Fortis Academy T/Th 4th Grade: March 29 -April 2, 2021

 

4th Grade Week 28	3/29/2021	3/30/2021	3/31/2021	4/1/2021	4/2/2020
Discipleship	Compassion
Bible		Acts 12	Acts 14	Acts 16 & 19	Acts 26
Math	Do Practice test sent home & Review with Ch 14, L9 Practice TB p168-170 in preparation for tomorrow's test	Ch 14 Test	Ch 15, L1 TB p171-176, WB p131-132	Ch 15, L2 TB p177-181, WB p135-138	Ch 15, L3 TB p182-185, WB p139-143
Spelling	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 24 Practice."	Step 24: Review New Teaching and Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6. Play Sparkle!	Re-write missed Step 23 words, Review Card Box & Phonograms as needed, Dictate Sentences 7-9	Step 24 Spelling Test	Step 25 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words and sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 25 Practice."
Grammar		Ch 19, L1 & L2 Mixed Pattern Sentences, Double Negatives, Practice Time 1 & 2	Ch 19, L3 Classify sentences, Review Ref 58 Contraction Chart & Complete Contraction Worksheet sent home. Due Wed	Ch 20, L3 Classify Sentences, Similes & Metaphors, Complete Ch 20 L4 Activity Time: Color Poem	Ch 20, L1 & L2 Classify sentences only CCC
Writing		L24 Great Bear Constellation: Create KWO from 2 sources, Create a fused KWO	Style Practice & Vocab study p180-181, Using Composition Checklist p182 begin writing RD	Writer's Conference, Complete RD and begin FD	Complete FD of Great Bear Constellation. Use rubric to ensure you have all required elements. Due Thurs Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
Reading	Put Journey to Jo-burg in your backpack	Final My Side of the Mountain discussion, Introduce Journey to Jo-burg	Read Journey to Jo'Burg Chaps 3-6 & answer questions in your journal	Read & Discuss Journey to Jo'Burg Chaps 7-8	Read Journey to Jo'Burg Chaps 9-13 & answer questions in your journal
Latin		L11	Copybook L11	L11
History		Vietnam War with special guest speaker!	Read SOTW "The Vietnam War" p411-414 and complete interview. Be prepared to share with class tomorrow.	Vietnam Era Interviews Due & Martin Luther King Jr.and "I Have a Dream" discussion	Read SOTW "Trouble in the Middle East" p415-420
Geography		Scandinavia
Science		Egg facts & experiments	Read p96-98 & add facts to journal p79	Precocial Birds	Read p99-100 and complete What Do You Remember p80
Memory Work		POETRY: Poem 4 on 5/11 GEOGRAPHY: Scandinavia on 4/26 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/11 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/6

Coming Soon:

Tuesday, April 6 - 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 Compassion. Kids of Integrity has some

great resources to help develop this virtue in your child.

Math

Objectives:

1. Assess multiplying and dividing decimals

2. Investigate angles and turns.

3. Express angles in terms of degrees and Identify acute, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles.

4. Measure angles between 0 and 180 degrees with a protractor

5. Add and subtract angle measurements with compound angles

6. Measure and draw angles between 180 and 360 degrees

Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell word endings of /awl/ spelled ought

2. Spell words with a followed by l.

Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Engage in meaningful discussion.

3. Learn about life in South Africa during Apartheid

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify and classify mixed sentence patterns.

2. Recognize and avoid using double negatives.

3. Make contractions.

4. Identify similes and metaphors.

5. Write a simile poem.

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Create a fused KWO from two source texts

2. Brainstorm dress-ups and study vocabulary words

3. Write a RD paragraph using fused KWO

4. Edit & write polished FD with Unit 6 structure and style

History 

Objectives:

1. Become familiar with MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech

2. Write a personal "Dream" speech

3. Know that American soldiers fought against communist North Vietnam for 8 years in a controversial war.

4. Share Vietnam Era memories from interviews of people living during the Vietnam War.

Science

Objectives:

1. Experiment with egg shell strength

2. Observe a growing chick embryo through candling

3. Know why birds sing and identify several bird calls.

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/

Learn About Texas Birds

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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

Poetry:  Our  fourth quarter poem is 'The Dentist and the Crocodile". Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are beginning our study Scandinavia 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 continuing 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

10, Man Walks on the Moon 1969 11. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989 12. The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 1991