Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 15 - 19

4th	1/15/2018	1/16/2018	1/17/2018	1/18/2018	1/19/2018
Discipleship	Self-Discipline (Work) + Matthew 5: 1-11
Bible	1 Sam 3:1-10 (11-20)	Ps 139:1-10 , Jn 1:43-51	Acts 4:8-13, 2 Peter 1:1-15	Mark 8:27-35 (36-9:1)
Math	Review Hundredths. HIG p. 10, TB p. 15-16 LT 5-7, WB EX 6.	CCC WB EX 6. HIG p. 11, TB p 16-17 LT 8-9, WB Ex 7.	HIG p. 13, TB p. 17 LT 10-13, WB Ex 8.	CCC WB Ex 8. HIG p. 15, TB p 18-19 LT 14-17, WB Ex 9.	HIG p.16, TB 19 LT 18-23, WB Ex 10
Spelling	Step 16: Review Plural Patterns 1-4. DS 4-6 on same paper started Fri., Play Sparkle!	Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present.	Step 16 Spelling Test	Step 17 New Teaching. Complete Make It Plural Book Pattern 5 (p.6)	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 17 Practice."
Grammar	Ch 14, L4 Poem Due for HW grade. Ch 15, L1: Making Nouns Possessive	Ch 15, L2 Classify sentences & do Practice Time	Ch 15, L3 Review making nouns possessive	Chap 15 Test Do Ex. 1,2,4,5 Do Ex. 3 for optional extra credit, Co-Teachers, please correct in red pen and return to school for grade.
Writing	Read background info & source text (history card), Introduce quality adjectives, brainstorm ideas	Using your history card and notes from Mon, make a KWO outline about Mao & Communist Victory in China. Include a topic sentence, at least 5 facts & a clincher	Write a 1-paragraph RD using your outline and composition checklist, include all required dress-ups, Rubric sent home.	Edit your RD and write a FD in your history journal. Composition should be in cursive and include all elements listed on rubric.
Reading	Begin reading The House of Sixty Fathers Ch 4	Finish reading Ch 4, Begin Ch 5	Discuss Ch 4 & 5	Read Ch 6	Complete Ch 6 and be ready to discuss on Mon
Latin	Ch 14 Introduce 2nd Conjugation , New Vocabulary	Ch14 - Recite memory charts, review new teaching on 2nd conjugation.	Ch14 - Worksheet. Recite memory chart.	Ch14 - Recite memory chart, Complete Ch 14 quiz
History	Read SOTW Ch 32 "China After WW II" and discuss	Mao & Communist Victory in China #147 Timeline Song 2	Mao & Communist China	Timeline Song 1 We will begin assessing the first half of the timeline over the next few weeks.
Geography	Western Europe - Due 1/31
Science	Experiment: Amplifying Loudness p75	Read USE p206-207: Sound Write 2-4 sentence summary in journal	Experiment: The Speed of Sound, Controlling the Direction of Sound p70-71	Read USE p210-211 Sound Reproduction, Add to summary, Define "Sound Wave" & "Decibel"
Memory Work	Western Europe Due 1/31, Sound Poem Due 1/31, US Presidents Due 2/21 Quarter 3 Poem Due 2/28,

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, Jan 17 - Spirit Day

Wednesday, Jan 17 - Nest Meeting 9:00am

Wednesday, Jan 31 - Pizza Day!

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.  Our Character Virtue of the month is 

Self-Discipline, this week focusing on work.

Math:  

Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet and 5 min of Mental Math.  

Begin working through MM1 this week.

Objectives:

1. Express a mixed number as a decimal.

2. Relate money in dollars and cents to decimals.

3. Express a 2-place decimal as a fraction in simplest form.

4. Compare and order numbers to 2 decimal places.

5. Add and subtract tenths and hundredths

Please complete all the work assigned for home days, including workbook and practice exercises, as 

well as math facts practice. Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and

then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance

Composition:

Objectives:  

1. Take notes on facts from two paragraphs, limiting details.

2. Write a one paragraph RD which includes a topic sentence, several facts, final clincher and 

dress-ups.

3. Write a polished FD paragraph of information learned from multiple source texts.    

Reading: We will continue reading The House of Sixty Fathers this week. Please bring your book to 

class each day and be prepared to discuss the reading..

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Know how to make both singular and plural nouns possessive

2. Assess skills

Spelling

Objective: Learn how to make the plural form of words ending in f and fe.

Latin:

Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.

Chapter 1  

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4                                                                                 

Chapter 6   

Chapter 7  

Chapter 8  

Chapter 9  

Chapter 11             

History

Objectives:

1. Know that Mao Zedong brought communism to China in 1949

2. Name at least five results of Mao’s regime in China.

Science

Objectives:

1. Know that sound is a form of energy carried by waves of vibrating particles of solids, liquids or gas.

2. Experiment with changing the energy vibrations in order to change sound loudness

3. Experiment with controlling the direction of sound

4. Learn how by changing sound energy into electrical energy, sounds can be recorded

Vocabulary:

Sound Wave: a longitudinal mechanical wave that carries sound energy through a medium

Decibel: (dB) the unit of loudness

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

We are continuing our memorization of the US Presidents.  For assessment, students will write all the 

presidents' first and last names.  Due 2/21/18.  If you'd like to make flashcards, here are some 

president picture memory cards.   

Science Memory Work: Sound Unit Poem

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is “Pied Beauty”. Due 2/28.  Additional copies here.

History:  All US Presidents   There are several YouTube video songs.  Here are two:

US Presidents to "America"  US Presidents

Timeline:  You can find a YouTube video of the timeline song with pictures of the cards and dates on

here.

Here is a YouTube demonstration the hand motions for the first 6 minutes. Timeline Song

Here is a video of the hand motions for the second 6 minutes of the song: Timeline Song

Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History

Card timeline-motions  

Geography: We are continuing our study of Western Europe this week.  Additional maps found here.

All Geography songs and maps are found here.

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: Jan 8 - 12

4th	1/8/2018	1/9/2018	1/10/2018	1/11/2018	1/12/2018
Discipleship	Self-Discipline + Matthew 5: 1-10
Bible	Gen 1:1-5	Ps 29	Rom 6:1-11	Mk 1:4-11
Math	FP I, Start 4B books. HIG p 1, TB p. 6-8 LT 1-4, WB EX 1.	Make Test Corrections & return to school, HIG 3, TB 9-10 LT 5-8, WB Ex 2.	FP I, HIG p.5, TB p.10 LT 9-12, WB Ex 3.	FP I, HIG p. 6, TB 11 LT 13-14, WB Ex 4.	HIG p. 8, TB 12-14 LT 1-4, WB Ex 5.
Spelling	Play Sparkle!	Review Phonograms & Complete Phonics Assessment #2 if not already done.  See Note below Locate ‘Make It Plural Book” and put in backpack for tomorrow.	Step 16: New teaching, Introduce "Make It Plural Book" and complete Plural Patterns 1-4.	Review Step 16 New Teaching, Card Box, & Phonograms, DS 1-3 on paper titled "Step 16 Practice"
Grammar	Ch 14, L1 Sentences, Ref 47.	Ch 14, L2 Classify sentences & Practice Time 1-3 as a review of Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and sentence types.	Ch 14, L3	Ch 14 L4 Parts of Speech Poem, TM p246 Write a poem following the directions, due Monday.
Writing	L11, P1:Source text & KWO	L11, Part 2: Brainstorm & write 1-paragraph RD using Composition Checklist p.95. Study vocab for Lesson 11	L11, Part 4: Writer's Conference, Begin FD	Lesson 11, Part 4: Complete FD due Mon. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD
Reading	Read The House of Sixty Fathers p1-13	Read p13-30	Discussion and read p30-39	Read p40-48	Read p48-57
Latin	Ch 13 Grammar Review	Ch 13 Memory page review, fill in and check off the words you have mastered	Ch 13 Grammar Review cont.	Ch 13 Chant Review: Fill in the charts
History	SOTW Ch 30 "The Partitioning of Palestine"	Jewish State Established #146     Timeline Song 1	Mapping & Activities	In your journal write what you learned about the establishment of the Jewish State.	Timeline Song 2
Geography	Western Europe - Due 1/31
Science	Introduce sound memory work, Experiment: What Causes Sound" p64	Read USE p202-203 Waves Write 2-4 sentence summary	Experiment: "Seeing Sound Waves" p65 Write up lab report	Experiments: Can sound travel through a liquid? & Can Sound Travel through a solid?" Directions in note below. Write up results in your journal
Memory Work	Western Europe Due 1/31, Sound Poem Due 1/31, US Presidents Due 2/21,  Quarter 3 Poem Due 2/28,

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, Jan 31 - Pizza Day!

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.  Our Character Virtue of the month is Self-Discipline. 
Math:  
We'll dive into decimals this week as we begin Singapore 4B.   There's no mental math this week, so this is a good time to make sure your student's math facts are solid, as we'll be moving into adding/subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimal numbers soon.

Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet.  If your child has mastered the current fact sheet, move on the next one. 

Objectives:

1. Read and write 1-place decimal numbers less than and greater than 1.

2. Locate decimal numbers on a number line.

3. Express a decimal number as a mixed number in simplest form.

4. Learn some common decimal to fraction conversions.

5. Interpret 1-place decimal numbers in terms of tens, one, and tenths.

Please complete all the work assigned for home days, including workbook and practice exercises, as well as math facts practice. Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance

Composition:

Objectives:

1. Take notes from facts.

2. Write a topic sentence.  

3. Limit details by choosing only interesting facts.

4. Write a final clincher which repeats or reflects key words from the topic sentence.       

Reading: We will begin reading The House of Sixty Fathers this week. Please bring your book to class each day.

Grammar

Objectives:

1.Identify antecedents and use correct pronoun agreement in sentences.

2. Review compound sentence punctuation.

Spelling

Objective: Begin the Make it Plural Book and review four patterns for making words plural.

**Bring your Make It Plural Book to school on Wed.  If you don’t have a copy, please email and I will make you a copy.

Please administer the Classical Phonics Assessment this week if you didn’t do it before the break and return to school Wednesday.  You only need to do Assessment 2 at this point. 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.

Latin:

Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.

Chapter 1  

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4                                                                                 

Chapter 6   

Chapter 7  

Chapter 8  

Chapter 9  

Chapter 11             

History

Objectives:

1. Know that for 1000 years the Jewish people had not had a homeland.

2. Know that Israel was proclaimed a state in 1948.

3. Understand why control of Israel/Palestine remain a heated issue today. 
Science
Experiment: Can sound travel through a liquid?
Click together two stones, two blocks, or two pot lids.  Listen to the sound. Then submerge them in a basin of water or bathtub, and listen to the sound they make under water.  Record your results.
Experiment:  Can sound travel through a solid?
Hold one end of a 12-inch ruler 1 inch from your ear and scratch on the far end of the ruler.  Note how loud the sound is.  Then move the ruler 13 inches away from your ear and scratch on the near end, so that you are making noise at the same distance from your ear as before.  Compare the sound you hear and record your results.

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

We are continuing our memorization of the US Presidents.  For assessment, students will write all the presidents' first and last names.  Due 2/21/18.  If you'd like to make flashcards, here are some president picture memory cards.   

Science Memory Work: Sound Unit

Some sound is loud

Some sound is soft

All sounds are waves

That travel aloft

Sound waves begin

When an object vibrates

The object’s size and shape

Determines the rate

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is Pied Beauty. Due 2/28.  Additional copies here.

History:  All US Presidents   There are several YouTube video songs.  Here are two: US Presidents to "America"  US Presidents

Timeline:  You can find a YouTube video of the timeline song with pictures of the cards and dates on here.

Here is a YouTube demonstration the hand motions for the first 6 minutes. Timeline Song

Here is a video of the hand motions for the second 6 minutes of the song: Timeline Song

Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History

Card timeline-motions  

Geography: We are continuing our study of Western Europe this week.  Additional maps found here.

All Geography songs and maps are found here.