Fortis Academy 4th grade: Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2022

4th Grade Week 1611/28/202211/29/202211/30/202212/1/202212/2/2022Looking Ahead Monday, 12/5/2022
DiscipleshipGRATEFULNESS: "Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thess. 5:16-18
BibleIsaiah-Select versesHosea 4:1-3 & 6:1-3II Kings 18Nahum 1, Zeph 1:14-18, Hab 3:16-19
MathCh 8, L8 TB p207-209, WB Ex 8 p192Ch 8, L9 Practice TB p210 & WB p196-197 Co-teachers, please check and help students correct any errors in preparation for tomorrow's testCh 8 Test & Ch 9, L1 TB p211-217, WB p201-203Ch 9, L2 TB p218-220, WB Ex 2 p205
SpellingStep 14: Review New Teaching, Review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!Re-Write misspelled Step 13 words 5x, Review Card Box, Review Phonograms: sh, th, oo, ee, oy, oi, ch Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 14 Spelling Test & Phonogram ReviewStep 15: New teaching, Dictate 10 words & Sentences 1-3. Review phonograms ow, ou, ay, ai, ea, or, uiAdminister FA Phonics Assessment #2 and Oral Phonogram Drill Sheet & return to school Tues.
GrammarEditing SkillsDaily GrammarEditing SkillsCh 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
WritingWriter's Conference & In-class writing assignmentWork on FD of HCA & practice poem for tomorrow's recitationPoem 2 RecitationsComplete FD of HCA, Due Mon 12/7 Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
ReadingDiscussion & read Ch 18-19Finish reading The Wright Brothers & put Helen Keller in your backpack for tomorrowIntroduce Helen Keller, Read p7-19Helen Keller Read p20-45 and copy the first 3 quotes in your journal
Latin
HistoryWorld War 1: Trench warfare, aircraftRead "The Russian Revolution" p223-227 and answer journal questions.Lenin & the Bolshevik RevolutionRead The End of the War p227-231 answer questions & Review Key Dates 1-6
GeographyReview Western EuropeReview for tomorrow's testWestern Europe Test
SciencePotential & Kinetic EnergyComplete worksheet sent homeHeat & Thermal EnergyComplete worksheet sent homeReview for insect final test Tues
Memory WorkPOEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/1
GEOGRAPHY: Western Europe on 12/1
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/8
Check Alma weekly for grades and/or missing work.

Coming Soon:
Thursday, Dec 1 - Spirit, D.O.G.S, and Pizza Day!
Thursday, Dec 8 - Christmas Sweater Day & Grammar school Christmas Party!
Friday, Dec 9 - End of 2nd Quarter
Monday, Dec 12 - Friday, Jan 6 - 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 Gratefulness.


Math

Objectives:

1. Solve word problems involving fractions.

2. Practice multiplying fractions.

3. Assessment

4. Interpret change over time in bar and line graphs

5. 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.

Science
1. Describe potential and kinetic energy and give examples of each.
2. Measure and explain the transfer of thermal energy.


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