Fortis Academy 4th Grade: April 29 - May 3, 2024

4th Grade Week 334/29/20244/30/20245/1/20245/2/20245/3/2024
DiscipleshipSELF CONTROL: "For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline." 2 TImothy 1:7 NIV
Bible1 John 1, 2John 6, 3 John 2-4II Peter 1:3-8 & Jude 17-21Revelation 1:9-18, Rev 4:1-11, Rev 5Read Revelation 7:9-17
MathReviewReviewFinal Math Test
SpellingReview phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew & Review for Monday's Spelling Bee (words will be chosen at random from our Level 5 book).Review phonograms & play SparklePhonogram Assessment #5 Due Mon.
GrammarRef 78B Write about your strengthsReview 8 parts of speech and their jobs, 5 parts of a complete sentence, 5 parts of a letterReviewReview tense, quotation rules and write a P1, P2, & P3 sentence in preparation for final grammar test on Mon.
WritingPoem 4 RecitationsRef. 79 Part III Using the outline given, write about your school days. Include at least 4 dress-ups and 2 openersMake cover picture and begin writing about your special interestsComplete special interests paragraph of your autobiography and put the book together following the directions in Ref 78A & B. Include all paragraphs. Due Mon.
ReadingRead AloudFinish reading Classical Book of ChoiceRead Aloud & Begin book reportComplete book report on your book of choice
Latin
HistoryReview Key DatesReview US Presidents 
&
Key Dates 1-12
Key Dates 1-12 TestReview US Presidents
GeographyFormer USSRReview Former USSR for tomorrow's testFormer USSR Test
ScienceComplete chick project report journal p88
&
Review 
Texas Birds
Review 
Texas Birds & Color the Pileated Woodpecker p21, Red-Headed Woodpecker p36, & Red-Bellied Woodpecker p36
ReviewReview 
Texas Birds
 &
Color the Eastern Bluebird & Indigo Bunting p44 in your field guide.
Bring your green journal Monday for final grading.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 Due 4/29
GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 5/6
KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/1
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/6

Coming Soon:
Wednesday, May 1 - Spirit, Pizza, DOGS Day!
Wednesday, May 8 - Field Day, Spirit Day, &  Last Day of School!

Math

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned concepts.

2. Assessment


Grammar
Objective: Review parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation rules

Writing 

Objective:
 1. Write a short autobiography
 2. Create  "A Book About Me!"
 3. Assess Poem 4


History 

Objectives:

1. Know and name 12 Key Events and Dates in Modern World History

2. Know and name the first and last names of the US Presidents in order of service.


Science
Objectives:
1. Practice identifying Central Texas Birds
2. Write a report describing incubating and hatching eggs


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

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "The Dentist and the Crocodile".  Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are assessing the countries of the Former USSR 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 PresidentsFor assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/6


Key Dates for the 4th 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
10, Man Walks on the Moon 1969 11. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe 1989 12. The Collapse of the Soviet Union December 26, 1991