Fortis Academy 4th grade: April 21 - 25, 2025

4th Grade Week 31	4/21/2025	4/22/2025	4/23/2025	4/24/2025	4/25/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	CHARITY: "If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor. 13:2
Bible	Easter Monday - No School	Phil 4:6-13	IThess 4:13-18, II Thess 3:1-5	I Tim 2:1-6, 4:12, 6:6-21	II Tim 2:1-7
Math		Math Facts Review 5 TB p245-247: 1-9 CCC	Math Facts, Review & Ch 16 L6, TB p219-221, WB p174-175	Math Facts Ch 17, L1 TB p226-229, WB p183	Ch 17, L2 TB p230-233
Spelling		Review Step 28 New Teaching, Dictate sentences 4-6, and Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch	Step 28 Test & Review phonograms	Phonogram Assessment #4		Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 4, grade in red pen and return to school Mon. Instructions below
Grammar		Classify Ch 21 L2 & L3 practice sentences.	Outlining & CLT Practice	Autobiography Book: Ch 26, L1 Read Ref.78A p61: 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. Illustrate
Writing		Complete FD of Writing from a Prompt. Due tomorrow. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RD	Introduce autobiography & work on blocking for Gladys play.	Ch26, L3: Using Ref 79 Part I as a guide, write a paragraph describing your family. Complete section I only. (birth, parents, siblings, grandparents) Include a minimum of 4 different dress-ups and 2 openers		If your child would like to enter their composition in the IEW Writing Contest, the final composition needs to be typed and submitted by online by parents. Deadline is April 30th.  Details here.
Reading		Read Misty of Chincoteague Ch 7-8 and orally narrate.	Discuss Ch 5-8 & Character analysis p46	Read Ch 9-10 and orally narrate.
History		Read "Communism Crumbles" p544-548 and describe what happened in Berlin, Germany in journal	The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe	Read "Democracy in China?" and orally narrate
Geography
Science		Read Owls TB p249-251 & color the Barred Owl and Great Horned Owl in your journal	Act 12.6 Owl Pellet Dissection	Watch  Baby Owl Eating  & Complete Act. 12.6 on p256 in your NB
Memory Work		POETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/5 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/7 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/12

Coming Soon:

Friday-Sunday April 25-27 - Spring campout

Monday, April 28 - CLT

Wednesday, April 30 - CLT

Saturday, May 3 - Grammar Theater Showcase

Wednesday, May 7 - Pizza Day, DOGS, Spirit Day

Saturday, May 10 - Nerf Tournament

Wednesday, May 14 - 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 nets of cuboids.

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/

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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 5/12

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

Fortis Academy 4th grade: April 14 -18, 2025

4th Week 30	4/14/2025	4/15/2025	4/16/2025	4/17/2025	4/18/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	CHARITY: "If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor. 13:2
Bible	I Cor 13	II Cor 5	Gal 5	Eph 6	Good Friday - No School
Math	Ch 16, L3 TB p206-209, WB p162-164	Ch 16, L4 TB p210-214, Memorize the quadrilaterals on p211, WB p166-168	Ch 16 , L5 TB p215-218, WB p170-172	Review 4 TB p241-243: 1-5 CCC
Spelling	Step 27 Review teaching & strategies, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle	Review Step 27, DS 7-9 Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch	Step 27 Spelling Test	Step 28 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words. Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch
Grammar	Ch 25, L1 Outlining	Ch 25, L2, Practice & Ch 25, L3 Practice CCC	CLT Practice
Writing	Writer's Conferences & Begin 2nd paragraph RD of writing from a prompt	Complete 2nd paragraph RD. Check mechanics and label all dress-ups.	Writer's Conferences	Begin FD of writing from a prompt. Due Wed. 4/23
Reading	Introduce Misty of Chincoteague Read Ch 1 & 2	Read Misty Ch 3 and answer questions in your reading journal p6-7	Discussion & Read Ch 4	Read Ch 5-6 and answer questions in your journal p10-11
History	Share Vietnam Interviews	Read "Soviet Invasions" p501-506 and answer questions.	The End of the Cold War	Read "Chernobyl and Nuclear Power" p445-449 and complete questions
Geography	Review Former USSR	Review Former USSR	Former USSR Test
Science	Precocial Birds & Observe chicks	Work on your bird report & color the eagle & hawk in your field guide	Raptors	Watch Red-Tailed Hawk Bird Cam Highlights		Red-Tailed Hawk Bird Cam Highlights
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/5 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/7 GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 4/16 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/12

Coming Soon:

Monday, April 21 - Easter Holiday (No School)                          

Math

Objectives:

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

2. Recognize parallel lines in figures and verify that they are parallel by determining if they are both perpendicular to a third line

3. Draw perpendicular and parallel lines

4. Classify quadrilaterals based on the number of parallel sides

5. Identify lines of symmetry in figures

Writing

Objective: Write a two-paragraph composition from a prompt.

The IEW 2025 writing contest is open to all students. All students are encouraged to enter. Check the website for details on how to enter. This year's prompt for ages 8-10 is:

We usually try to avoid doing things we don’t want to do, but sometimes when we go ahead and do them, we experience benefits.  Write a 2-paragraph composition answering this prompt: “What is the hardest thing you have ever done? How did you feel when you finished, or what lesson did you learn?”  

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Assess previously learned skills

2. Make a simple outline

Reading  

We are starting Misty of Chincoteague this week.

Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn new vocabulary

3. Identify character qualities.

4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.  

History 

Objectives:

1. Share Vietnam Era interviews with classmates.

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

3. Identify the benefits and problems associated with nuclear power plants.

Science

Objectives:

1. Identify characteristics of Precocial Birds

2. Compare and contrast Altricial and Precocial Birds 

3. Research bird of choice.

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

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/

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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.

Geography:  We are continuing our study of the former USSR this week.  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.

Sheppard's software practice game: North & Central Asia and Western Asia

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 5/12

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

 

Fortis Academy 4th grade: April 7 - 11, 2025

4th Grade Week 29	4/7/2025	4/8/2025	4/9/2025	4/10/2025	4/11/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	CHARITY: "If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor. 13:2
Bible	Acts 27-28	Rom 3;23, 6:23, 8:28-39	Rom 10:6-13 Rom 12	I Corinthians 13
Math	Ch 15, L5 TB p190-194, WB p147-149	Ch 15, L6 TB p195-196, WB p151-153 CCC	Ch 15 Test & Introduce perpendicular lines	Ch 16, L1 TB p197-201, WB p157-159 CCC	Ch 16, L2 TB p202-205, WB p160-161 CCC
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 & sentences 1-3
Grammar	Ch 23, L3: Parts of a book, Do Practice 5	Ch 23, L3- Ref. 70. Use a couple books from home to identify the various parts listed in this reference. Do Practice 1 & 2	Ch 24 Dictionary Skills	Ch 24, L2: Alphabetizing: Review Ref 73 & 74, Do Practice 1 & 2 CCC
Writing	Introduce IEW Writing Contest: Writing From a Prompt. Brainstorm ideas. See note below.	Decide on the two topics you want to write about and write a topic sentence for each. Asking yourself questions (what, who, where, when, why, how, best/worst, problems, value, meaning, examples, descriptions) create a KWO for each paragraph.	Check KWO's and begin writing 1st paragraph RD.	Complete 1st paragraph RD adding dress-ups (6) and openers (3) to your 1st paragraph if you have not already. Check mechanics. 1st paragraph RD due Mon.		Students will write from the IEW contest prompt. Entry in the contest is optional. Read about it here: https://iew.com/iew-writing-contest
Reading	Journey to Jo'Burg final discussion	Moonwalk Ch 3 & 4	Moonwalk Discussion
History	Jim Elliot, Missionary to Ecuador	Read SOTW "Trouble in the Middle East" p493-499 and answer questions in journal	Billy Graham World Ambassador	Complete Vietnam interview and write a paragraph summary on p74. Due Mon 4/14	Billy Graham sermons	Optional: If you'd like a sampling of Billy Graham sermons to watch and discuss with your child, here are a few.
Geography	Former USSR	Review Former USSR	Review & Practice	Review Former USSR. Can you identify every country on your map?
Science	Complete Egg Experiments & Review Chick Development. Collect NB's for grading.	Read TB p278-281  & Color the Eastern Bluebird p42 & Indigo Bunting p44 in your green folder.	Observe chicks! & Assign bird reports	Read Hummingbirds TB p265-270 & Do Act. 13.1 NB p268 (Instructions in TB p263)
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/5 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/7 GEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 4/16 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/12

Coming Soon:

Wednesday, April 9 - Spirit Day (No Pizza)

Wednesday, April 9 - Lap-A-Thon (After School)

Monday, April 21 - Easter Holiday (No School) 

Math

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.

5. Recognize parallel lines in figures and verify that they are parallel by determining if they are both perpendicular to a third line.

Spelling

Objectives:

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

Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify the parts of a book: title page, copyright page, preface, body, table of contents, appendix, glossary, bibliography, and index.

2. Practice dictionary skills

Writing

NOTE: The IEW 2025 writing contest is open to all students. This year's prompt for ages 8-10 is:

We usually try to avoid doing things we don’t want to do, but sometimes when we go ahead and do them, we experience benefits.  Write a 2-paragraph composition answering this prompt: “What is the hardest thing you have ever done? How did you feel when you finished, or what lesson did you learn?”  

This week, students will choose two topics for the two paragraphs, create a KWO for each, and begin writing the first paragraph RD.

Objectives:

1. Introduce writing from a prompt.

2. Choose two topics to write about.

3. Create a topic sentence and KWO for each topic.

4. Write 1st paragraph of a 2-paragraph composition.

History 

Objectives:

1. Know that Israel and its neighboring countries have had conflict for many years.

2. Share Vietnam Era memories from interviews of people living during the Vietnam War.

3. Learn about the life and ministry of Billy Graham

4. Identify problems associated with Communism in the Soviet Union.

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

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

Science

Objectives:

1. Complete egg experiments, compare with hypothesis, and write out the results.

2. Identify altricial birds.

3. Identify characteristics of precocial birds,

4. Identify characteristics of hummingbirds.

Bird Feeder Live Cams

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.

Geography:  We are beginning our study of the former USSR this week.  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.

Sheppard's software practice game: North & Central Asia and Western Asia

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 5/12

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