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