Fortis Academy T/Th 4th Grade

 

4th Grade Week 212/1/20212/2/20212/3/20212/4/20212/5/2021
DiscipleshipLove
Bible Matt 1 & 2Read Matt 4Matt 5-7Read Matthew 14:13-36
MathCh 11, L5 TB p51-55, WB p42-43Ch 11, L6 Practice TB p56-57 CCCCh 11 TestContinual Assessment (sent home)
SpellingDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 18 Practice."Review Step 18 New Teaching and Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6. Play Sparkle!Make spelling test corrections, Review Card box. Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Writing Station words.Step 18 Spelling TestStep 19 New Teaching. Complete Make it Plural book p10, Dictate 10 words
GrammarCh 14, L1 Sentences, Personal pronouns & antecedents, Ref 47. Daily GrammarCh 14, L2 Classify sentences & Practice Time 1-3 as a review of Pronoun Antecedent Agreement and sentence types.Ch 14, L3 Review & write parts of speech poemDaily Grammar
WritingL19 p38-139 Style Practice, Begin writing 1st paragraph RD of Peter PanWrite 1st paragraph RD. Edit and correct any run-on sentences or fragments. Underline & label dress-ups using composition checklist p140. Co-teachers, please check for spelling errors.Writer's conference & begin writing 2nd paragraph RD.Complete 2nd paragraph RD. Edit & correct any run-on sentences or fragments. Underline & label dress-ups, #2 opener. Co-teachers, please check for spelling errors.
ReadingCo-teachers, your student should be reading quality literature at least 40 min/day. You may need to supplement the assigned reading with a classical book of choice at his/her reading level.Discuss Number the Stars Ch 3, Identify passages of personificationRead Ch 4 & answer questions 1 & 2 p20-21DiscussionRead Ch 5 and answer questions 3-5 on p21 of your study guide
LatinL8L8
HistoryIntroduce WWII history projectRead "Rebuilding the Fatherland" p299-302 & Choose your topics to research for WW II project. Get books from the library and/or have your parent help you find some websites to begin your study.WW II: Take notes in classContinue to research and take notes for the written portion of your WW II project. Begin working on the visual portion of the project.
GeographyEastern Europe
ScienceTexas BirdsRead Lesson 3 p41-45 (stop at Contour Feathers) & add interesting facts to journal p38FeathersRead p45-49 & color the Mockingbird & Cardinal in your bird handbook. Look in a field guide or online for color accuracy.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 on 3/4
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/25
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/2
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/6
Coming Soon:
Thursday, Feb 11 - Valentine Exchange
Tuesday, Feb 16 - Student Holiday - No School

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 virtue this month is Love.


Math

Objectives:

1. Find the perimeter of composite figures.

2. Practice finding area and perimeter.

3. Assess finding area and perimeter.

4. Review previously learned skills.


Spelling

Objective: Learn how to make the plural form of words ending in o.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Identify personification in literature

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar

Objective:

1. Know that Personal Pronouns and Antecedents must agree in number and gender.

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Practice the Unit 5 structural model of writing from a series of pictures.
2. Include a Central Fact, details, clincher sentence, #2 opener, and six dress-ups in each paragraph.

History 

Objectives:

1.Know that WW II began in 1939 after Germany invaded Poland. 2.Choose an aspect of WW II for further study and research presentation.

3.Identify causes and key figures of the WW II.

4.Research and take notes on selected topic.


This week you will begin reading and taking notes about your chosen WW II topic(s).You will need to have several facts from at least three books and/or websites. There are many websites on WWII that are age appropriate.  Here are a couple that may be helpful:
Depending on how you choose to present your project, the written portion will look different. If you are making a lapbook or
board presentation, you will have several facts and short paragraph descriptions of different aspects of the war. If you are creating a
diorama, you will write a paragraph about your topic which includes a topic sentence, interesting facts about your topic,
and a clincher sentence.


Science

Objectives:
1. Identify parts of a feather
2. Know the functions of three types of feathers.
3. Identify Texas birds. 

Students will be making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  You can search birds here for coloring:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/


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 here.

Geography:  We are beginning our study Eastern Europe this week.  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.

History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/6/21


Key Dates for 3rd quarter:

1. The War Between the States                         1861-1865
2. World War I                                                     1914-1918
3. Lenin & the Russian Revolution                   1917
4. The Great Depression                                  1929-1939
5. World War II                                                  1939-1945
6. The Cold War                                                1945-1991
7. The Formation of Israel                             1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China          1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968

Fortis Academy T/Th 4th Grade: Jan 25 - 29, 2021


4th Grade Week 201/25/20211/26/20211/27/20211/28/20211/29/2021
DiscipleshipFaith Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb. 11:1
BibleEsther 3-8Nehemiah 1Neh 2,4 & 6:15-16Malachi 3
MathCh 10, L9 Practice B: TB p31 problems 1-5 CCCCh 11, L1 TB p33-37, WB p29-31Ch 11 L2 TB p38-40, WB p32-33Ch 11, L3 TB p41-45, WB p35-37Ch 11, L4, TB p46-50, WB p39-41
SpellingDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 17 Practice."Review New Teaching (Make It Plural book) and Writing Station words. Dictate sentences 4-6Rewrite Step 16 Test misspelled words 5x correctly, Step 17: Review Card Box, Dictate Sentences 7-9Step 17 Spelling TestStep 18 New Teaching, Complete Make it Plural Book p7-9, Dictate 10 words
GrammarCh 13, L4 LimericksCh 13 reviewCh 13 Test
WritingUgly Duckling RD due. Begin writing FDComplete FD making sure you have all your dress-ups and vocab words underlined and labeled. Staple: Rubric, FD, RDUgly Duckling FD due. L19: Peter Pan-Write KWO, Introduce Prep OpenersReview p137 and write a practice #2 Opener
ReadingNumber the Stars Ch 1Read Ch 2 and answer questions 3-5 on p14 of your study guideDiscussionRead Ch 3 and answer questions 6-9 on p15
LatinL8L8
HistoryChina and The Long MarchBlack Tues & the New Deal p281-285The Great DepressionRead "Hitler's Rise to Power" p286-290. In your journal answer: 1.Why was anti-Semitism so widespread in many European countries? 2. Why were the Germans so willing to listen to Hitler?
GeographyEastern Europe
SciencePractice bird identificationComplete "What Do You Remember?" Journal p27TX songbirds & complete crossword puzzle p32Read & color bird handout
Memory WorkBird Feeder Live Cam! POETRY: Poem 3 on 3/4
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Test on 2/25
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/2
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 3/24
Coming Soon:
Thursday, January 28 - Pizza/Spirit Day
Tuesday, February 16 -Student Holiday, no school!

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 virtue this month is Faith.


Math

Objectives:

1. Find the area of a figure given the side lengths by converting units.

2. Find the unknown side of a rectangle given the area and one side.

3. Find the area of rectangular paths.

4. Find the perimeter of rectangles

5. Find the length of an unknown side given the length of one side and the perimeter.


Spelling

Objective:
1. Make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Identify word pictures in literature

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar
Objectives:
1.Write a limerick.
2. Join two sentences correctly to make a compound sentence.
3. Correct compound sentence mistakes
4. Assessment

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a polished FD story of "The Ugly Duckling"
2. Practice the Unit 5 structural model.
3. Write a #2 opener sentence which starts with a prepositional phrase.

History 

Objectives:

1. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.

2. Know that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 leading the The Great Depression. 3. Know that Hitler rose to power in Germany during the The Great Depression.


Science

Objective: Practice identifying Texas birds. 
Here is a wonderful publication from Texas Parks & Wildlife which gives a lot of information about Texas birds and how to identify them. There's also coloring pages, facts, and fun activities which will aid in your bird study.


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 here.

Geography:  We are beginning our study Eastern Europe this week.  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.

History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21


Key Dates for 3rd quarter:

1. The War Between the States                         1861-1865
2. World War I                                                     1914-1918
3. Lenin & the Russian Revolution                   1917
4. The Great Depression                                  1929-1939
5. World War II                                                  1939-1945
6. The Cold War                                                1945-1991
7. The Formation of Israel                             1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China          1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968

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