Fortis Academy 4th grade: Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2021

4th Grade Week 16	11/29/2021	11/30/2021	12/1/2021	12/2/2021	12/3/2021
Discipleship	TRUSTWORTHINESS "Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame having nothing evil to say about us." Titus 2;7-8
Bible		Isaiah-Select verses	Hosea 4:1-3 & 6:1-3	II Kings 17	Nahum 1, Zeph 1:14-18, Hab 3:16-19
Math		Math Facts Practice Ch 9, L1 TB p211-217, WB p201-203	Complete Math Facts Practice Sheet sent home & Ch 8, L9 Practice TB p210 & WB p196-197 Co-teachers, please check and help students correct any errors in preparation for tomorrow's test	Math Facts Practice & Ch 8 Test	Complete Math Facts Practice Sheet sent home & Ch 9, L2 TB p218-220, WB p205-207
Spelling	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 14 Practice".	Step 14: Review New Teaching, Review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!	Review Card Box, Review Phonograms: sh, th, oo, ee, oy, oi, ch for next week's assessment Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 14 Spelling Test & Phonogram Review	Step 15: New teaching, Dictate 10 words & Sentences 1-3. Review phonograms ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, ui for next week's assessment
Grammar		Editing Skills	Daily Grammar	Editing Skills	Ch 12, L4 Test. Do Ex 1, 2, 4, and Ex 5 #1 & 2 only. Co-teachers, please correct in red pen and return to school for grade recording
Writing		Writer's Conference & In-class writing assignment	Work on FD of HCA & practice poem for tomorrow's recitation	Poem 2 Recitations	Complete FD of HCA, Due Tues 12/7 Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
Reading		Discussion & read Ch 18-19	Finish reading The Wright Brothers & put Helen Keller in your backpack for tomorrow	Introduce Helen Keller, Read p7-19	Helen Keller Read p20-45 and copy first 3 quotes in your journal
Latin
History		World War 1: Trench warfare, aircraft	Read "The Russian Revolution" p223-227 and in your journal answer questions below	Lenin & the Bolshevik Revolution	Read The End of the War p227-231 & Review Key Dates 1-6
Geography		Review Western Europe	Review for tomorrow's test	Western Europe Test
Science		Add facts to beetle mini-book	Read TB p12-14 "Habitats & Instinct" & add 3 facts to journal p15.	Insect Review	Read p15-17 "Extinction" & add at least 3 facts to journal p15. Complete study guide in preparation for insect test on Tues.
Memory Work	POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2 GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe on 12/2 KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/9

Check Alma weekly for grades and/or missing work.

Coming Soon:

Tuesday, Dec 7 - Moms in Prayer 9-10am

Thursday, Dec 9 - Ugly Christmas Sweater Day & Grammar school Christmas Party!

Friday, Dec 10 - End of 2nd Quarter

Monday, Dec 13 - Friday, Jan 7 - Christmas Break!

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 trustworthiness.

Trustworthiness: Gaining the confidence of others by demonstrating reliability.

Math

Objectives:

1. Interpret change over time in bar and line graphs

2. Practice multiplying fractions.

3. Assessment

4. Draw and display data in a line graph

Spelling

Objective:
1. Spell more words with the sound of /z/ spelled s.
2. Review and assess phonograms

Please administer the Classical Phonics Assessment (in binder) this week and return to school Monday.  

You only need to do Assessment 2.  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  

1. Identify goodness, truth, and beauty in biographical literature.

Grammar

Objective:

1 Classify Pattern 2 sentences: SN, V-t, DO

2. Review editing and punctuation skills

3. Practice editing skills

4. Assessment

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a polished 2-paragraph report on Hans Christian Anderson

2. Recite 2nd quarter poem

History 

Objectives: 

1. Know that Russia's economic collapse led to the Bolshevik Revolution, which forced the Czar out of power.

2. Know that the Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin, became a brutal dictator.

3. Lenin established the USSR and ruled over it until his death in 1924.

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

5. Know that WW I ended in 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Questions:

Answer the following questions in your journal using complete sentences with proper capitalization and punctuation.

1. List two reasons why Russian peasants had a difficult life 

2. What were the two reasons why so many Russians were angry with the Romanovs?

3. What group seized control of the government? Who was their leader?

4. Why was the Bolshevik party renamed the "Communist Party"?

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 assessing 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 5/5/21

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