Fortis Academy T/Th 4th grade: Jan 15 - 19, 2021

4th Grade Week 232/15/20212/16/20212/17/20212/18/20212/19/2021
Discipleship
Bible
No School - Teacher Training
Mark 1Mark 8Read Mark 12:28-44
MathCh 12, L5 TB p83-85, WB p63-65Ch 12, L6 TB p86-88, WB p66-67Ch 12, L8 TB p91-95, WB p70-72Ch 12, L9 TB p96-101, WB p73-75
SpellingDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 20 Practice."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
Grammar

WritingComplete FD of Peter Pan. Check to make sure you have all required dress-ups, #2 opener, vocab words underlined & labeled. Due tomorrow.Write 1st paragraph RD for your history project. Include topic sentence, facts, clincher & dress-ups. Your FD may be typed.Write 2nd paragraph RD for your history project. Include a topic sentence, several facts, a clincher sentence, 6 dress-ups, and #2 opener.
ReadingRead Number the Stars Ch 10-11 and answer questions 5-8 p27-28Read Ch 12-13 and answer questions 1-6 p34-35Read Ch 14-15 and answer questions 8-9 p35.
LatinL9
HistoryContinue to work on your WWII history project. See Note BelowThe US HomefrontComplete your history project. Include a visual presentation (lapbook, storyboard, poster, or diorama, etc), and 2 paragraphs on WW II. Due Tuesday
GeographyEastern Europe
ScienceComplete "What Do You Remember?" p40MigrationRead p57-61
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:
Tuesday, February 16 - Teacher Training/Student Holiday, no school!
Thursday, February 25 - Spirit Day and Pizza Day!
Thursday, March 4 - End of 3rd Quarter

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. Express fractions & mixed numbers with a denominator that is a factor of 10 or 100 as a decimal.

2. Compare and order decimals to hundredths.

3. Round decimals given in tenths to the nearest whole number.

4.Practice concepts from Ch 12


Spelling

Objectives:

1. Learn to spell words containing the sound of /oo/ spelled ui

2. Spell words with the same plural and singular form.


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: Make a bibliography

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Use notes from historical research to create a KWO.
2. Write two paragraphs about your WW II topic(s).

History 

Objectives:

1. Complete research on WW II and present findings with a visual and written presentation.

2. Identify ways WW II impacted Americans' daily lives



This week you will use the notes and information you've gathered from your research to write about your chosen WW II topic(s).
Write two separate paragraphs, each with a topic sentence, several facts, and a clincher sentence. Bring your notes and/or KWO
to class on Wednesday so you can write your first paragraph in class. Your final draft may be handwritten or typed.

You will need to have facts from at least three source books and/or websites. Write down the title of the
book, the author, date of publication and page numbers frombooks that you use for information. Write down the name of the websites, the title of the article and the author and date if it is
listed on the website. We will be making Bibliography with this information on Wednesday.

Science
Objectives:
1. Review feathers lesson
2. Study the migration habits of various birds
3. Identify different types of flying 
4. Identify Texas birds 

Students will be making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  For coloring accuracy, search birds here:  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 5/5/21


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