Fortis Academy 4th grade: Nov. 8 - 12, 2021

 
4th Grade Week 1411/8/202111/9/202111/10/202111/11/202111/12/2021
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 2:1-3, 3:5-28, Select ProverbsEcc 3:1-10 & II Chron 7:11-22I Kings 12 & 17:1-24II Chron 20:1-30
MathReview any shaky concepts for tomorrow's testCh 7 Test & Ch 8 L1 TB p181-184, WB p171-173Ch 8, L2 TB p185-187, WB p174-175Ch 8, L3, TB p188-191, WB p176-177Ch 8, L4 TB p192-195, WB p179-181
SpellingDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 12 Practice".Step 12: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!Rewrite misspelled test words 5x, Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Review phonogramsStep 12 Spelling TestStep 13: New teaching, Dictate 10 words .
GrammarCh 11, L1Ch 11, L2 Classify sentences, Do Practice Time p72TestDaily Grammar
WritingRead & discuss The Brother's Grimm, make KWO, Introduce www.asia dress-up, style practiceReview vocab: devoted, publish, Using your KWO, style practice p104-105, and composition checklist p106, write a RD on the Brothers Grimm, Co-teachers, please check mechanicsWriter's Conference & begin writing FDComplete FD started in class yesterday. Due Tues. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD Are all dress-ups underlined and labeled?
ReadingDiscuss The Wright Brothers Ch 4 & 5Read Ch 6-7 and complete journal questions as you goDiscussionRead Ch 8-9 and complete questions as you go
LatinL7L7
HistoryThe Boxer Rebellion & Hudson Taylor, Missionary to ChinaLook up some facts about China and complete the worksheet on Hudson TaylorThe Last Emperor of ChinaRead Czar & Admiral p185-189 and orally narrate
GeographyWestern Europe Due 12/1
ScienceWhat Do You Remember? p142Read p183-186 and add interesting facts to journal p154Fireflies & LadybugsRead p187-190 and add facts to journal
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/2
GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe on 12/2
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/9
Coming Soon:
Thursday, Nov 11 - Spirit Day! Students may wear jeans/shorts with spirit shirts.
Thursday, Nov 18 - Spirit Day, D.O.G.S. Day, and Pizza Day!
Nov 22 -26 Thanksgiving Break - 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. 


Math

Objectives:

1. Assess adding and subtracting fractions.

2. Find the value of a whole number times a unit fraction.

3. Find the value of a whole number times a fraction.

4. Simplify before multiplying a fraction and a whole number.

5. Find a fraction of a set.


Spelling

Objective: Spell words with the sound of /e/ spelled ei and more words with silent 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

Objectives:

1. Correctly capitalize and punctuate a friendly letter 2. Review & practice capitalization and punctuation skills

3. Assess capitalization and punctuation skills


Writing 

Objectives:

1. Create a KWO using the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model 2. Correctly use the topic/clincher rule 3. Write a 1-paragraph report on the Brothers Grimm 4. Correctly use new vocabulary words: devoted, publish 5. Incorporate the www.asia clause (when, while, where, as, since, if, although)


History 

Objectives: 

1. See God's hand in the history of China
2. Learn about the ministry of Hudson Taylor, missionary to China
3. Learn about the war between Russian and Japan


Science

1. Review social insects.

2. Identify characteristics of beetles, flies, ladybugs, and fireflies.


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 5/5/22


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


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