Fortis Academy 4th grade: Oct 25 - 28, 2022

4th Grade Week 12	10/24/2022	10/25/2022	10/26/2022	10/27/2022	10/28/2022	Looking Ahead: Monday, 10/31/2022
Discipleship	DILIGENCE: "The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied." (Proverbs 13:4)
Bible		Ruth 1 & 2	I Sam 1	I Sam 3 & 8	I Sam 16
Math		Ch 6 quiz & Ch 7, L1 TB p161-164, WB p151-153	Ch 7, L2 TB p165-167, WB p154-156	Ch 7 L3 TB p168-170, WB p157-158	Ch 7, L4 TB p171-172, WB p160-161
Spelling	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 10 Practice".	Review New Teaching, phonograms, DS 4-6	Rewrite misspelled Step 9 words 5x, Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Review phonograms ow, ou, ai, ay, ea, or, ui	Step 10 Spelling Test	Step 11 : New teaching, Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 11 Practice".
Grammar		Review Irregular Verbs & Ch 9, L1 Conjunctions & Interjections	Ch 9, L2 Classify sentences & orally list the 8 parts of speech. Be sure you can give an example of each, Listen to Jingles 14 & 15, Complete Daily Grammar	Ch 9, L3, Classify sentences, Ref. 28 Homonyms	Review Ref 28: Homonym Chart & complete worksheet sent home
Writing		Introduce Summarizing a Reference, Create KWO for swans, retell, begin style practice p91-92	Complete Pythias FD due tomorrow. &  Using KWO & Composition Checklist write RD of Swans. Co-teachers, please check mechanics	Writer's Conference & In-class writing assignment	Write FD of Swans. Due Mon stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
Reading		Discuss Ch 13-14 & work on character chart	Read Misty Ch 15-16, Add to character chart	Discussion	Read Ch 17-18 and complete p26-27 questions in your journal
Latin
History		Russian Czars	Read The Korean Battlefield p157-161, orally narrate and write a 4-5 sentence summary of key events in your journal	Teddy Roosevelt, Frederick Remington, & The Spanish American War	Read "The Spanish American War" SOTW p161-167 Journal p31	Review History Key Dates 1-4
Geography		Western Europe Due 12/1
Science		Biblical Characteristics of Ants	Read p169-171 Sketch & add facts to journal p141	Social Insects: Bees & Termites	Read p172-175 Add facts to journal p141	Insect Collection Due next Thursday!
Memory Work	POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/1 GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe on 12/1 KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/8

Coming Soon:

Tuesday, Oct 25 - Picture Retakes

Thursday, Oct 27 - Spirit, D.O.G.S, and Pizza Day!

Friday, Oct 28 - Fall Festival

Tuesday, Nov 1 - Historic Dress-up Day 

Note: Our class is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. Students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history for Historical Dress-Up day.

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. 

Our Character Virtue of the month is Diligence.

Math

Objectives:

1. Add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

2. Add and subtract fractions with related denominators.

3. Add a fraction and mixed numbers with related denominators.

4. Add mixed numbers with related denominators.

Spelling

Objective: Know five ways to spell the sound of /er/.

Reading  

We are finishing Misty of Chincoteague this week.

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn new vocabulary.

3. Engage in meaningful discussion.

4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Review the eight parts of speech

2. Know that homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

3. Use the correct homonym to complete a sentence correctly

Writing   

We are starting a new unit in writing this week: Summarizing a Reference.

Writing Objectives:

1. Be introduced to Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference Structural Model

2. Memorize and correctly use the topic/clincher rule.

3. Create a KWO of several facts

4. Write a 1-paragraph RD on swans

Science

1. Identify characteristics of ants, bees, and other social insects

2. Identify jobs of bees

Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified

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: 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