Fortis Academy 4th Grade: April 27 - May 1. 2026

 

4th Grade Week 324/27/20264/28/20264/29/20264/30/20265/1/2026
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
Bible

Review favorite principles or storiesHebrews 11Review favorite ideas/storiesJames 1 & 31 Peter 3:8-18
Hebrews 11
Review favorite principles or storiesHebrews 11Review favorite ideas/storiesJames 1 & 3
James 1 & 31 Peter 3:8-18
MathYear End Review/ CLT practiceYear-End Assessment sent home for review and practice - CCC. Review weak concepts
CLT Math
Complete Year-End Assessment sent home for review and practice- CCC. Review weak conceptsReview 4, pg 241-244 in TB - CCC. End of Year Test covering all 4th grade Math skills will be next Wed.
Spelling
CLT Language Arts
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ewReview phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ewPractice any weak spelling patterns.
Grammar
Autobiography Book
Ch 26, L2
(pg. 402) Using Ref 78B: Write about your strengths.
Finish your Autobiography Book and feel free to add any additional pages with things about yourself. Create a fun cover and back to your book. Bring your book in for grading and sharing (optional) next Wednesday!
Writing
LiteratureRead Chp. 14 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions. Add an important detail to the timeline page.  Add a 2nd prediction to the "Making Predictions" page.
Read Chp. 15 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions. 
s. Add an important detail to the timeline page.  Add a favorite quotation to the "Quotation Quest" page. Begin the "Story Comparison" page at the end of the journal.
HistoryVisit 1st Grade Ancient Greek Market reenactment @ 1:45. Mao & the Cultural Revolution in China; Collapse of the Soviet Union. Discussion.Read SOTW Ch. 42: "The First Persian Gulf War." Orally narrate.Final turn-in of entire completed History Journal.Read STOW Afterward. Discuss dif. between current events & "history." Ask your parents and/or grandparents where they were on "9/11." What are their recollections of that day? Write some notes on a notecard or paper and bring to class to share next Wed.Review Key Dates 1-13 for test on Wednesday.
Geography
ScienceReview of Texas Birds; Science WB check for all previous assignment completion.Color the Great Blue Heron (pg. 5), Whooping Crane (pg. 32), Sandhill Crane (pg. 32) & Ruddy Turnstone pg. 33 in your green journal.Bird Project PresentationsRead Hummingbirds pgs. 265-269. Answer any 5 WDYR questions in NB pgs. 276-277.
Continue to Review Texas Birds for Final Bird ID Test - Last Monday of School
Make sure green bird journal is colored up to date. 4th Quarter summary list was sent home. This will be turned in next Wed.
Memory Work
KEY DATES: 1-13
Test on 5/6
POEM 4 & PRESIDENTS: Due on
5/11

Chicks, owl pellets & the Science Mill Field trip made for an amazing week of experiences! Many thanks to all the parents that made our field trip such a success!




Coming Soon:
Monday/Wednesday - April 27 & 29 - CLT
Wednesday, May 6 - Spirit Day
Wednesday, May 13 - Last day of M/W school

Math

Objectives:

1. Review all previously learned skills.

2. Assess math skills


If you'd like to practice math skills over the summer, here is a 4th-grade review website of math skills learned this year: https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4


Spelling

Objectives: Review phonograms


Grammar

Objective: Assessment


Writing

Objectives:

1. Assess writing skills

2. Write a paragraph about your family life.

3. Write a paragraph about school for your autobiography.


Literature:

Objectives:

1. Assess comprehension skills

2. Find details in Misty of Chincoteague to support plot and character development.


History 

Objectives:

1. Know that during the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976, every part of Chinese culture had to praise Mao & his policies.
2. Know that in 1989, thousands of students protested together in Tiananmen Square wanting democracy.
3. Know that the US was attacked by terrorists on Sept.11, 2001
 
Science
Objectives:
1. Present findings on bird of choice 
2. Identify characteristics of hummingbirds.
3. Identify Texas birds

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