Fortis Academy 4th grade - Week 24: Feb. 25 - Mar. 3, 2025

 

4th Grade Week 24Tuesday
2/25/2025		Wednesday
2/26/2025		Thursday
2/27/2025		Friday
2/28/2025		Monday
3/3/2025
DiscipleshipFaith - Jesus replied to them, "Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him." -Mark 11:22-23
BibleLuke 5 & 8Luke 10:25-37Luke 15Luke 18
MathCh 12 TestMath Facts & Ch 13, L1 TB p105-107, WB p79Math Facts & Ch 13, L2 TB p109-112, WB p81-82Math Facts & Ch 13, L3 TB p113-116, WB p83-84Ch 13, L4 TB p117-118 Practice A
SpellingStep 21 Review NT, DS 4-6, Review PhonogramsReview Phonograms: ng, ar, wh, aw, au, ck, oe, oa, ed and others as needed, review card box. Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 21 Spelling Test & Review phonograms ng, ar, wh, aw, au, ck, oe, oa, edStep 22 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words and sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 21 Practice."Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 3, grade in red pen and return to school Mon. Instructions below
GrammarCh 18 L1: Regular & Irregular VerbsCh 18, L2 Classify Sentences. Review Ref 54 & 55. Complete Practice Time p82Ch 18, L3 Classify Sentences. Review Ref 56 Complete Practice TimeTest for practice only: Ch 18B Test p118, Do Ex 6,7, & 10. Co-teachers, please check and help students make corrections.
WritingWrite Introduction RD for history project if not already completed.Complete FD of history project paragraphs & bibliography. Label dress-ups on your RD. All 3 FD's, 3 RD's, & Bibliography due tomorrow.
History Project Presentations!
Writing Break! Practice Poem 3 for recitation next week.
ReadingDiscuss Ch 8-10 & Read p58-68, complete Ch 11 writing promptRead My Side of the Mountain p68-85 & answer Ch 12 questionsRead My Side of the Mountain p85-106 & answer Ch 13-15 questions.
HistoryThe US Homefront & the End of
WW II		Complete your history project. Include a visual presentation. Practice giving your presentation to your family!Read "The Partitioning of Palestine" p395-400 and answer journal questions or write a paragraph summary. See NOTE below.
Geography
ScienceAct 10.5 & 10.6 & and color the Brown Thrasher & American Robin p42. Play Bird Bingo!Read TB p206-211 Begin Act 10.8 with birds that you've seen recently, and and color the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher p14 in your field guideChicken StudyComplete WDYR p224-225 in your NB
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Eastern Europe Due 2/25
POETRY: Poem 3 Due 3/6
KEY DATES: 1-9 on 3/13
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/8
Coming Soon:

Thursday, Feb. 27 - Spirit Day, DOGS, Pizza!
Thursday, March 13 - Spirit Day, No pizza
Monday, March 17 - 21 Spring Break! NO SCHOOL
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Discipleship: 
Objective:  Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.

Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading. 

Our virtue this month is Faith. Faith is belief in God and His promises.

Fruit of the Spirit: Joy. Joy is a serene and stable happiness that finds its roots in God.
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Math
Note: Start each day with a facts practice warm-up sheet. Do whichever page your child is currently working on. Set the timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, then complete the rest of the page. Correct and return to school for an OPTIONAL extra credit completion grade. (Two sheets due per week)  

Objectives:

1. Assess decimal material covered in Ch 12: tenths, hundredths, expressed as fractions, comparing & ordering, rounding.

2. Add and subtract decimals with tenths using mental math.

3. Add decimals to the tenths place with regrouping.

4. Subtract decimals to the tenths place.

5. Add decimals to the hundredths place

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Spelling

Objectives:

1. Learn to spell words containing the sound of /n/ spelled gn.

2. Assess phonograms.

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Please administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 3 (in binder or on link above) this week and return to school Tuesday. 

You only need to do Assessment 3.


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.

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Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Increase knowledge of nature.

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Grammar

Objectives:

1. Identify regular and irregular verbs.

2. Identify simple tense verbs.

3. Identify the tense of helping verbs.

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Writing 

Objectives:

1. Write a 5-paragraph report on World War II.
2. Present research findings to classmates with an oral presentation.
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History

Objectives:

1. Complete research on WW II and present findings with a visual and written presentation.

2. Know that after WW II the Jewish people received back their ancient homeland of Israel in 1948.



NOTE: Write a paragraph summary in your journal, answering the following questions. Be sure to write complete sentences with proper capitalization, punctuation and nice sentence transitions.

1. When was the last time that Jewish people had lived together in Israel?

2. What is "Zionism"?

3. Why did World War II make many Jewish people feel that they must have their own country?

4. Where did most Zionist leaders want to go? What was it called at the time?

5. What did the United Nations vote to do in 1947 and how did Zionists react?

6. What is May 14, 1948, in Israel?

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Science
Objectives: 
1. Know that birds get their colors from pigments in the feathers and the reflection of light.
2. Know that birds may bathe in water, sunshine, and dirt.
3. Study the arrangement of feathers on a chicken.
4. Observe characteristics of chickens.
5. Review feather facts and vocabulary.

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Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.

Poetry:  Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone." These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here is one. In Christ Alone. Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are completing our study of Eastern Europe 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: Eastern Europe

History: We are beginning our memorization of 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 5/13


Key Dates for 3rd 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