This year's biblical theme: BE TRANSFORMED--
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
-Romans 12:2
IMPORTANT DATES/COMING SOON:
Tuesday, August 25 - PICTURE DAY! 📸
Thursday, August 27 - DOGS🐶/Pizza 🍕/Spirit Day (Students may wear a Fortis spirit shirt with jeans or uniform bottoms.)
Tuesday, September 8 - Labor Day Holiday. No school or homework.
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Last week in 4th grade.....
Becoming "taxonomists" for the day!
Working hard on IEW.
Playing Ships and Sailors!
Math
Begin math with a 5-minute warm-up of addition practice using Facts Practice A or B When your child can complete the page correctly in 5 min, move on to subtraction, multiplication, or division. Math Facts
Note: Textbook Lesson 6 provides additional practice for your student. The goal is mastery. Some students need more practice, some less. You decide how many problems your student needs to complete based on their mastery of the skills.
Objectives:
1. Subtract 5-digit numbers.
2. Use mental math to add and subtract up to 5-digit numbers
3. Solve multi-step word problems with addition and subtraction
4. Practice previously learned skills
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Spelling
Objective: Spell words with the sound of /kt/ spelled ct
Please review old rules and spelling patterns.
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Reading
Objectives:
1. Identify virtues in characters
2. Summarize a passage through oral narration
3. Interact with the text through discussion and activities
4. Increase vocabulary
NOTE: For a list of additional classical books your child may enjoy, check out Classicalreader.com.
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Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO from a source text.
2. Write a rough draft of a fable using KWO and a composition checklist.
3. Incorporate new vocabulary.
4. Correctly incorporate “ly” words into the composition.
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Objectives:
1. Identify adverbs that modify adjectives and adverbs.
2. Identify P1 sentences: SN V
3. Review singular, plural, and proper nouns.
4. Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence.
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History
Objectives:
1. Know that David Livingstone went to Africa to care for the sick and preach Christianity.
2. Recognize problems facing China in the mid-1800s: corrupt government and opium addiction.
Science
Objectives:
1. Know how to collect and identify insects.
2. Identify different types of insect eyes, mouths, legs, and wings.
3. Begin to create an insect collection for observation.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here. We will present this poem together during the morning assembly in October - date TBA at this point. I will email as soon as we have it confirmed.
Geography: Continents & Oceans test is this Thursday. Students are responsible for labeling seven continents and five oceans. A word bank will be provided and Spelling will be graded. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
