Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 34: May 13 - 16

 

4th Grade Week 34Tuesday
5/13/2025
Wednesday
5/14/2025
Thursday
5/15/2025
Friday
5/16/2025
Discipleship
Bible
Field Trip to Science Mill in Johnson City
Study for your Bird ID Quiz tomorrow!
Finish President Assessments
Keep reading your Bible!
Math
Enjoy the summer break!
Spelling
Bird ID Quiz
Grammar
Writing
Field Day Activities
Reading
Latin
Rock Ceremony
History
Geography
Play Games & Class Party!
Science

Dear Tue/Thurs 4th Grade Families,

     Thank you so much for partnering with Fortis to educate your child in Christ and in classical instruction. You are doing an amazing job of creating amazing minds! I feel extremely blessed to have had the privilege of teaching your children and getting to truly know their personalities. They were so much fun to be with and made my first year very memorable! I'll miss them dearly and wish you all the best of luck in your future educational journey.

Much Love,

Mrs. Woolsey
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Retain the skills you've worked so hard to gain!  Here are some summer suggestions:
  • Read!  Read something good, true, and beautiful every day. Audio books are good too!
  • Review Math - Do about 15 minutes of math 2-3 times a week throughout the summer to keep your math skills strong!  
  • Learn to type! 
  • Write in a personal journal about things you do over the break. Write down your thoughts, things you do and experience, and any new things you learn. Continue to write down the things God shows you as you read His word.
  • Identify the birds and insects that you see and teach others!   
Have a wonderful summer! 

Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 33: May 6 - 12

4th Grade Week 33Tuesday
5/6/2025
Wednesday
5/7/2025
Thursday
5/8/2025
Friday
5/9/2025
Monday
5/12/2025
Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things." -Gal. 5:22-23
Bible1 John 1, 2John 6, 3 John 2-4II Peter 1:3-8 & Jude 17-21Revelation 1:9-18, Rev 4:1-11, Rev 5Read Revelation 7:9-17
MathReviewComplete Review sent homeFinal Math TestMake Test Corrections
SpellingPlay Sparkle!
(words will be chosen at random from our Level 5 book).
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ewPlay Sparkle!
(words will be chosen at random from our Level 5 book).
Phonogram Assessment #5 Due Tues.
GrammarReview 8 parts of speech and their jobs, 5 parts of a complete sentence, 5 parts of a letterReview tense, quotation rules and write a P1, P2, & P3 sentence in preparation for final grammar quiz on ThursdayFinal Grammar Quiz
WritingPoem 4 RecitationsComplete special interests paragraph of your autobiography and put the book together following the directions in Ref 78A & B. Include all pages and 4 paragraphs. Due Thursday.Turn in Autobiography, read in class if students want to share.Note: Since our Field Trip is next Tuesday, I had to move the due date up for our last writing assignment.
ReadingDiscuss Ch 14 & Read Ch 15 -16Read Misty Ch 17-18 & Orally narrateDiscuss Themes & complete Plot MountainComplete character chart listing several important facts about each character. Turn in next week for grading.
HistoryReview Key DatesPractice writing out Key Dates 1-12 and Review US PresidentsKey Dates Test & Presidents Assessments
Geography
ScienceBird Reports & ReviewRead Hummingbirds p265-269. Review Texas Birds & Color the Pileated Woodpecker p21, Red-Headed Woodpecker p36, & Red-Bellied Woodpecker p36Bird Reports, Complete Act. 13.11 and WDYR p276-277; Color the Eastern Bluebird & Indigo Bunting p44 in your field guide. TURN IN YOUR NB and Coloring JournalPlease ensure the kids have their Science NB and Coloring Field Guide Journal for Thursday. Due to the May 13 Field Trip, we will have to take our Bird ID Quiz on the last day of school.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/6
KEY DATES: 1-12
Due 5/6
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45
Due 5/8

Coming Soon:

Thursday, May 8 - 🍕Pizza Day, 🐶DOGS, Spirit Day
Saturday, May 10 - 👉Nerf Tournament
Tuesday, May 13 - 🚌 Field Trip to the Science Mill in Johnson City!
Thursday, May 15 - Last day of school!! 🌞
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Last Week in 4th Grade:  We are getting some quality time in with our classmates before the last day of school!


                         

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Math

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned concepts.

2. Assessment

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Grammar
Objective: Review parts of speech, capitalization and punctuation rules, tense, quotation rules, P1, P2, & P3 sentences.
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Writing 

Objective:
1. Assess Poem 4
2. Write a short autobiography
3. Create "A Book About Me!"
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Spelling
Objective: Phonogram assessment #5

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.

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Reading
Objective:
1. Identify themes in Misty of Chincoteague.
2. Identify the stages of the plot in Misty.
3. Identify virtues and character qualities.
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History 

Objectives:

1. Know and name 12 Key Events and Dates in Modern World History.

2. Know and name the first and last names of the US Presidents in order of service.

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Science
Objectives:
1. Practice identifying Central Texas Birds.
2. Share bird reports with classmates.

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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 5/8


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 - Week 32 - April 29 - May 5

 

4th Grade Week 32Tuesday
4/29/2025
Wednesday
4/30/2025
Thursday
5/1/2025
Friday
5/2/2025
Monday
5/5/2025
Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipCHARITY: "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
BibleTitus 2:11-3:7, Philemon 1:4-7, Hebrews 4:12-16Read Hebrews 11James 1 & 31 Peter 3:8-18
MathCh 17, L3: TB pgs. 234-237 & Year End ReviewComplete Year-End Assessment for review and practice. CCC
CLT Math
Complete Review sent homeCo-Teachers, please correct the Year End Assessment and help your student correct any wrong answers. The Answer Key will be emailed to you.
Spelling
CLT Language Arts
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew
GrammarGrammar Book Ch 26, L2: Ref 78B - Complete pgs. 2 & 6: Goals for My Life and My Special Feelings. You may write in paragraph form or write two lists using complete sentences.Ref 78B: Write about your strengths
WritingRef 79 Part II: Write about your Family Life for your autobiography. Include at least 4 dress-ups, 2 openers.Ref. 79 Part III: Using the outline given, write about your school days. Include at least 4 dress-ups and 2 openers.
ReadingRead Ch 11 & 12 and orally narrate.Read Ch 13 & 14 and orally narrate.
HistoryMao & the Cultural Revolution in ChinaRead pg. 465-468, "The First Persian Gulf War" and orally narrateCollapse of the Soviet Union, Review Key Dates 1-12 & U.S. PresidentsRead 9/11 handout and ask your parents and/or grandparents where they were on 9/11. What are their recollections of that day?Review Key Dates 1-12 for test on Tues.
ScienceBird Reports & Review Texas BirdsColor the Whooping Crane pg. 32, Sandhill Crane pg. 32 & Ruddy Turnstone pg. 33 in your field guide.ShorebirdsColor the Great Blue Heron pg. 5 in your field guide &
Review
Texas Birds
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/6
KEY DATES: 1-12
Due 5/6
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45
Due 5/8


Coming Soon:
Tuesday, April 29 - ✎CLT
Thursday, May 1 - ✎CLT
Saturday, May 3 - Grammar Theater Showcase 🎥
Thursday, May 8 - 🍕Pizza Day, 🐶DOGS, Spirit Day
Saturday, May 10 - 👉Nerf Tournament
Thursday, May 15 - Last day of school!! 🌞

Last Week in 4th Grade: Mrs. Woolsey was sad to miss Thursday, but Mrs. Johnson subbed and everyone dissected an owl pellet (don't worry they are sanitized and perfectly clean before we get them!) 




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A Note on the CLT Testing:
Next week will be taking the CLT. It will be taken over two days. While this is low stakes testing, it is important that your child come to school each day on time and prepared to do their best. Please make sure that your student is well rested and has eaten a good breakfast. 

Please bring quick, easy snacks, filled water bottle, and a book for your child to read if they finish a section early.
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Math

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned skills.

2. Assess math skills.

3. Name faces and edges of cuboids.


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

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Spelling

Objectives: Review phonograms.

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Grammar

Objective: Assessment.

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Writing

Objectives:

1. Assess writing skills.

2. Write a paragraph about your family life.

3. Write a paragraph about school for your autobiography.

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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 U.S. was attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.
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 Science
Objectives:
1. Present findings on bird of choice. 
2. Identify characteristics of shorebirds.
3. Identify Texas birds.
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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 U.S. 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 5/8.


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