Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 9 - Oct. 6 - 12

 


4th Grade Week 9Tue, Oct 6Wed, Oct 7Thu, Oct 8Fri, Oct 9Mon, Oct 12Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship
Bible
Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School
Exodus, Part 2 overviewExodus 34:1-4 and 34:29-35Numbers 13-14Numbers 20:1-13
MathMF Practice;
Ch. 5, L7:
Practice B,
TB pg. 130		MF Practice-I; Review division WB pg. 118 #1;
Ch. 5, L5:
TB pgs. 122-125, select problems;
WB pgs. 109		MF Practice-I Review 1 TB pgs. 132-133 (Review any weak long division concepts for Quiz Tuesday)MF Practice-I & Introduce Fractions with manipulatives; Ch. 6, L1:
TB pgs. 135-140		We are skipping Ch. 5, L6.
Also, if you haven't already, think about ordering some type of fraction manipulatives. Here is an example: Amazon.com: 156 PCS Magnetic Fraction Tiles Circles, Educational Math Learning Manipulatives Set for Preschool Elementary School.
SpellingStep 7: Review New Teaching, words beginning with "ex"
WS, DS 4-6,
Play Sparkle for review up to
Step 7; DS 7-9
pg. 51		Rewrite misspelled words 5x;
Step 6: Review any shaky Phonograms and key card box		Step 8: New teaching pgs. 53-56; Dictate words pg. 56
GrammarCh. 8, L1
(pgs. 127-130): Helping Verbs, Adverb "not." Make Practice sentence. Grammar Time (PB pg. 7), Review vocab. words (pg. 130)		Ch. 8, L2
(pgs. 131-134): Jingle 14, Grammar Time (PB pg. 7), Review vocab. words (pg. 134) and orally use them in a sentence. Ref 27 Irregular Verbs		Review Helping Verbs &
Ch. 8, L3
(pgs. 135-139): Grammar Time (PB pg. 7), Ref 27 Irregular Verbs		Review Jingle 14 (Helping Verbs);
Ch. 8, L3 Cont'd (pg. 139): For practice, complete Test Time section (pg. 139); and for fun, do Activity Time--Acrostic Poem (pg. 139) optional: bring to class on Monday to share!
WritingL8 pg. 60:
Finish writing 2nd paragraph RD. Writers Conference.		L8 pg. 60: Check KWO &
begin writing 3rd paragraph RD (Climax and Resolution).		L8 pg. 60:
Finish 3rd paragraph RD. Writer's Conference. Start FDs of all paragraphs.		L8 pg. 60:
Continue working on FDs paragraphs 1-3.
ReadingRead The Perilous Journey Ch. 11. Complete vocabulary activity in RJ pg. 16.Begin discussion on literary conflict. p. 17 & Character Analysis pg. Begin to read The Perilous Road Ch. 12.Finish reading The Perilous Road Final Ch. 12. Answer 3 written questions from those listed at the bottom of p.16 & top of p. 17. Complete vocab activities on pg. 19.Read Chs. 13 & 14. Write the answer to 3 questions from p. 19. For Optional Extra Credit: Do the fun Cloze Activity for The Perilous Road (RJ pg. 22).
HistoryReview for History quiz tomorrow. Read SOTW Ch. 11: "The Iron Outlaw."
Make a Wanted Poster.
See Journal for Activity instructions.		Share Wanted posters; History Quarter Quiz;
If time, Australian Activities		Read SOTW Ch. 11: "Carving Up Africa."
Orally narrate key points.
GeographySouthern Europe Test Next Thursday
ScienceRead TB pgs. 96-99. Orally narrate key points.Read TB pgs. 99-102. Do crossword in NB pgs. 108-109.
(Note some of the words will come from portions not read yet. Have your student look through the whole chapter to find vocab words or use the index in the back of the book).		Please bring Science Notebooks next Tuesday for grading!
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe - Test on 10/15
KEY DATES: 1-8 Test on 12/10
POEM 2: Due for Recitation on 12/3

IMPORTANT DATES:

Tuesday, October 6 - NO SCHOOL/Teacher Inservice/Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday, October 8 - Re-Accreditation Team on site
Friday, October 9 - End of 1st Quarter
Tuesday, October 20 - Picture Retakes
Thursday, October 29 - Historical Dress-up/DOGS Day/Pizza
Friday, October 30 - Fall Festival
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Last Week in 4th Grade:

                                                                        Science Notebook journals.

                                    Science time!                                                        Doing Impressionistic paintings.

                                                                Long Division Wars!

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Discipleship

Our Character Virtue of the month is Prudence. Prudence is deciding wisely on when and how to act, and what to do.
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Math
Continue working on memorizing math facts until mastered. Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.


Objectives:
1. Solve multi-step word problems involving division
2. Practice division
3. Identify equivalent fractions
4. Cumulative review of content from Ch 1-6
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Spelling
Objective:  Spell words with the sound of /eks/ and /egs/ spelled ex.

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Reading  

Finish The Perilous Road. Begin Mary Poppins this (next Monday).
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Writing

Objectives:

1. Write a 3-paragraph myth that follows the story sequence chart (characters/setting, conflict/problem, climax/resolution).
2. Incorporate dress-ups (-ly, who/which, strong verb) and vocabulary words (proud, fasten).
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Grammar

1. Recognize and use helping verbs in sentences.
2. Know that "not" is usually an adverb.
3. Use irregular verbs correctly in various tense forms.
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History  
Objectives: 
1. Assessment 
2. Learn about the geography and culture of Australia. (Taste Australia food items, listen to a digeridoo, learn about Aborigines).
3. Know that prisoners were sent to Australia instead of prisons in Britain.
4. Understand that free men and women joined the prisoners in Australia because they could own a farm of their own.
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Science
1. Identify jobs of bees.
2. Honey tasting experiment.
3. Identify characteristics of honeybees.

Note:
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
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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: Continue to memorize the countries of Southern Europe. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided. Sheppards software has helpful computer games for additional practice.
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