Fortis Academy 4th Grade: September 22-26, 2025

 

4th Grade Week 7Monday
9/22/2025		Tuesday
9/23/2025		Wednesday
9/24/2025		Thursday
9/25/2025		Friday
9/26/2025		Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipRespect - "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” -Philippians 2:3
BibleExodus 6-9 select passagesExodus 10Exodus 11-12:1-40Exodus
13:17-22
MathMF Practice-H;
Ch. 4 L6:
TB pgs.98-100;
WB pgs. 82-85		MF Practice;
Ch. 4 L7:
TB pgs. 101-103;
WB pgs. 86-89		MF Practice-H;
Review & TB L8 Practice B pgs. 104-106		MF Practice;
Ch. 5 L1:
TB pgs. 107-110;
WB pgs. 95-96		Complete worksheet sent home. (Review Ch. 4 weak concepts for Test next week.)
Remember: Check multiplication problems for mastery.
SpellingStep 5:
Review Phonograms:
ti, ci, si, tch.
Review NT/Strategies.
DS 4-6
Play Sparkle		Rewrite misspelled test words 5x;
Step 5: Review Phonograms: eigh, ei, ey, ph. DS 7-9 pg. 44. Review card box.		Step 5 SpellingTestStep 6:
New Teaching pgs. 45-46;
Dictate 12 words on pg. 45		Step 6:
DS 1-3 pg. 46
GrammarCh. 6, L3 cont'd
(pgs. 99-102): Subject/Verb Agreement, Practice Time (WB pg. 69).		Review for tomorrow's Quiz:
Subject & Possessive Pronouns (Ref 20-21). Listen to Jingles 9, 11 & 12. Practice writing from memory the 7 subject pronouns & 7 object pronouns. Write out as many prepositions as you can remember. Review Adj & Adv questions.		Grammar QuizUsing your graded Grammar Quiz - review all mistakes and practice for mastery.
WritingL6 pg. 46:
Write 3rd RD paragraph (Climax and Resolution). Writer's Conference.		L6 pg. 46:
Ensure all RDs have been proofread. Begin your FD (paragraphs 1-3).		L6 pg. 46:
Continue working on FD (paragraphs 1-3).		L6 pg. 46:
Finish FD.
Due next Monday.		IEW, Lesson 6/7 Source Text:
Theseus and the Minotaur
Pg. 46
ReadingDiscuss Chs. 1-2 and write out answers to Literary Devices (RJ pg. 5) and add sensory words to chart on pg. 6 of RJ.Review vocab. on pg. 7 of RJ, then read The Perilous Road Chs. 3 & 4. Orally narrate the "Questions for Discussion" on pg. 8 of RJ.Review Literary Devices for Chs. 3-4 (RJ pg. 8); Read The Perilous Road Ch. 5 in Class.Read The Perilous Road Ch. 6. Complete the Word Web chart under "Literary Element: Characterization" (RJ pg. 10)When the reading assignment states "Discussion Questions," please have your student orally talk through the ideas with you.
HistoryRead SOTW Ch. 8: "Rails, Zones & Bulbs." Choose any 3 questions to answer in your journal.The Transcontinental Railroad Discussion/ ActivityRead SOTW Ch. 8: "Japan's Meiji Restoration." Orally narrate key points.Key Dates 1-4 - Test Next Wednesday
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/15
ScienceCharacteristics of AntsRead TB pgs. 78-82. Orally narrate key points.Read TB pg. 85-86 and complete NB Activity 4.1 on pg. 88.
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe - Test on 10/15
KEY DATES: 1-4 Test on 10/1
POEM 1: Due for Recitation on 10/1		Poem 1 Recitation due, via group Assembly recitation at 8:45 AM, next Wed.

Dear Parents,

I was so impressed with the amazing Civil war projects shared this Wednesday in class! The children not only learned from their own creations but were very attentive to their classmates! Additionally, they were all very adventurous in trying a Civil War era invention: canned, condensed milk (sweetened 😉). They also seem to become energized when we figure out Math problems in groups. (Pictures below.)

Please let me know if you'd like to have a parent-teacher conference on Monday, October 13. I'm glad to accommodate for a time that works for you, or we could meet during the lunch break or after school that Wednesday.






Coming Soon!

Wednesday, Sept. 24 - DOGS, pizza, spirit day!
Friday, Oct. 3- End of 1st Quarter
Wednesday, Oct. 8 - Spirit Day
Monday, October 13 - Fall Conference Day

Discipleship

Our Character Virtue of the month: Respect - Practicing good manners and honoring others in both word and actions


Math

Begin math with a 5-minute warm-up of Multiplication facts. Strive to memorize multiplication facts ASAP. I also encourage filling in blank multiplication charts for fact practice since this helps students see patterns. When students can complete 100 facts in 5 minutes with 97% accuracy, please move on the division facts.

Objectives:
1. Multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number.

2. Multiply a three-digit number by a two-digit number.

3. Review and practice and multiplication and place value skills.

4. Divide numbers up to three digits using a mental math method.


Spelling
Objective: Spell words ending in sion, words containing the sound of th, and how to add two suffixes to a word

Reading  

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.

Objectives:
1. Learn about life during the Civil War.
2. Analyze characterization in literature.

3. Identify similes.

Writing
Objectives:

1. Write the climax and resolution of a 3-paragraph narrative story.

2. Incorporate ly adverb, w/w clause, strong verb and 4 vocabulary words in the composition.

3. Edit and write a polished FD of a myth.


Grammar

Objectives:
1. Know that subjects and verbs must agree in number.
2. Review previously learned skills
3. Assessment

History  

Objectives: 
1. Know that the United States still faced multiple problems after the Civil War.
2. Know that railroads sped travel, took people to new cities, and took grain and other goods to faraway places.
3. Know that time zones divided the earth into twenty-four zones, making it the same time inside each zone.
4. Know that electricity made it possible for men to work after dark.
5. Identify ways that Japan became more modern during the Meiji Restoration.

Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of ants, bees, and other social insects.
2. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.

Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ve5mftxnwk&ab_channel=BexarEntomology
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP726-Zmdqc&ab_channel=BexarEntomology
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard".  Additional copies here.
Geography:  We will continue to memorize the countries of Southern Europe. 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:
Key Dates for 1st 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