Fortis Academy 4th grade: April 11 - 15, 2022

4th Week 30	4/11/2022	4/12/2022	4/13/2022	4/14/2022	4/15/2022
Discipleship	Forgiveness				Good Friday - No School
Bible	I Cor 13, & II Cor 5	Gal 5	Eph 6	Phil 4:6-13
Math	Review & Ch 15, L5 TB p190-194, WB p147-149	Ch 15, L6 TB p195-196, WB p151-153	Ch 15 Test	Ch 16, L1 TB p197-201, WB p157-159
Spelling	Review Step 27 New Teaching, Dictate sentences 4-6, Play Sparkle!	Rewrite Step 26 misspelled words. Review Step 27 NT and card box, DS 4-9 on same paper started Thurs.	Step 27 Spelling Test	Step 28 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3
Grammar	Ch 24 Dictionary Skills	Ch 24, L2: Alphabetizing: Review Ref 73 & 74, Do Practice 1 & 2 CCC	Ch 24, L3: Dictionary & Entry Words Review Ref 75, Do Practice 1, 2 & 3	Complete Daily Grammar
Writing	Writer's Conference & begin writing 2nd paragraph RD	Using Composition Checklist p210, complete 2nd paragraph, & Write FD for 1st paragraph	Writer's conference & write 2nd paragraph FD	Begin writing 3rd paragraph RD  & work on FD for Writing Contest (due Wed)
Reading	Moonwalk Discussion,1st Moonwalk  & read Mixed-Up Files Ch 1	Mixed-Up Files Ch 2 and answer questions in journal	Discussion & read Ch 3	Read Mixed-Up Files Ch 4 & answer questions in journal
Latin	L12		L12
History	Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev & The End of the Cold War	Read "Communism Crumbles" p459-462 and describe what happened in Berlin, German	The Collapse of the Soviet Union	Read "Chernobyl and Nuclear Power" p445-449 and in your journal write about the controversy over nuclear power. What are the advantages & disadvantages?
Geography	Review Southern Europe
Science	Raptors: Eagles, Hawks & Vultures	Read about Owls & color the Barred Owl & Great Horned Owl  in your field guide	Watch chicks hatch! & Owl Pellet Dissection	Check this out!  Owlet takes a leap & Red-tailed hawk fledgling & color the hawk & work on your bird report
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 4 on 5/2 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/9 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/4

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, April 13 - Spirit Day

Monday, April 18 - Teacher Inservice (NO SCHOOL)

Math

Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for recording.

Objectives:

1. Recognize, measure, and draw angles between 180 and 360 degrees

2. Practice skills from Ch 15

3. Assess angles

4. Recognize perpendicular lines in figures and verify that they intersect at right angles.

Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell words with the sound of /er/ as in journey.

Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Practice reading fluency and comprehension skills

2. Compare and contrast characters.

3. Identify similes in literature

4. Learn new vocabulary

Writing

Objective: Write a 5 paragraph essay on your favorite fable, myth, and fairytale

Grammar

Objective: Practice dictionary skills

History 

Objectives:

1. Know that President Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev played key roles in ending the Cold War.

2. Know that life in East Berlin was difficult until the fall of the Berlin Wall.

3. Know that the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the former USSR countries became independent countries.

4. Identify benefits and problems associated with nuclear power plants.

Science

Objectives:

1. Know that Raptors are birds of prey that use their strong feet, talons, and hooked beaks to catch and kill their prey.

2. Look at owl behavior

3. Dissect an owl pellet 

4. Research bird of choice and present findings to classmates

Students will be 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/

Learn About Texas Birds

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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

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

History: Continue your memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21

Key Dates for the 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 

Fortis Academy 4th grade: April 4 - 8, 2022

4th Grade Week 29	4/4/2022	4/5/2022	4/6/2022	4/7/2022	4/8/2022
Discipleship	Forgiveness
Bible	Acts 27-28	Rom 3;23, 6:23, 8:28-39	Rom 10:6-13 Rom 12	I Corinthians 13
Math	Ch 14 Test	Math Facts & Ch 15, L1 TB p171-176, WB p131-132	Ch 15, L2 TB p177-181, WB p135-138	Math Facts & Ch 15, L3 TB p182-185, WB p139-143	Ch 15, L4 TB p186-189, WB p144-146
Spelling	Step 26 Review teaching & strategies, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle	Rewrite misspelled Step 25 Test words, Review phonograms & Card Box. Dictate sentences 7-9.	Step 26 Spelling Test	Step 27 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 27 Practice."
Grammar	Ch 23, L1 Sentences, Ref. 68:Thank you notes, Practice Time.	Ch 23, L2 Classify Sentences, Review Ref. 69 and create a practice invitation. Be sure to include what, who, where, when, and a whipped cream statement. Due Wed	Ch 23, L3: Parts of a book, Do Practice 5	Ch 23, L3- Ref. 70. Use a couple books from around home to identify the various parts listed in this reference. Do Practice 1 & 2
Writing	Writer's Conferences & Introduce L27 new structure, prompt and notes from the brain. Begin making KWO, Introduce VSS p190	Review p204-205, Complete KWO and complete Style practice & Vocab practice p208-209	Writer's Conferences & Using composition checklist p210 write 1st paragraph RD	Complete 1st paragraph RD, Co-teachers, please correct spelling & grammar. Underline & label all dress-ups, sentence openers and vocab
Reading	Final Journey to Jo'Burg discussion. Introduce Moonwalk	Moonwalk Read Ch 1 & 2	Discussion	Moonwalk Read Ch 3 & 4
Latin	L11		L11
History	Billy Graham World Ambassador	Read SOTW "Trouble in the Middle East" p415-420	Vietnam Era Interview Reports	Read "Soviet Invasions" p423-426 In your journal answer 1) Why did people want to leave the Soviet Union, 2) What problem did the Czechs have when the Soviets invaded? 3) Why was Afghanistan not an easy country to conquer?
Geography	Review Southern Europe
Science	Identifying Songbirds & Color Mourning Dove & Golden- cheeked warbler in your guide	Song Birds Play the videos then Click on the purple + (upper right corner) for a fun challenge!	Introduce Bird Report, Candle eggs  & Make a comic strip in your journal p81 (follow directions in TB p100)	Begin researching your bird(s). Write out at least 7 questions and do some brief internet research to find answers. Report due 4/20
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 4 on 5/2 KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/30 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/4

Coming Soon:

Monday, April 4 - Moms in Prayer (9-10am)

Monday, April 18 - Teacher Inservice (NO SCHOOL)

Math

Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for recording.

Objectives:

1. Assess multiplying and dividing decimals

2. Investigate angles and turns.

3. Express angles in terms of degrees and Identify acute, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles.

4. Measure angles between 0 and 180 degrees with a protractor

5. Add and subtract angle measurements with compound angles

6. Measure and draw angles between 180 and 360 degrees

Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell words containing the sound of /u/ spelled ou.

Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: Learn about the first trip to the moon

Writing

Objectives:

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Students will learn how to write a thank you note. 

2. Students will learn how to write an invitation: who, what, when, where, "whipped cream". 
3. Students will be able to identify the parts of a book: title page, copyright page, preface, body, table of contents, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index.  

History 

Objectives:

1. Learn about the life and ministry of Billy Graham

2. Share Vietnam Era memories from interviews of people living during the Vietnam War.3. Identify problems associated with Communism in the Soviet Union.

4. Identify why it was easy for the Soviet Union to invade Czechoslovakia.

5. Identify why it was difficult for the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan.

Science

Objectives:

1. Know why birds sing and identify several bird calls.

2. Observe a growing chick embryo through candling

3. Know the stages of bird development from embryo to adult

4. Research bird of choice and present findings to classmates

Students will be 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/

Learn About Texas Birds

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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

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

History: Continue your memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help

with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21

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