Fortis Academy 4th grade: April 18 - 22, 2022

 

4th Grade Week 31	4/18/2022	4/19/2022	4/20/2022	4/21/2022	4/22/2022
Discipleship		Teacher Training - No School	Forgiveness
Bible	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	Ch 16, L1 TB p197-201, WB p157-159		Ch 16, L2 TB p202-205, WB p160-161 CCC	Ch 16, L3 TB p206-209, WB p162-164 CCC	Ch 16, L4 TB p210-214, Memorize the quadrilaterals on p211, WB p166-168
Spelling	Step 28 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3		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	Rewrite Step 27 misspelled words. Review card box, DS 4-9 on same paper started Thurs. Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch	Step 28 Test & Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew
Grammar	Complete Daily Grammar		Ch 25 Lesson 1: Review Ref 76 & 77 on outlines	Ch 25 L2 Outline Practice	Daily Grammar
Writing	Begin writing 3rd paragraph RD & work on FD for Writing Contest (due Thursday)		Complete 3rd paragraph RD (favorite Fairy Tale) & begin FD. Co-teachers, check spelling, grammar & Complete Writing Contest FD. Due tomorrow stapled: Rubric, FD, RD	L28 Writing an Introduction & Conclusion	Read p213-215 & make KWO's for your Conclusion and Introduction
Reading	Read Mixed-Up Files Ch 4		Read Mixed-Up Files Ch 5	Discussion, Vocab Study & Begin Ch 6	Finish Ch 6 & read Ch 7 and answer questions p14-15
Latin
History	Read "Chernobyl and Nuclear Power" p445-449		Read "Democracy in China?" and in your journal answer: 1)What is propaganda? 2) What was the Cultural Revolution, 3) Describe what happened at Tiananmen Square. Include dates for both of these events	Mao's Cultural Revolution & Tiananmen Square	Read p465-468 "The First Persian Gulf War" and in your journal answer: 1. Why did Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait? 2. Why were other nations worried when Hussein invaded Kuwait?
Geography
Science	Check this out!  Owlet takes a leap & Red-tailed hawk fledgling & color the hawk & work on your bird report		Complete your bird report & Color the Canada goose p27 & Peregrine Falcon p29 in your field guide	Bird Reports	Complete p88 in your journal. Describe how eggs are incubated, candled, and hatch. Include temperature, humidity, days to hatch, and the hatching process.
Memory Work

Coming Soon:

Tuesday, April 19 - Teacher Inservice (NO SCHOOL)

Tuesday, April 26 - Moms in Prayer 9:00-10:00am

Thursday, April 28 - Spirit Day, D.O.G.S. Day, and Pizza Day!

Monday - Friday, May 2-6 - Art Show!

Friday, Saturday, May 6 & 7 - Grammar Theater Performances

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

2. Draw perpendicular and parallel lines

3. Classify quadrilaterals based on the number of parallel sides

4. Identify lines of symmetry in figures

Spelling

Objectives:

1. Analyze six ways to spell the sound of /er/.

2. Review phonograms

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: Learn how to write a simple introduction and conclusion to a 5-paragraph report

Grammar

Objective:

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 Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 resulting in the first Gulf War.

Science

Objectives:

1. Research bird of choice and present findings to classmates

2. Observe chick behavior

3. Describe the process of incubating chicks                       

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 5/6/21

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