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	Galatians 5	Ephesians 6
Math	Ch 15, L4 TB p186-189, WB p144-146	Review & Ch 15, L5 TB p190-194, WB p147-149	Ch 15, L6 TB p195-196, WB p151-153	Ch 15 Test
Spelling	Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 27 Practice."	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
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
Writing		Writer's Conference & begin writing 2nd paragraph RD	Using Composition Checklist p210, complete 2nd paragraph & Write 1st paragraph FD	Writer's conference & write 2nd paragraph FD
Reading		Moonwalk Discussion and read Mixed-Up Files Ch 1	Mixed-Up Files Ch 2 and answer questions in journal	Discussion & read Ch 3
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
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
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 4 on 5/2 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/10 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/4

Coming Soon:

Thursday, April 14 - Spirit Day

Tuesday, April 19 - 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. Recognize perpendicular lines in figures and verify that they intersect at right angles

4. Assess 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