Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct 18 - 22, 2021

4th Grade Week 11	10/18/2021	10/19/2021	10/20/2021	10/21/2021	10/22/2021
Discipleship	THOROUGHNESS: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26 NKJ)
Bible		Deut 34, Joshua 1;1-9 & Joshua 2	Read Joshua 6	Joshua 11:15-16,23 Judges 2	Read Judges 6 & 7
Math	Ch 6 L4 Practice A TB p148-149	Ch 6, L5 TB p150-151, WB p139-141	Ch 6, L6 TB p152-153, WB p142-144	Ch 6, L7 TB p154-158, WB p145-147	Ch 6, L8 Practice B TB p159-160
Spelling	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 9 Practice".	Step 9: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Thurs, Play Sparkle!	Rewrite Step 8 misspelled words 5 times, Review card box, phonograms as needed, Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 9 Spelling Test	Step 10: "ER" Word Sort. Dictate words
Grammar		Ch8, L1: Helping Verbs, Adverb "not' & Make Practice sentence	Ch 8, L2: Jingle 14, Classify sentences & Complete Daily Grammar Due Wed	Review Helping Verbs & Ch 8, L3:Irregular Verbs	Review Helping Verb Chart, Complete the Test Time section in TM pg 139 orally as a review, and for fun Activity Time -Acrostic Poem.
Writing		1st paragraph due, Write 2nd paragraph (Conflict/ problem) of your myth	Complete 2nd paragraph & using Composition Checklist p78, begin writing 3rd paragraph (climax & resolution) of your myth	Writer's Conference & work on 3rd paragraph of RD	Check 3rd paragraph & begin writing FD of myth. Due Thurs 10/28
Reading		Discuss Ch 9-10	Read Ch 11 & 12	Discussion	Read Ch 13 & 14 and complete questions in your journal
Latin		L6		L6
History		The Boers and the British	Read Brazil's Republic p135-139 and make a list of the good things Pedro II did. In what ways was he similar to Abraham Lincoln? Different?	Discuss Brazil's Republic, Do Creatures of the Pantanal Activity & make a telephone activity	Read The Next to last Czar of Russia p147-149 and answer questions below
Geography		Introduce Western Europe	Western Europe Due 12/1
Science	How many insects have you pinned and labeled? You need at least 10!	Review crickets & grasshoppers & Introduce Social Insects	Read p163-165 and using complete sentences, write interesting facts in social insects mini-book pA45	Ants	Read p165-169 (stop at honeybee) and add facts to mini-book
Memory Work	POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2 GEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe on 10/14 KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/9

Coming Soon:

10/18 - Moms in Prayer @ 9:00 and Co-teacher training @ 2:00

10/22-10/24 - Fall Fortis Camping Trip

10/25 - Grammar Play Date @ 3:00

10/27 - Historic Dress Up day and Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day! Students may dress up as a                        historical figure from our time period in history (1850-present)

10/29 - Fortis Trunk or Treat 4-7pm

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. 

Our Character Virtue of the month is Thoroughness. Students have been learning in order to practice thoroughness, I will: plan my work, pay attention to detail, make a list so I don't forget, finish what I start, and clean up along the way.

Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts!  Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up using the math facts sheets sent home.

Friday is a catch-up day. Review areas that your student still struggles with. Complete any WB pages that are unfinished if your student needs more practice to reinforce and solidify understanding.

Objectives:

1. Express fractions that are greater than 1 as improper fractions and mixed numbers.

2. Express improper fractions as mixed numbers.

3. Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions.

4. Understand fractions as division.

Spelling
Objective: Spell words with or in an unaccented syllable

Reading  

We are continuing Misty of Chincoteague this week.

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.

.Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn new vocabulary.

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.

Writing

Objectives:

1. Write the second paragraph RD (Conflict/problem) of myth

2. Write third paragraph RD (climax/resolution) of myth

3. Incorporate dress-ups (ly, who/which, strong verb, because clause) and vocabulary words

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Recognize and use helping verbs in sentences.

2. Know that "not" is usually an adverb.

3. Use irregular verbs correctly in various tense forms.

History  

Objectives: 

1. Know that Pedro II made the slave trade illegal, freed slaves, and finally made slavery illegal in Brazil.

2. Learn about creatures living in the Pantanal area of Brazil.

3. Know that Alexander II and Alexander III were unpopular Russian Czars with unlimited power.

Thursday: Answer the following questions in your journal. Write your answers in complete sentences with proper capitalization and punctuation.

1. What are three things that Alexander III's father (Alexander II) had done to make Russia more modern?

2. Why did Russians say about Alexander III, "Alexander set out to undo everything his father did"? List two reasons.

3. List three ways in which the Jews of Russia were treated worse than other poor Russians.

4. Who inherited the throne when Alexander III died?

Science

1. Identify characteristics of ants and other social insects.

2. Identify and label insect orders and common names.

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 second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  Additional copies here.
Geography:  We will have our test over Southern 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: Key Dates for 2nd quarter:

The War Between the States                         1861-1865
World War I                                                     1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution                   1917

The Great Depression 1929-1939

World War II 1939-1945

The Cold War 1945-1991