Fortis Academy - 4th Grade - Week 28: April 1 - 7

 

4th Grade Week 28Tuesday
4/1/2025
Wednesday
4/2/2025
Thursday
4/3/2025
Friday
4/4/2025
Monday
4/7/2025
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
BibleActs 14, Acts 16:16-40Acts 17Acts 19Acts 26
MathCh 14 Test & Ch 15, L2 TB p177-181, WB p135-138Math Facts & Ch 15, L1 TB p171-176, WB p131-132Math Facts & Ch 15, L3 TB p182-185, WB p139-143Math Facts & Ch 15, L4 TB p186-189, WB p144-146Worksheet
Practice and do multiplication drills.
Your child should be very good at multiplication by now. Please drill on number families they are weak in.
SpellingStep 25: Review NT, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle!Review Step 25 words, phonograms & Card Box. Dictate sentences 7-9.Step 25 TestStep 26 New Teaching. Dictate 10 wordsDictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 26 Practice."
GrammarCh 23, L3: Parts of a book, Do Practice 5Ch 23, L3- Ref. 70. Use a couple books from around home to identify the various parts listed in this reference. Do Practice 1 & 2
Ch 23, L1 Grammar Time, Read Ref. 68:Thank you notes, Practice Time: Following directions, write a thank you note to the person of your choice. &
Ch 23, L2 Classify Sentences, Review Ref. 69 and create a practice invitation. Be sure to include what, who, where, when, and a whipped cream statement. Due Tues.
WritingWrite Milky Way FDComplete Milky Way FD if not finished in class. (If you still have Orion and Great Bear) put all FD's together in this order: Intro, Orion, Great Bear, Milky Way, Conclusion. Due Thurs.I will not count off if you do not include the previous FD's of Orion and Great Bear in your assignment this week.
ReadingDiscussion & Read Ch 12 -13Journey to Jo'Burg Ch 14-15 & answer questions in journal.Final Journey to Jo'Burg Discussion; Turn in JournalsMoonwalk Read Ch 1 & 2
HistoryPresident TriviaRead SOTW "The Death of JFK" pgs. 471-477 and answer questionsPresent President PostersRead SOTW "The Vietnam War" pgs. 487-493 & read Vietnam Era Memories assignment in your journal.This weekend or next week, interview a relative, friend, or teacher who lived during the Vietnam War era. Due 4/15
GeographyFormer USSR
ScienceExperiment with eggs Activities 13.5, 13.6, 13.8, & 13.11Read TB p258-262 Add interesting facts to NB p267Bird Bingo and Trivia!Read TB p272-277 & Complete Vocabulary Activity in NB p278
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Former USSR Due 4/17
POETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/6
KEY DATES: 1-12 Due 5/6
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/8


Coming Soon:
Thursday, April 10 - Spirit Day (No Pizza)
Thursday, April 10 - Lap-A-Thon (After School)
Tuesday, April 22 - Easter Holiday (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 optional extra-credit recording.  

Objectives:

1. Assess multiplying and dividing decimals.

2. Investigate angles and turns.

3. Measure angles between 0 and 180 degrees with a protractor.

4. Express angles in terms of degrees and identify acute, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles.

5. Add and subtract angles.



Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell words containing the sound of /u/ spelled ou.


Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Engage in meaningful discussion.

3. Learn about life in South Africa during Apartheid.


Grammar

Objectives:

1. Students will be able to identify the parts of a book: title page, copyright page, preface, body, table of contents, appendix, glossary, bibliography, and index.  
2. Students will learn how to write a thank you note. 

3. Students will learn how to write an invitation: who, what, when, where, "whipped cream."


Writing

Objectives:

1. Write Milky Way final draft including 6 dress-ups and 3 openers.

2. Complete Introduction and Conclusion.


History 

Objectives:

1. Research and share information about an American president.

2. Know that American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, TX.

5. Know that American soldiers fought against communist North Vietnam for 8 years in a controversial war.

Science
Objectives:
1. Experiment with eggshell strength.
2. Identify the parts of an egg.
3. Observe a growing chick embryo through candling.


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.

Geography:  We are beginning our study of the former USSR 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: North & Central Asia and Western Asia

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 5/13


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