Fortis Academy 4th grade: May 5 - 9, 2025

4th Grade Week 335/5/20255/6/20255/7/20255/8/20255/9/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things." -Gal. 5:22-23
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
MathReviewComplete Review sent homeFinal Math TestMake Test Corrections
SpellingPractice Gladys Aylward playReview 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).Practice Gladys Aylward playPhonogram Assessment #5 Due Mon. & Review all spelling words for Monday's spelling bee.Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 5, grade in red pen and return to school Mon. Instructions below
GrammarReviewReview 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 RecitationsComplete special interests paragraph of your autobiography and put the book together following the directions in Ref 78A & B. Include all pages & the 4 paragraphs. Due WedPractice Gladys Aylward play
ReadingDiscuss
 Ch 14-15 & Read Ch 15-16
Read Misty
Ch 17-18 & orally narrate
Discuss Themes
&
complete Plot Mountain
Complete character chart listing several important facts about each character. Bring all Misty handouts on Mon. for grading.
Review Key dates 1-12
HistoryReview Key DatesPractice writing out Key Dates 1-12 and Review US PresidentsKey Dates Test & Begin Presidents AssessmentsReview US Presidents
Geography
ScienceBird Reports
&
Shorebirds
Read Hummingbirds TB p265-269.
Review
Texas Birds & Color the Pileated Woodpecker p21,
Red-Headed Woodpecker
p36, &
  Red-Bellied Woodpecker p36
Bird Reports
&
Complete
Act. 13.11 & WDYR
NB p276-277
Review
 Texas Birds
 &
Color the
Eastern Bluebird
 &
Indigo Bunting p44 in your field guide.
Finish WDYR if not completed in class
Bring your NB & green journal Monday for final grading.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/5
KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/7
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/12
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, May 7 - Pizza Day, DOGS, Spirit Day
Saturday, May 10 - Nerf Tournament
Monday, May 12 - Gladys Aylward play 9:00am
Wednesday, May 14 - Last day of school

Math

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned concepts.

2. Assessment


Grammar
Objective: Review parts of speech, capitalization and punctuation rules, tense, quotation rules, P1, P2, & P3 sentences.

Writing 

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

Spelling
Objective: Phonogram assessment #5

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.


Reading
Objective:
1. Identify themes in Misty of Chincoteague.
2. Identify the stages of the plot in Misty.
3. Identify virtues and character qualities.


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. Share bird reports with classmates.
3. Review the candling and hatching process of chicks.


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

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

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 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