Fortis Academy 4th Grade: April 20-24, 2026

4th Grade Week 31Monday
4/20/2026
Tuesday
4/21/2026
Wednesday
4/22/2026
Thursday
4/23/2026
Friday
4/24/2026
Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipJUSTICE: "Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of Justice; blessed are all; those who wait on him. " Isaiah 30:18
BibleTitus 2:11-3:7, Philemon 1:4-7, Hebrews 4:12-16Hebrews 11Field Trip to Science Mill Meet at Fortis Carport at 8:30 a.m. to leave promptly at 8:45 a.m.James 1 & 31 Peter 3:8-18
MathMFP;
Ch 17, L1:
TB pgs. 225-229;
WB pg. 183
MFP;
Review 5
TB pgs. 245-247: Questions 1-9
CCC
Bring sack lunch & water bottle.MFP;
Ch 17, L2:
TB pgs. 230-233
Ch 17, L3: TB pgs. 234-237Co-teachers please check all in-home Math work.
SpellingStep 28
Review words. Dictate sentences 4-6
Rewrite misspelled words 5x;
Step 28: Review Words; Dictate sentences 7-9. Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch; DS 7-9 pg. 143
Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 4, grade in red pen and return to school Monday. Instructions below.
GrammarCLT PracticeAutobiography Book:
Ch 26, L1
(pg. 401):
Read Ref.78A (WB pg. )61: Make Title Page and complete page 1: "Things I Like to Do." Write a sentence or two about each of the things you like to do. Include illustrations.
Autobiography Book
Ch 26, L2
(pg. 402) Read Ref 78B - Complete prompts for pgs. 2 & 6: Goals for My Life and My Special Feelings. You may write in paragraph form, or write two lists using complete sentences.
WritingShare our RD L 26, Inventive Writing Stories, with our Friends!L26 pg. 198:
Complete FD.
Due Monday
Optional: Do CLT Practice sheets sent home.
ReadingRead Chp. 11 - Misty of Chincoteague
Activities/ Oral Questions.
Read Chp. 12 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer questions in writing
Read Chp. 13 - Misty of Chincoteague; Answer questions in writing
HistoryRead SOTW Ch. 41: "Communism Crumbles." In journal, fill out the what, why, and how with regard to events in Berlin, Germany.Read SOTW Ch. 41: "Democracy in China?" Orally narrate key points.
Geography
ScienceOwl pellet exploration. WB 12-6. Watch Baby Owl Eating Owl Pellets - YouTube   Work on Bird Project. if time.Read Owls TB pgs. 249-251. Orally narrate. Color the Great Horned Owl and Barred Owl in your green journal (last page). Work on your Bird Project, due 4/29.Work on your Bird Project,
Practice identifying birds from "Bird ID Checklist."
Work on your Bird Project, due Wednesday, 4/29. Practice identifying birds from "Bird ID Checklist."
Memory Work
KEY DATES: 1-13
Test on 5/6
POEM 4 & PRESIDENTS: Due on
5/11

 The chicks have hatched!





Coming Soon:

Wednesday, April 22 -Science Mill Field trip
Monday & Wednesday, April 27 & 29 - CLT
Wednesday, May 13 - Last day of school


Math

Objectives:

1. Complete drawings of symmetrical figures.

2. Practice skills with lines

3. Identify faces, edges and vertices of a cuboid.

4. Identify properties of cuboids.

5. Review skills learned through-out the year.


Spelling

Objectives:

1. Analyze six ways to spell the sound of /er/.

2. Review and assess phonograms


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.


Writing

Objectives:

1. Complete a two paragraph composition about the hardest thing you have ever done.

2. Write a descriptive paragraph about your family.


Reading  

Objectives: 

1. Practice reading fluency and comprehension skills

2. Identify character traits in characters.

3. Compare and contrast characters.


History 

Objectives:

1.Know that life in East Berlin was difficult until the fall of the Berlin Wall. 
2. Know that during the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976, every part of Chinese culture had to praise Mao & his policies.
3. Know that in 1989, thousands of students protested together in Tiananmen Square wanting democracy.
 
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of owls
2. Dissect an owl pellet
3. Identify Texas birds

Students are 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 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 5/11


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