Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 20 - Jan. 28 - Feb. 3

 

4th Grade Week 20Tuesday
1/28/2025
Wednesday
1/29/2025
Thursday
1/30/2025
Friday
1/31/2025
Monday
2/3/2025
Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipJustice- "Therefore the LORD is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy." -Isaiah 30:18
Bible
Esther 3-8
Nehemiah 1
Neh. 2,4 & 6:15-16
Malachi 3
MathCh 10 Quiz & Ch. 11, L1:
TB pgs. 33-37,
WB pgs. 29-31
Ch. 11, L2:
TB pgs. 38-40,
WB pgs. 32-33
Ch. 11, L3:
TB pgs. 41-45,
WB pgs. 35-37
Ch. 11, L4:
TB pgs. 46-50,
WB pgs. 39-41
Have your student memorize the formulas for Area & Perimeter. Area = Length x Width, Perimeter = sum of all sides (or P= 2 x Length + 2 x Width)
SpellingReview New Teaching (Make It Plural book) and Writing Station words. DS 4-6.Rewrite Step 16 Test misspelled words 5x correctly, Step 17: Review Card Box, DS 7-9.Step 17 Spelling TestStep 18 New Teaching, Complete Make it Plural Book pgs. 7-9, Dictate 10 words.DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 18 Practice."
GrammarCh. 16, L1: The Indirect Object & Pattern 3. Jingle Time, Grammar Time.Ch. 16, L1: Jingle 17, Practice 1,2, & 3 (Practice book pgs. 78 & 79) CCCCh. 16, L2: Grammar Time & Write a P3 sentence.Ch. 16, L3: Jingle 17, Grammar Time, Practice Time pg. 80 CCC
WritingL24: Great Bear Constellation - Create outlines from 2 sources, create a fused KWO pg. 179.Complete style practice pgs. 180-181, vocab study. Using your fused outline & composition checklist pg. 182 begin writing RD.Complete RD, edit & begin writing FD.Complete FD of Great Bear. Use your rubric to make sure you have all required elements.
Due Tues.
ReadingNumber the Stars DiscussionRead Ch. 6-7 and write the answers to questions 6-11, pgs. 21-22 in your journal.Symbolism in literature & Vocab StudyRead Ch 8-9 and write the answers to questions 1-5, pg. 27 in your journal.
HistoryChina and The Long MarchBlack Tues & the New Deal pgs. 335-341. Write the answer to journal questions 1-4 only.The Great DepressionRead "Hitler's Rise to Power," pgs. 341-346 and write the answers to questions in your journal.We will introduce our WW II project next week. You may want to discuss subject options with your child and take a trip to the library to get some books. It's good to teach them how to maneuver in a library and utilize books for research as opposed to just looking everything up online.
GeographyEastern Europe
SciencePasserines & Practice bird identification.Read TB pgs. 181-184. Check out Songbirds.Practice Bird IdentificationRead TB pgs. 185-188. Check out Songbirds.
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Due 2/20
POETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/6
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/13
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/8

Coming Soon:
Thursday, Jan. 30 - Spirit Day, DOGS Day, Pizza!
Thursday, Feb. 13 - Spirit Day (no pizza) and Valentine Exchange💘

Discipleship: 
Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence. Start your homeschool day with prayer and a Bible reading. Our virtue this month is Justice. Justice is the cardinal virtue that consists of the constant and firm will to give what is due to God and neighbor. Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness meets the needs of others and avoids harshness.
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Math
Note: Start each day with a facts practice warm-up sheet. Do whichever page your child is needing extra practice on. Set the timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, then complete the rest of the page. Optional: Correct and return to school for an extra credit completion grade. (Two sheets per week.)

Objectives:

1. Find the area of a figure given the side lengths by converting units.

2. Find the unknown side of a rectangle given the area and one side.

3. Find the area of rectangular paths.

4. Find the perimeter of rectangles.

5. Find the length of an unknown side given the length of one side and the perimeter.

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Spelling

Objective:
1. Make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.

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Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Identify symbolism in literature.

3. Learn new vocabulary.

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Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify and classify P3 sentences with a subject noun, verb-transitive, indirect object, and direct object.

2. Write a practice P3 sentence.

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Writing 

Objectives:

1. Practice the Unit 6 structural model.
2. Create source outlines from two sources.
3. Create a fused outline.
4. Write a 1-paragraph report about the Great Bear constellation.
5. Correctly use vocabulary words: jealous and judge.
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History 

Objectives:

1. Study civil wars in China that eventually led to Mao's Communist rule.

2. Know that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 leading to the Great Depression. 3. Know that Hitler rose to power in Germany during the Great Depression.

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Science

Objective: 
1. Identify several characteristics of Passerines.
2. Identify several purposes of bird calls.
3. Practice identifying Texas birds using a field guide.
4. Know the purposes of bird banding.

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

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone." These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here is one. In Christ Alone. Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are continuing our study of Eastern 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.

Sheppard's software practice game: Eastern Europe

History: We are beginning our memorization of the U.S. Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents: Washington to Trump and an older version, US Presidents to "America"

For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/13


Key Dates for 3rd 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