Fortis Academy 4th Grade: September 28 - October 2, 2026

 

4th Grade Week 8Mon, Sep 28Tue, Sep 29Wed, Sep 30Thu, Oct 1Fri, Oct 2Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipRespect & Responsibility: Honoring others in word & action while holding oneself accountable to fulfill duties to self & others
BibleExodus 14Exodus 16Exodus 19-20Exodus 23:20 and Exodus 24
MathCh 4 TestMF Practice;
Ch. 5 L2:
TB pgs. 111-114;
WB pgs. 97-100		MF Practice H 5 min. Assessment;
Ch. 5 L3:
TB pgs. 115-119;
WB pgs. 101-104		Try to begin MF Practice I;
Ch 5 L4:
Practice TB pgs. 120-121		Complete worksheet sent home
SpellingReview Phonograms: kn, gn, nk, ough, ew.
Step 6: Review New Teaching and Tips, DS 4-6		Re-write misspelled words 5x;
Step 6: Review card box, phonograms; DS 7-9 pg. 46		Step 6 Spelling TestStep 7: New teaching pgs. 49-50; Dictate words pg. 50Step 7:
DS 1-3 pg. 51		In class, we often discuss Spelling patterns. Please ask your child to show you some each week.
GrammarCh 7, L2 (pgs. 113-116):
Jingle Time, Grammar Time (PB pg. 6), Define vocab. words (pg. 116) and orally use in a sentence.		Practice any Grammar Test mistakes from last week & focus on any confusions.Ch 7, L3
(pgs. 117-119): Jingle 13, Grammar Time (PB pg. 6); Review Ref. 25 (WB pg. 21). For practice only, give Test on pg. 120.		Ch. 7, L4
(pg. 122):
Test Time (WB pg. 103) Skip exercise 8.
WritingL8 pg. 60:
Read, Discuss, Intro. banned words "go/went," Create KWO
L6 FD Due		L8 pg. 60:
Style Practice and Vocab. Practice (pgs. 62-63), Begin 1st paragraph RD (introduce characters and setting).		L8 pg. 60:
Finish 1st paragraph RD. Writer's conference.
Poem 1 Recitations Due		L8 pg. 60
Write 2nd paragraph RD (conflicts or problems).		IEW Lesson 8 Source Text:
Daedalus and Icarus
Pg. 60
ReadingDiscuss Ch. 5-6 Literary Devices (RJ pg. 11); Begin to read Ch. 7 in class.Read The Perilous Journey Ch. 7-8. Orally narrate reading journal questions (RJ) pg. 13. Parents may need to facilitate: Complete the Vocab. Crossword (RJ pg. 12)Ch. 9 vocab activity & begin to read Ch. 9 in class and discuss.Continue to read The Perilous Journey Ch.9- 10. Write the answers to any 3 questions in a sequence through RJ pg. 14.In class, we talk about how good readers think and create a movie in their brains. You could ask: How vivid is your movie? What has been added/changed?
HistoryImpressionist Artists 1840-1926; review for test next Wed.Read SOTW Ch. 7: "The Second Reich." Choose any 3 questions to answer in your journal.Key Dates 1-4 Test;
Suez Canal Discussion and note taking practice.		Read SOTW Ch. 9: "The Dutch East Indies." Orally narrate key points.Complete Review for quiz on Wed.There will be a short history quiz on Wednesday covering main points we've learned thus far. Quiz will be multiple choice and a few complete sentence answers.
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/16
ScienceIntro to Termites.
Make minibook on pg. 97 of NB.		Read TB pgs. 89-92 and orally narrate key points.Do Activity 4.4 "Create a Comic Strip" in NB pgs. 92-93.Answer any 3 WDYR questions in NB on pg. 96.
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe - Test on 10/16
KEY DATES: 1-4 Test on 9/30
POEM 1: Due for Recitation on 9/30

What a busy week! Our class days went so quickly with D.O.G.S. day, ant vocabulary painting, and games to break up our time in the books! Below is also a photo taken after our 2-team, relay game played for History to help understand how 2 railroad companies vied to complete the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. to meet at Promontory Summit in 1869.





Coming Soon:
Monday, October 5 - Fall Conferences (Please email me if you would like a conference.)
Friday, Oct. 9 - End of 1st Quarter
Monday, Oct 19 - M/W 4th grade Moms lunch in the classroom
October 28 – Historical Dress-Up Day, DOGS, Pizza & Spirit Day

Discipleship

Our Character Virtue of the month:
Respect & Responsibility: Honoring others in word & action while holding oneself accountable to fulfill duties to self & others
Objective: Apply biblical virtues to every day life.


Math
Continue memorizing multiplication/division facts 1-12.  Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division. We will assess multiplication facts on Wednesday.


Objectives:
1. Estimate and find quotients using long division

2. Assess multiplication skills

3. Divide up to a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number.

4. Practice division.


Spelling
Objective: Analyze two ways to spell the sound of /shun/ 

Reading  

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading. Please encourage child to complete all written assignments

and at least 3 in each sequences of written questions with care and thoughtfulness. This book uses a lot of language from

the Civil War era so I encourage you to read and discuss each chapter with your child to help then understand the text.

Objectives:
1. Identify types of literary conflict in The Perilous Road.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.

3. Identify literary elements, themes, and changed characters in The Perilous Road.

Writing
Objectives:

1. Create a Story Sequence Outline of a myth using the Story Sequence Chart
2. Write the first paragraph of a 3 paragraph myth introducing the characters and setting

3. Assess memorization and presentation of "My Father's Vineyard"


Grammar

Objectives:
1. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences
2. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.
3. Identify object pronouns in sentences.
4. Review previously learned grammar skills.

History  

Objectives: 
1. Identify characteristics of Impressionist artists including Monet, Renoir, Degas & Cassatt
2. Know that present-day Indonesia, formerly called The Dutch East Indies, was desired by the Dutch for wealth building.

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

Note:
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects which you can print or use for reference and insect identification:

NOTE: Please ensure your child is doing careful and thoughtful work when writing in their journals. (i.e. write neat, no sloppy work, check for spelling and punctuation errors; please encourage more than the "bare minimum" approach and to try to write more than a couple facts).

Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes daily working on the following memory work.
Poetry:  Our first quarter poem will be assessed this week. "The Father's Vineyard".  Additional copies here.
Geography:  Continue to memorize the countries of Southern Europe. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided. Sheppards software has helpful computer games for additional practice.

History:
Key Dates for 1st quarter:
The War Between the States                         1861-1865
World War I                                                      1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution                      1917 
The Great Depression                                     1929-1939

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: September 21-25, 2026

 

4th Grade Week 7Mon, Sep 21Tue, Sep 22Wed, Sep 23Thu, Sep 24Fri, Sep 25Co-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 on Monday.)
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 if time.		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) & writer's conference, if time.		L6 pg. 46:
Finish FD.
Due 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 10/16
ScienceMonarch butterflies & migration. Review of Leps. Characteristics 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 10/16
KEY DATES: 1-4 Test on 9/30
POEM 1: Due for Recitation on 9/30

Dear Parents,

If you are interested in setting up a parent-teacher conference, I'm available on Monday, October 5, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, or I am always glad to meet with you before or after school anytime. Please let me know if you would like to schedule a time.

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!

😊Liz

Coming Soon!

Wednesday, Sept. 23 - DOGS, pizza, spirit day!
Monday, October 5 - Fall Conferences
Friday, Oct. 9 - End of 1st Quarter
October 28 – Historical Dress-Up Day, DOGS, Pizza & Spirit Day


Discipleship

Our Character Virtue of the month: Respect - Practicing good manners and honoring others in both word and actions
Objective: Integrate virtue and biblical values in heart attitudes and daily living.


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 pronouns
3. Review previously learned skills
4. 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

Fortis Academy 4th Grade: September 14-18, 2026

 

4th Grade Week 6Mon, Sep 14Tue, Sep 15Wed, Sep 16Thu, Sep 17Fri, Sep 18Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipRespect - "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves." Philippians 2:3
BibleExodus 1Exodus 2Exodus 3:1-16 and 4:1-18Exodus 5
MathMF Practice-H;
Ch. 4, L2:
TB pgs. 84-87;
WB pgs. 69-72		MF Practice;
Ch. 4, L3:
TB pgs. 88-90;
WB pgs. 73-76		MF Practice-H;
Ch. 4, L4:
TB pgs. 91-93;
WB pg. 77 and choose 1 word problem from pg. 78		MF Practice;
Ch. 4, L5:
TB pgs. 94-97;
WB pgs. 80-81		Continue memorizing all shaky multiplication facts 1-12.
Make multiplication table, use flashcards, worksheets, array models on graph paper, play games, etc.		There is a blank multiplication table in their binder they can use with an Expo marker or you can make copies of it for them to write on for practice.
SpellingStep 4: Review New Teaching, Phonograms ie, dge, wr.
DS 4-6;
Play Sparkle		Rewrite misspelled test words 5x;
Step 4: Review card box, Review Phonograms ck, oe, oa, ed. DS 7-9 pg. 36		Step 4
Spelling Test		Step 5: New Teaching pgs. 39-43; Dictate words pg. 42Step 5:
DS 1-3 pg. 44
GrammarTurn in Homework assignment from last week
Ch. 6, L1
(pgs. 89-90 Only):
Review Ref. 19 and 20: Subject Pronouns
(WB pgs. 18-19). Define Vocab. words (pg. 92). Vocabulary Chs. 1-6 Review.		Ch. 6, L1 cont'd. (pg. 88):
Review Jingles 10-11. Only do Grammar Time (PB pg. 5).		Ch. 6, L2
(pgs. 93-96):
Jingle 12, Grammar Time (PB pg. 5), Ref. 21: Possessive Pronouns (WB pg.19). Do Practice Sentence (pg. 95). Define vocab. words (pg. 96).		Ch. 6, L3
(Only pgs. 97-98):
Only do Grammar Time (PB pg. 5). For practice: Dictate to co-teacher what the SIX parts of speech are that we have studied so far. Orally list them and give an example of each.		Review any weak concepts. We will have a quiz next Wednesday.
WritingL6 pg. 46:
New Structure (pg. 44), Intro. Story Sequence Chart (pg. 45), Read source text, Begin KWO.
Turn in L5 FD.		L6 pg. 46:
Style Practice (pg. 48), Vocab. Practice (pg. 49), Using Story Sequence Chart as a guide (pg. 45) write 1st RD paragraph only (introducing characters and setting. Include dress-ups and vocab.)		L6 pg. 46:
Write 2nd RD paragraph (conflict/problem). Writer's Conferences.
L7 pg. 53:
New Style, Intro. Strong Verb Dress-up and Banned Words say/said		L7 pg. 54:
Style Practice (pg. 54), Vocab. Practice (pg. 55)		IEW, Lesson 6/7 Source Text:
Theseus and the Minotaur
Pg. 46
ReadingReview Ch. 13 Vocabulary, Read The Good Master Ch. 13 in class. Journal pages will be collected.Finishing activity for The Good Master: With adult supervision, do a book or internet search on the history of the Christmas tree. How did the tradition begin?Review Vocab. (RJ pg. 4) and begin to read The Perilous Road Ch. 1 in class.Read The Perilous Road Ch. 2. Do the Vocab. matching exercise (RJ pg. 4) and write the answers to any 3 questions of your choice (RJ pgs. 4-5).For The Perilous Road written journal Question assignments, students may use a separate piece of notebook paper unless adequate space is on the worksheet for your student's handwriting (please don't try and squeeze in if handwriting can't be easily read); please keep it neat).
HistoryFinish Civil War Lapbook / Diorama to show class tomorrow.
Read SOTW Ch. 5: "After the Civil War." Orally narrate key points.		Civil War Lapbook / Diorama Project Show and TellRead SOTW, Ch. 6: "The Dominion of Canada." Orally narrate key points.Key Dates 1 - 4 Test will be Wednesday, Sept. 30
GeographySouthern Europe Due 10/15
ScienceOrder Lepidoptera: Butterflies, Moths & Skippers- Create Venn Diagram in NB pg. 84; Monarch MigrationRead TB pgs. 70-74. Orally narrate. Continue working on insect collecting and preserving.Do Activity 3.5 in NB pg. 75; Complete any 4 WDYR questions in NB pg. 78
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe - Test on 10/16
KEY DATES: 1-4 Test on 9/30
POEM 1: Due for Recitation on 9/30

What a joy it has been to see all the children's projects! Their hard work and care is evident!


Coming Soon!

Wednesday, Sept.23: DOGS, pizza, spirit day!

Discipleship

Our Character Virtue of the month is Respect - Practicing good manners and honoring others in both word and actions.
Objective: Integrate virtue and biblical values in heart attitudes and daily living.

Math

Begin math with a 5-minute warm-up of Multiplication facts. The time could be spent filling in a multiplication chart. 

Time spent memorizing these facts will greatly reduce homework time and help your student be successful in 

upcoming multiplication and long division lessons.


Objectives:
1. Multiply up to a four-digit number by a one-digit number.
2. Multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit multiple of 10.

3. Practice multiplication

4. Practice estimation with multiplication 

Spelling
Objective:  Spell multi-syllable words ending in ss.


Reading  

Please review vocabulary prior to reading.

Objectives:
1. Learn about life during the Civil War.

2. Review new vocabulary words.
3. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.

Writing
Objectives:

1. Introduce the Story Sequence Chart
2. Create a Story Sequence Outline of a myth using the Story Sequence Chart
3. Brainstorm dress-ups and review vocabulary
4. Write the first paragraph of a 3 paragraph myth introducing the characters and setting
5. Write the second paragraph of a myth describing the conflict or problem


Grammar

Objectives:
1. Identify subject pronouns in sentences
2. Correctly use subject pronouns in an original sentence.
3. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences
4. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.

5. Review grammar skills.


History

Objectives:  
1. Know that the United States still faced multiple problems after the Civil War.
2. Complete a lapbook that contains various facts about the American Civil War.

Science
Objectives:
1. Compare & contrast butterflies, moths and skippers.
2. Identify unique characteristics of Lepidoptera anatomy.
3. Know that monarch butterflies migrate from northern North America to southern Mexico for the winter.

Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:

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:  Geography:  We are beginning our study of Southern Europe. Sheppards software has helpful computer games for additional practice.
History: Key Dates for the 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
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