Fortis Academy 4th grade: Sept 6 - 10, 2021

4th Grade Week 5	9/6/2021	9/7/2021	9/8/2021	9/9/2021	9/10/2021
Discipleship	Labor Day - No School		Justice
Bible				Read & Discuss Gen 44-45	Gen 46:1-7, Gen 47:6-11
Math		Work on multiplication facts this week for warm-up  Ch 3 L5 TB p72-75, WB p60-62	Ch 3 L6 Practice TB p76-78	Ch 3 Review and Quiz & Multiplication practice	Ch 4 L1 Multiplication TB p80-83, WB p67-68
Spelling		Review previous spelling words and phonograms: sh, th, oo, ee, oy, oi, ch, ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, ui	Step 4 Review & Phonogram Review	Continue to review words and rules through step 3, checking for mastery. Review 26 Single Phonograms in preparation for assessment Friday.	Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker Assessment 1 (In binder) Grade in red pen, have student make corrections, then return to class to record grade.
Grammar			Ch 4, L1 Classify sentences & TM p50-54. Do Ch4, L1 Practice	Ch 4, L2 Finding Adjectives, Predicate words in the Complete Subject and Write Practice Sentences	Ch 4, L3 Classify sentences & Write an Expanded Practice Sentence (TM p64 Steps 1-8)
Writing			Review vocab words (inspire, trumpet, gnaw, beasts, tossed, slender, quietly, immediately) for Wed quiz	Vocab Quiz & Work on Civil War Lapbooks
Reading			Put The Perilous Road and your final The Good Master activity in your backpack for tomorrow	Share activities & Introduce The Perilous Road	Read The Perilous Road Ch 1 & 2 and answer questions 1-7 in journal p4-5
Latin				L 4
History			Complete your report on a Civil War figure and practice presenting it. You will be sharing your findings with the class tomorrow.	Share Civil War heroes with class & Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad	Read SOTW p53-56 "After the Civil War"
Geography			Southern Europe
Science			Read p152-154 and describe Incomplete Metamorphosis in your journal p126, Review memory work for test tomorrow	Insect Anatomy & Classification of Life Test	Continue to collect, pin and identify insects for your collection. See resources below
Memory Work			POEM 1, Due for Recitation on 9/28 GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe Test on 10/14 KEY DATES: 1-3 Test on 9/30 SCIENCE: Insect anatomy, classification of life Test on 9/9

Coming Soon!

Tuesday, September 7 - Labor Day Holiday NO SCHOOL

Thursday, September 9 - Spirit Day -  Students may wear Spirit shirts with jeans or shorts

Tuesday, September 21 - Picture Day

Saturday, Sept 25 - Fortis Lap-A-Thon

Blog Abbreviations:

L-Lesson	KWO-Key Word Outline	NB-Science Notebook
TB- Textbook	RD- Rough Draft	SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4
WB- Workbook	FD- Final Draft
CCC-Complete, check, correct	Grammar- Shurley English	NT- New Teaching
MM- Mental Math	TM - Teacher's Manual	DS - Dictate Sentences
FP-Facts Practice Sheet	CB- Latin Copybook

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. This week, we continue looking at the life of Joseph.

Our Character Virtue of the month is Justice.

Math
Begin math with a 5 minute warm-up of Multiplication facts. Strive to memorize multiplication facts ASAP.
Objectives:
1. Practice finding multiples and factors.
2. Assessment
3. Multiply up to a 4-digit number by a one-digit number using mental math.

4. Memorize multiplication facts 1-10

Spelling
Please administer the Classical Phonics Assessment (in binder) this week and return to school the following Tuesday.  You only need to do Assessment 1 (Single Letter Phonograms) at this point. Here are instructions for administering the assessment.
Phonogram Drill Form (written portion) - Parents, read the sound or sounds on the card. Or if you prefer, you can play the sound on the AAS app.  Your student should then write the corresponding phonogram in the box. Mark any your child missed.
Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker (oral portion) - Show the card to the student. He or she should be able to correctly identify all the sounds associated with that card. Please note any phonograms your child missed on the form.
Reading  
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.

Writing

Objectives:

1. Assess vocabulary words.

2. Write a paragraph from a prompt

Grammar
Objectives: 
1. Identify predicate words located in the complete subject.
2. Practice writing sentences containing a subject noun, verb, adjectives and adverbs.

Latin
Objective: Learn Latin 1st Conjugation Verbs

History

Objectives:  
1.  Present findings of a Civil War hero to classmates.
2.  Learn about life in America during the Civil War. 

Science

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 that 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. Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species