Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 14 - November 12-18

 

4th Grade Week 14Tuesday
11/12/2024		Wednesday
11/13/2024		Thursday
11/14/2024		Friday
11/15/2024		Monday
11/18/2024		Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipDILIGENCE - "Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble." 2 Peter 1:10
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
MathFP-I, Ch 8, L3, TB p188-191, WB p176-177FP-I, Ch 8, L4 TB p192-195, WB p179-181Ch 8, L5 TB p196-200 WB p182-184Ch 8, L6 TB p201-203, WB p185-187Ch 8, L7 TB p204-206, WB p188-190Co-Teachers, please check WB exercises from the prior school day and help with corrections and ensure mastery.
SpellingStep 12: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!Rewrite misspelled test words 5x, Review Card Box, DS 7-9. Review phonogramsStep 12 Spelling TestStep 13: New teaching, Dictate 10 words.DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 13 Practice"
GrammarCh 12, L1: Introduce Pattern 2 Sentences, Jingle 16, Ref 38, Classify sentences & Complete activityCh 12, L2 Jingle, 16 Classify sentences & Oral Skill Builder Check (TM p206-207)Ch 12, L3 Editing SkillsComplete Grammar WS sent home. Due Tues.
WritingWriter's Conference & Work on FD of HCAReview Vocab words, Complete FD of HCA. Underline & label all dress-ups. Due Thurs. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RDIntroduce Writing from pictures. Read "The Ugly Duckling"Read p117 and create your original KWO on p118. Each "Central Fact" is like a topic sentence--it tells what is happening in the picture. Add details & Clincher for each picture. Due Tues.
ReadingDiscuss The Wright Brothers Ch 4 & 5Read Ch 6-7 and write answers to journal questions,DiscussionRead Ch 8-9 and write answers to journal questions.
HistoryThe Last Emperor of ChinaReread "The Last Emperor" p239-243 & write answers to questions in your journal.The Mexican Revolution & mapworkRead "The Balkan Mess" p231-236 & practice writing out key dates 1-6 (event & date)
GeographyWestern EuropeColor and label each country in Western EuropePracticeReview for next week's test
SciencePraying Mantids, Dragonflies, & DamselfliesRead TB p140-143 & orally narrate. Do Act. 7.7 TB p143 and write what you learned about order Orthoptera in journal p147.Order Orthoptera: Crickets, Grasshoppers & KatydidsRead TB p144-146 Do Activity 7.8
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Western Europe Due 11/21
POEM 2, Due for Recitation on 12/5
KEY DATES: 1-6 Test on 12/10

Coming Soon!

Thursday, Nov. 14 - Spirit Day!
Thursday, Nov. 21 - DOGS, Spirit & Pizza Day!
Monday Nov. 25 - Friday Nov. 29 - Thanksgiving Break: NO SCHOOL 
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Our virtue of the month is Diligence. Diligence is careful and persistent work or effort. It is the quality of being conscientious and dedicated. 

Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness is doing what is right and best for others in every circumstance.

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Math

Continue to start each day with a Facts Practice sheet. Set a timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, and have student complete the page. Correct & return to school. Email me if your student has complete mastery and you will no longer be turning them in.


Objectives:

1. Multiply a fraction by a whole number.

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

3. Find the fraction of a quantity.

4. Multiply a whole number by a fraction.

5. Multiply a whole number by a fraction where the product is greater than 1.

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Spelling

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

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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.

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Grammar

Objectives:

1. Introduce Pattern 2 sentences: SN, V-t, DO

2. Identify a direct object in a sentence.

3. Review editing.

4. Practice skills.

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Writing 

Objectives:

1. Practice the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model.

2. Write a polished 2-paragraph report on Hans Christian Anderson.

3. Introduce the "Writing from Pictures" structural unit.

4. Create a KWO for a 3-paragraph story.

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History 

Objectives: 

1. See God's hand in the history of China.
2. Identify key figures in the Mexican Revolution.

3. Know that conflicts and alliances between the Balkan countries were a major factor leading to WW I.

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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:  Western Europe test 11/21. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. A word bank is provided, spelling and capitalization will be graded.
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