Fortis Academy T/Th 4th Grade: Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2020

4th Grade Week 89/28/20209/29/20209/30/202010/1/202010/2/2020
DiscipleshipHonesty
BibleEx 14Ex 16Ex 19-20Ex 23:20-Ex 24
MathMemorize all Mult/Div facts: do flashcards, worksheets, play math fact games. Learn those facts!Ch 4 TestCh 5, L1 TB p107-110, WB p95-96Ch 5, L2 TB p111-114, WB p97-100Ch 5, L3 TB p115-119, WB p101-104
SpellingDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 6 Practice".Review Phonograms: kn, gn, nk, ough, ew. Step 6: Review New Teaching and Tips, DS 4-6.Re-write Step 5 test misspelled words 5x & Step 6: Review card box, Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 6 Spelling TestStep 7: New teaching, Dictate 10 words
GrammarCh 6 L5 3-pt Expository Paragraph in First PersonReview Subject & Possessive Pronouns- Ref. 19 & 21. Can you name them all? Complete Daily GrammarCh 6 L3 Subject Verb AgreementChapter 6 Test: Do Exercises 1,2, 3 & 5 only. For Ex 5 just circle correct answer
WritingReview Poem 1 for Poem Recitation tomorrowPoem 1 RecitationsL8: Read Daedalus & Icarus, Create a KWO and retell, Banned Words: go/wentWrite 1st paragraph (setting & characters) of Daedalus & Icarus
ReadingDiscuss The Perilous Road Ch 12-end Put Misty of Chincoteague   in your backpackIntroduce Misty of Chincoteaugue Read Ch 1-2Read Ch 3 and answer questions in your reading journal
LatinL4L4
HistoryReview Key Dates 1-3 for tomorrow's test
Key Dates Test & The Impressionists:Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cassat
Read SOTW "The Dutch East Indies" p93-96 & answer: Why did the farmers of the East Indies begin to revolt against the Dutch?KrakatoaRead SOTW p96-101 and answer: Why was the Ottoman Empire known as the "Sick man of Europe"?
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/14
ScienceRead p219-222 & write at least 3 interesting facts in journal p175Butterflies & MothsRead p222-225 & write at least 3 interesting facts in journal p177
Memory WorkPOEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/29
GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe Test on 10/15
KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/29
Discipleship: 
Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading. Our Character Virtue of the month is Honesty. Kids of Integrity has Bible lessons, games, prayers, and activities geared to help develop this virtue in your child.

Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts.  Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.

*Note-If you are new to Singapore Math, the Chapter 5, Lesson 1 on dividing numbers using mental math skills will be challenging. Here's a video demonstrating a simple problem that may help. Work through the lesson, but realize that mental math  will become easier as students develop skills working with number bonds and breaking numbers into "friendly" numbers.

Objectives:
1. Assess multiplication skills

2. Divide numbers up to 3-digits using mental math.

3. Estimate and find quotients using long division

4. Divide up to a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number.

5. Practice division.


Spelling
Objective: Analyze two ways to spell the sound of /shun/

Reading  

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.

Objectives:
1. Learn about the life during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.

Writing
Objectives:

1. Assess memorization and presentation of "My Father's Vineyard"
2. Create an Story Sequence Outline of a myth using the Story Sequence Chart
3. Write the first paragraph of a 3 paragraph myth introducing the characters and setting


Grammar

Objectives:
1. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences
2. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.
3. Know that subjects and verbs must agree in number.
4. Assessment

Latin
Objective: Memorize more Latin verbs

History  

Objectives: 
1. Identify characteristics of Impressionist artists including Monet, Renoir, Degas & Cassatt
2. Know that present day Indonesia, formerly called The Dutch East Indies, was desired by the Dutch for wealth building.
3. Know that the Krakatoa volcano erupted in Indonesia in 1883.
4. Know that the Russian Czar Nicholas called the Ottoman Empire "The Sick Man of Europe" and fought against it.

Science
1. Know the stages of Lepidoptera metamorphosis
2. Compare and contrast butterflies and moths
3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0BaGLMiBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LfDYYn5_bE&t=322s
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects which you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard".  Additional copies here.
Geography:  We will continue to study Southern Europe The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided.