Fortis Academy 4th grade: Feb. 26 - March 1, 2024

4th Grade Week 252/26/20242/27/20242/28/20242/29/20243/1/2024
DiscipleshipHONESTY: Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2Timothy 2:15
BibleJohn 1:1-18, 3:1-21John 10John 11:1-34John 13
MathMath Facts & Ch 13, L5 TB p119-122, WB p88-89Math Facts & Ch 13, L6 TB p123-125, WB p90-91Math Facts & Ch 13, L7 TB p126-129, WB p92-94Math Facts & Ch 13, L8 TB p130-135, WB p95-96Ch 13, L9 TB p134-135 Practice B to review add/sub hundredths in preparation for Monday's test. Review Practice A (p117) as necessary
SpellingStep 22: Review New Teaching. Dictate sentences 4-6, Play Sparkle!Step 22: Review Card box. Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement wordsStep 22 Spelling TestStep 23 New Teaching. Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 23 Practice."
GrammarCh 19, L1 Mixed patterns and review verb tensesCh 19, L2 Classify sentences, & TM p314 Double Negatives, & Practice Time 1 & 2 CCCCh 19 L3 ContractionsComplete Contraction WS sent home
WritingL18 Write 1st paragraph RD of Tiger TamerUsing your KWO & Composition Checklist p132, write the second paragraph of your storyPoem 3 RecitationsUsing your KWO & Composition checklist write 3rd paragraph, edit your RD, underline & label all dress-ups. All 3 RD paragraphs due Mon.
ReadingMy Side of the Mountain Discussion & Read p107-115Read p116 -131 & answer Ch 18 questions in your journalDiscussionRead p131-148 & answer Ch 19 questions
Latin
HistoryThe Formation of IsraelRead SOTW "The Marshall Plan" p345-349 and answer questions in your journal using complete sentences.The Cold War & written narration practiceRead SOTW p355-360 "Two Republics of China" and answer journal questions using complete sentences.Review Key Dates 1-9
GeographyEastern Europe
ScienceReview Read p73-75 and orally narrate. Color the Painted Bunting p17 & the Vermilion Flycatcher p23 in your field guide.
Review study guide for test tomorrow.		Test
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Bird Bingo		Read p 76-79 in TB. Draw a picture of each kind of nest and write down at least one bird that creates that type of nest (journal p65)
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/1
GEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Due 3/25
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/27
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/6 
Monday, February 26 - Moms in Prayer 9:00am
Wednesday, February 28 - D.O.G.S., Spirit, and Pizza Day!
March 11 - 15 Spring Break! (No School)

Please Check Alma weekly for any missing grades or zeroes.

Math
Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for recording.

Objectives:

1. Add hundredths.

3. Subtract from 1 and 0.1

4. Subtract Hundredths

5. Relate money to decimals.

6. Practice adding and subtracting decimals.

*Note: These two practice lessons provide additional practice and review of Ch 13. Your student may not need to complete all of the problems in the lesson if you see that the concept has been mastered. However, most students will benefit from doing the word problems in order to practice bar modeling skills.


Spelling

Objectives:

1. Know the doubling rule for adding vowel suffixes


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Summarize a passage through oral narration.

3. Identify elements of goodness, truth, and beauty in literature.

4. Use context cues to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words.

5. Identify outdoor survival skills.


Grammar

Objectives:

1. Change verbs to different tenses in a paragraph.

2. Identify and classify mixed sentence patterns.

3. Recognize and avoid using double negatives.

4. Make contractions.

Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a story consisting of 3 paragraphs that describe what is happening in a series of pictures.
2. Practice the Writing from Pictures structure: Central Fact, Details, and Clincher for each paragraph.
3. Use stylistic techniques of incorporating 6 dress-ups into each paragraph.
4. Recite Poem 3

History 

Objectives:

1. Know that under the Marshall Plan, the Allies gave money to rebuild Europe after WWII, and Germany was split in two.
2. Know that Israel was proclaimed a state in 1948.
3. Know that the Cold War was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union and fought without weapons.
4. Know that Chairman Mao brought Communism to China in 1949

Science
Objectives:
1. Identify Texas birds
2. Assess birds, feathers, migration and flight.
3. Identify types of bird nests 
4. Match bird species with nest type

Students will be making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  For coloring accuracy, search birds here:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/


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 beginning 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.

History: Continue your memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names.


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