Fortis Academy 4th grade: March 28 - April 1, 2022

4th Grade Week 283/28/20223/29/20223/30/20223/31/20224/1/2022
DiscipleshipPATIENCE: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." I Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
BibleActs 10Acts 13Acts 14, Acts 16:16-38Acts 17
MathCh 14, L5 TB p153-155, WB p117-118Ch 14, L6 TB p156-159, WB p119-121Ch 14 L7 TB p160-163, TB p122-124Ch 14, L8 TB p164-167, WB p125-126Ch 14, L9 Practice TB p168-170, WB p127-129
SpellingStep 25: Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 25 Practice."Step 25: Review NT, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!Review Step 25 words, phonograms & Card Box. Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 25 Spelling TestStep 26 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words
GrammarCh 21, L1 Parts of a Friendly LetterCh 21, L2 Classify sentences, Use Ref 63 & 64 to write a friendly letter to assigned classmate, Put in envelope, but do not seal. Due tomorrow. Practice writing your home address correctly until you can do it perfectly from memory. You'll need it for tomorrow!Ch 22, L1 Writing a Business LetterCh 22 L2 Classify Sentences. Use Ref 65-67 to draft a business letter to a company of your choice. See note below. Please address an envelope, but do not seal. Due Tuesday
WritingWriter's Conference & Begin 2nd paragraph of writing prompt essayComplete 2nd paragraph RD of writing prompt, Include dress-ups: ly, w/w, sv, b/c, adj, www.asia, #2 prep & #3 ly openers. Proofread & edit your RDWriting from a prompt cont.Complete your RD. Did you start with an "attention getter"? End with a final clincher? Include all dress-ups? RD with corrections made due Tuesday
ReadingDiscuss Journey to Jo'Burg Ch 3-6, Read Ch 7-8Read Journey to Jo'Burg Chaps 9-11 & answer questionsDiscussion & Read
Ch 12 -13		Journey to Jo'Burg Ch 14-15 & answer questions in journal. Due Tuesday. Put Moonwalk in your backpack!
Latin
HistoryJFK DiscussionRead SOTW "Civil Rights" p402-408Key Dates Test & Martin Luther King Jr.and "I Have a Dream" discussionRead SOTW "The Vietnam War" p411-414 and complete interview.
GeographyReview ScandinaviaReview ScandinaviaScandinavia Test
ScienceEgg facts & experimentsRead p96-98 & add facts to journal p79Precocial BirdsRead p99-100 and complete What Do You Remember p80
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 on 5/2
GEOGRAPHY: Scandinavia Test 3/30
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/30
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/4
 Coming Soon:
Thursday, March 31 - Spirit, D.O.G.S. and Pizza Day!
Tuesday, April 5 - Moms in Prayer (9-10am)
Tuesday, April 19 - Teacher Inservice (NO SCHOOL)

Math
Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for recording.


Objectives:

1. Divide a one-place decimal by a one-digit whole number.

2. Divide a two-place decimal by a one-digit whole number.

3. Divide decimals to hundredths in cases where the quotient has a different number of decimal places than the dividend.

4. Practice division with decimals.


Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell words containing the sound of /u/ spelled ou.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Engage in meaningful discussion.

3. Learn about life in South Africa during Apartheid


Writing

Objectives:

1. Write a 2-paragraph composition from a writing prompt.
2. Correctly incorporate dress-ups and sentence openers.


Grammar

Objectives:

1. Know the five parts of a friendly letter: Heading, Greeting, Body, Closing, Signature

2. Write a friendly letter to a relative or friend using the correct format

3. Address an envelope

4. Know common reasons to write a business letter.
5. Write a properly formatted business letter.

Note: Students will learn four types of business letters and write to a company of their choice.  They will often receive back a reply, which can be exciting. Bring the properly formatted letter, along with an addressed envelope to school on Tuesday. After they are checked, we will mail them.


History 

Objectives:

1. Know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a national leader of the Civil Rights Movement of 1950-1968

2. Become familiar with MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech

2. Write a personal "Dream" speech

3. Know that American soldiers fought against communist North Vietnam for 8 years in a controversial war.


Science
Objectives:
1. Experiment with egg shell strength
2. Observe a growing chick embryo through candling
3. Identify precocial birds

Students will be making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  For coloring accuracy, search birds here:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/


Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "The Dentist and the Crocodile".  Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are finishing our study of Scandinavia 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: Continue your 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 4th 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
7. The Formation of Israel                             1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China          1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968
10, Man Walks on the Moon 1969 11. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989 12. The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 1991

Fortis Academy 4th grade: March 21 -25, 2022

 
4th Grade Week 273/21/20223/22/20223/23/20223/24/20223/25/2022
DiscipleshipPATIENCE: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." I Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
BibleActs 1 & 2Acts 4Acts 7 & 9Acts 12
MathFinish Review 3 TB p136-138 if not completed before breakMath Facts & Ch 14, L1 TB p139-142, WB p107-108Math Facts & Ch 14 L2 TB p143-146, WB p109-111Math Facts & Ch 14, L3 TB p147-150, WB p112-114Math Facts & Ch 14, L4 Practice TB p151--152
SpellingDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 24 Practice."Step 24: Review New Teaching and Strategies. Dictate sentences 4-6. Play Sparkle!Re-write missed Step 23 words, Review Card Box & Phonograms as needed, Dictate Sentences 7-9Step 24 Spelling TestStep 25 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words
GrammarCh 20, L1 Linking VerbsCh 20, L2 Classify sentences, Review plural rules Ref 60 & Do Ch 20, L2 Practice 1 & 2 CCCCh 20, L3 Similes & Metaphors, Complete Ch 20 L4 Activity Time: Color PoemDaily Grammar
WritingL26 Inventive Writing: Introduce IEW writing contest, Brainstorm ideas, Make practice KWOReview p196-197 and Complete "Day 1" tasks found on p195. Bring your completed Topic I KWO to class tomorrowComplete 2nd paragraph KWO & style practiceUsing Composition checklist p202, begin writing your RD. Check off each item on the checklist as you complete it. Highlight 2-3 key words in topic & clincher sentences. First paragraph due Mon.
ReadingMy Side of the Mountain final discussionPut Journey to Jo'Burg in your backpack for tomorrow.Introduce Journey to Jo-burgRead Journey to Jo'Burg Chaps 3-6
Latin
HistoryThe Korean War
&
 North Korea today		Read and complete handout sent home. Pray for Christians currently suffering persecution. Pick one of the stories that impacted you, and in your journal write out a prayer or make a list of what you will pray for these Christians.The Cuban Missile Crisis
&
Assign Vietnam War interviews:
(This weekend or next week, interview a relative, friend, or teacher who lived during the Vietnam War era. Due 4/2)		Read "The Death of JFK" p397-402
GeographyScandinavia
ScienceNest Review & Complete journal p76Read p89-91 & color Chickadees, Titmouse & Wren in your field guideEggsRead p91-95 and add facts to journal p78
Memory Work
POETRY: Poem 4 on 5/3
GEOGRAPHY: Scandinavia Test on 3/31
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/31
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/5
 
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 virtue this month is Patience.

Kids of Integrity has some great resources to help develop this virtue in your child.


Math
Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for recording.


1. Multiply tenths by a one-digit whole number.

2. Multiply hundredths by a one-digit number

3. Practice multiplying decimals

4. Divide tenths and Hundredths


Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell word endings of /awl/ spelled ought and words with a followed by l.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Engage in meaningful discussion.

3. Learn about life in South Africa during Apartheid


Writing

Objectives:

1. To be introduced to the Inventive Writing structural model

2. Create a key word outline from a writing prompt

3. write a 2-paragraph composition about a fantastic place


Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify linking verbs

2. Identify similes and metaphors.

3. Write a simile poem.


History 

Objectives:

1. Know that the Korean War resulted in the country being divided into Communist North Korea and democratic South Korea.
2. Identify facts about Korean culture.
3. Learn about challenges faced by North Koreans.
4. Explore the role the Cold War had on the Cuban Missile Crisis
5. Know that American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, TX

Science
Objectives:
1. Review types of nests 
2. Learn about the courtship rituals of birds
3. Identify the parts of an egg

Students will be making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  For coloring accuracy, search birds here:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/


Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "The Dentist and the Crocodile".  Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are beginning our study of Scandinavia 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: Continue your 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 4th 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
7. The Formation of Israel                             1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China          1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement    1950-1968
10, Man Walks on the Moon 1969 11. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989 12. The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 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


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