Fortis Academy 4th grade: May 1 -5, 2023

4th Grade Week 33	5/1/2023	5/2/2023	5/3/2023	5/4/2023	5/5/2023
Discipleship	FLEXIBILITY: " I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. - Phil 4:12
Bible		1 John 1, 2John 6, 3 John 2-4	II Peter 1:3-8 & Jude 17-21	Revelation 1:9-18, Rev 4:1-11, Rev 5	Read Revelation 7:9-17
Math		Review	Review	Final Math Test
Spelling		Step 28 Test Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew	Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew	Review phonograms & play Sparkle	Phonogram Assessment #5 Due Tues
Grammar		Ref 78B Write about your strengths, & Begin Ref 79, Part III School days	Review 8 parts of speech and their jobs, 5 parts of a complete sentence, 5 parts of a letter	Review	Review tense, quotation rules and write a P1, P2, & P3 sentence in preparation for final grammar test on Tues
Writing		Poem 4 Recitations	Ref. 79 Part III Using the outline given, write about your school days. Include at least 4 dress-ups and 2 openers	Make cover picture and begin writing about your special interests	Complete your autobiography and put the book together following the directions in Ref 78A & B. Add your autobiography paragraphs. Due Tues
Reading		Discussion & Read Ch 8	Read Ch 9 & answer questions	Literary Conflict	Read Ch 10 and answer questions in journal
Latin
History	Review Key Dates 1-12 & US Presidents	Review Key Dates	Review Key Dates 1-12  Review US Presidents	Key Dates 1-12 Test	Review US Presidents
Geography		States & Capitals practice	Review States & Capitals	Review	Review States & Capitals for Test on Tues
Science	Put your green field guide in your backpack for grading tomorrow	Review   Texas Birds & Matter Experiment	Review Texas Birds & Read Matter Handout p88-93	Matter Experiments	Review   Texas Birds & Read Matter Handout p94-99 Complete questions begun in class. Due Tues
Memory Work	POETRY: Poem 3 on 3/1 GEOGRAPHY: US States & Capitals 5/4 KEY DATES: 1-12 on 5/4 HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/9

Please check Alma for grades and missing work.

Coming Soon:

Thursday, May 11 - Last Day of school

Friday, May 26 - Nerf Tournament 5-7:30 pm

Math

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned concepts, reteaching where necessary

2. Assessment

Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Practice reading fluency and comprehension skills

2. Identify literary conflict in The Mixed-Up Files

3. Compare and contrast characters in The Mixed-Up Files 

Grammar

Objective: Review parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation rules

Writing 

Objective:

 1. Write a short autobiography

 2. Create  "A Book About Me!"

 3. Assess Poem 4

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.

Science

Objectives:

1. Practice identifying Central Texas Birds

2. 

Learn About Texas Birds

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 completing our 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 5/9

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