Fortis Academy 4th grade: March 3 - 7, 2025

4th Grade Week 253/3/20253/4/20253/5/20253/6/20253/7/2025
DiscipleshipHOPE: “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." -Jeremiah. 29:11
BibleJohn 1:1-18, 3:1-21John 10John 11:1-34John 13
MathMath Facts & Ch 13, L5
 TB p119-122, WB p88-89
Math Facts & Ch 13, L6
TB p123-125, WB p90-91
Math Facts & Ch 13, L7
TB p126-129, WB p92-94
Math Facts & Ch 13, L8
TB p130-135, WB p95-96
Ch 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 Grammar Time, Skill Time (TM p314) Double Negatives, & Practice Time 1 & 2 CCCCh 19 L3 Contractions: Grammar Time, Skill Time, Practice TimeComplete Contraction WS sent home
WritingL18 Tiger Tamer. Read source text and begin KWOL18 Complete KWO if not finished in class, Using Composition Checklist p132, write 1st paragraph RD of Tiger TamerPoem 3 RecitationsUsing your KWO & Composition Checklist p132, write the second paragraph RD of your story
ReadingMy Side of the Mountain Discussion & Read p107-115Read p116 -131 & answer Ch 18 questions in your journalDiscussionRead p131-148 & answer Ch 19 questions
HistoryThe Formation of IsraelRead SOTW "The Marshall Plan" p409-415 and answer questions in your journalThe Cold War & written narration practiceMuslims & Hindus in India SOTW p391-395Review Key Dates 1-9
GeographyFormer USSR
ScienceFlight & Bird Wingspan Act.11.2, 11.2, & 11.3
NB p230
Read
TB p214-220 & record facts in NB p229.
 Migration
&
Send home study guide
Read TB p221-225 & Act. 11.5 (TBp225)
Try to find the Constellations one night this week, and complete
Act. 11.5 in NB p223
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/6
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/12 GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 4/9
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/7
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, March 12 - Spirit Day, No pizza
Monday, March 17 - 21 Spring Break! NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, March 26 - Spirit Day, DOGS, Pizza!

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 virtue this month is Hope. Hope is the placing of our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on our own strength but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit. Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness is the quality of being submissive to God and being humble enough to be taught by God.


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

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

4. 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. Know that bird bones are light and hollow with brackets designed to make them very strong.
2. Know the location of flight muscles.
3. Identify different types of flight.
4. Look at the migration habits of various species of birds.

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 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.

Sheppard's software practice game: North & Central Asia and Western Asia

History: We are memorizing the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents: Washington to Trump and an older version, US Presidents to "America" For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/12


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