Please check Alma
every week to see your child's grades.
Important Dates:
2/18 - Moms in prayer 9:00am
2/20 - New Parent Informational 10:00am
2/21 - Christian Worldview Book Club 7:00pm
2/25 - Moms in prayer 9:00am
2/27 - Spirit Day, Pizza Day
2/28 - Christian Worldview Book Club 7:00pm
Blog Abbreviations:
HIG – Singapore math Home Instructor Guide
TB – Singapore math textbook
WB – Singapore math workbook
HW – Handwriting copybook
IEW – Institute for Excellence in
Writing
USE – The Usborne Science
Encyclopedia
CPT – The Complete Periodic Table
Math:
We
are skipping some exercise in the math workbook. The ones that will be
skipped are the ones that have adding and subtracting units. We, Dr
Brannan, Mrs. Kent, Mrs Johnson, and myself, have talked and this will
not impact fourth grade. We are skipping these because we feel like the
Singapore
book does not spend enough time practicing the multiplication and
division process before moving on. We are going to concentrate on
being able to convert from a small unit to a larger one or a larger
unit
to a smaller one. We are going
to spend the extra time reviewing multiplication and division. Please
continue to review all math facts. Addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division. This can be accomplished with flash
cards, math apps, or math games.
Please continue to practice bar
modeling at home. Here are the links to the bar modeling https://fortisacademy.wordpress.com/curriculum/math/
Composition:
We
will be combining the beaver, swiftlet, and honeybee papers this week
into one three paragraph paper. They will need to add a topic sentence
to start their paper from pg 103. On Tuesday they will create a topic
sentence about animal homes and then add their beaver paper to it. If
they left any elements out of missed anything please help them correct
or add what is not there. This will be a final draft. Please have them
bring this to class on Wednesday because we will be adding the swiftlet
paper to the animal homes. Thursday they will finish up the paper by
adding the honeybee paragraph and ending with a final clincher from page
104.Science:
This week we will begin the mixture unit. The poem for this unit is "Mixture, Solutions, Oh My". This will be accessed on Feb 25. The answer to the quiz can be found on page 144.
History:
History Dates to know for this quarter:
Columbus 1492
Martin Luther's 95 Theses 1517
Spanish Conquistadors 1519
Jamestown Colony Founded 1607
Mozart/Beethoven 1750
Seven Year War 1756.
History Dates to know for this quarter:
Columbus 1492
Martin Luther's 95 Theses 1517
Spanish Conquistadors 1519
Jamestown Colony Founded 1607
Mozart/Beethoven 1750
Seven Year War 1756.
American Revolution and George Washington 1775
French Revolution 1789
Napoleon Crowned Emperor of France 1804
Test Date 3/6
This week we will be reading "Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark. Feb 25 we will be starting "Little Pilgrim's Progress".
Memory:
Please spend time during your school
day to work on our school wide scripture, quarter 3 poem, geography map &
song, history timeline song, key dates, and "Mixture, Solutions, Oh My!" poem. Feel free to get
creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.
