact/clincher.
ReadingCh 6 DiscussionRead Ch 7DiscussionRead Ch 8
LatinCh 9 Memory page and grammarCh 9 Chant & storyReview GameReview 8 & 9 Chants
HistoryHistory Project presentations & The Marshall PlanRead SOTW p355-360 "Two Republics of China" and in your journal answer:1)Why did millions of Chinese join the Chinese Communist Party? 2)What is your opinion of Chairman Mao? Give reasons from the text to support your answer. Mao & the Communist Victory in ChinaRead SOTW p367-370 "The Korean War" and answer:1) How did the Soviet Union "help" Korea after WW II? 2) What did the truce that ended the Korean War say?
GeographyEastern Europe
ScienceWings & Flying, Make Peacock PocketComplete "What Do You Remember?" p40ExperimentCatch-up on reading, write facts on your "feathers" & Complete Crossword puzzle p44Watch for birds at your feeder and try to identify as many as you can! Keep a record in your journal p28
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 on 3/4
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/26
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/2
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 3/25
Please Check Alma weekly for grades and missing work.

Coming Soon:
Wednesday, February 19 - Co-Teacher Training 2-3pm
Saturday, February 22 - Fortis Family Work Day 9am-12pm
Wednesday, February 26 - Spirit Day, D.O.G.S. Day, and Pizza Day!
Wednesday, February 26 - Eastern Europe Geography Test
Monday, March 2 - Key Dates 1-9 Test
Wednesday, March 4 - Poem 3 Recitations
March 16 - March 20 Spring Break!

Math
Objectives:
1. Estimate differences for decimals.
2. Solve word problems involving addition or subtraction of decimals.
3. Multiply tenths and hundredths.
4. Multiply a 1-place decimal by a whole number.
5. Practice 

Spelling
Objective:
1. Spell words containing the sound of /oo/ spelled ui.

Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a story consisting of 3 paragraphs which describe what is happening in a series of pictures.
2. Use the Writing from Pictures structure: Central Fact, Details, and Clincher for each paragraph.
3. Use stylistic techniques of incorporating 6 dress-ups into each paragraph.

Grammar
Objectives: Identify and classify P3 sentences with a subject noun, verb-transitive, indirect object and direct object.

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. Memorize 2nd Declension Neuter Noun Endings
2. Learn new Latin vocabulary

History
Objectives:
1. Know that under the Marshall Plan, the Allies gave money to rebuild Europe after WWII, and Germany was split in two.
2. Know that Chairman Mao brought Communism to China in 1949
3. Know that communist North Korean soldiers marched into democratic South Korea in 1950 starting the Korean War.


Science
Objectives:
1. Understand the different kinds of flying that birds do.
2. Experiment to see which color birds prefer
3. Practice bird identification.


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