Fortis Academy 4th grade: Nov. 15 - 19, 2021

4th Grade Week 1511/15/202111/16/202111/17/202111/18/202111/19/2021
DiscipleshipRESPECT: "Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord, and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. (1Thess 5:12-13)
BibleI Kings 18Amos 7:14-15, 8:11-12, Obadiah 1:3-4,15Jonah 1-4Micah 4:1-2, 6:8
MathCh 8, L5 TB p196-200 WB p182-184Ch 8, L6 TB p201-203, WB p185-187Ch 8, L7 TB p204-206, WB p188-190Review 2 TB p228-230. Do problems 1-7. Co-teachers, please check and help students make any needed corrections.
SpellingDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 13 Practice"Step 13: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6 on same paper started Thurs.Review Spelling Words, Dictate sentences 7-9. Review phonograms sh, th, oo, ee, oy, oi, chStep 13 Spelling TestStep 14: New teaching, Dictate 10 words & Review phonograms ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, ui
GrammarCh 12, L1: Introduce Pattern 2 Sentences, Jingle 16, Ref 38, classify sentences & complete activityCh 12, L2 Jingle, 16 Classify sentences & Oral Skill Builder Check (TM p206-207)Ch 12, L3 Editing SkillsComplete Daily Grammar
WritingL15 HCA: Read & Discuss, Choose 2 topics to write about, write facts for each, make 2 KWO's each with a topic sentence & clincher sentenceComplete Style Practice and write 1st paragraph RD, Use composition checklist p114 to make sure you have all required elements. Co-teachers, check spelling & grammarWriter's Conference & begin writing 2nd paragraph of HCAUsing Composition Checklist p114, complete 2nd paragraph HCA. Co-teachers, please check spelling & grammar
ReadingDiscussion & Read Ch 10Read The Wright Brothers Ch 11-13Quiz & DiscussionRead Ch 14-17 and answer questions as you go
LatinL7L7
HistoryThe Mexican RevolutionRead "The Balkan Mess" p196-201 and review the Southern Europe map in your binder. Then label each country on the map sent home as you read from SOTWCauses of World War IRead WWI p216-221 and in your journal answer the questions below. Use complete sentences, proper capitalization, punctuation & spelling.
GeographyWestern Europe Due 12/1
ScienceMake beetle minibookRead p190-193 & complete copywork p159Flies, Mosquitos, & True BugsRead p194-197
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2
GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe on 12/2
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/9

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 month's virtue is Respect.


Math

Objectives:

1. Find the fraction of a quantity.

2. Multiply a fraction by a whole number.

3. Multiply a whole number by a fraction where the product is greater than 1.

4. Review previously learned skills


Spelling

Objective: Analyze nine ways to spell the sound of /e/


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn about the Wright Brothers and the invention of the airplane

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.


Grammar

Objective:

1. Introduce Pattern 2 sentences: SN, V-t, DO

2. Identify a direct object in a sentence.

3. Review editing

4. Practice skills


Writing 

Objectives:

1. Create a KWO using the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model 2. Write a 2-paragraph report on Hans Christian Anderson 3. Ban weak adjectives: a lot and interesting 4. Review and assess vocabulary words 5. Incorporate dress-ups: ly, who/which, because clause, www.asia, strong verb, quality adjective


History 

Objectives: 

1. Identify key figures in the Mexican Revolution.

2. Know that conflicts and alliances between the Balkan countries was a major factor leading to WW I.

3. Know that WW I  started in 1914 after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand.


WW I Journal Questions:
1. What complaints did Serbia have against Austria?
2. What did Serbian Gavrilo Pricip do to show his hatred of Austria?
3. How did Austria respond?
4. Why did the sinking of the Lusitania make so many people angry?

5. What caused the United States to enter World War I?


Science

1. Review Order Coleoptera

2. Identify characteristics of flies, mosquitos, and true bugs


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 are studying Western 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 2nd 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