Fortis Academy - Week 32 - April 29 - May 5

 

4th Grade Week 32Tuesday
4/29/2025		Wednesday
4/30/2025		Thursday
5/1/2025		Friday
5/2/2025		Monday
5/5/2025		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
BibleTitus 2:11-3:7, Philemon 1:4-7, Hebrews 4:12-16Read Hebrews 11James 1 & 31 Peter 3:8-18
MathCh 17, L3: TB pgs. 234-237 & Year End ReviewComplete Year-End Assessment for review and practice. CCC
CLT Math
Complete Review sent homeCo-Teachers, please correct the Year End Assessment and help your student correct any wrong answers. The Answer Key will be emailed to you.
Spelling
CLT Language Arts
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ew
GrammarGrammar Book Ch 26, L2: Ref 78B - Complete pgs. 2 & 6: Goals for My Life and My Special Feelings. You may write in paragraph form or write two lists using complete sentences.Ref 78B: Write about your strengths
WritingRef 79 Part II: Write about your Family Life for your autobiography. Include at least 4 dress-ups, 2 openers.Ref. 79 Part III: Using the outline given, write about your school days. Include at least 4 dress-ups and 2 openers.
ReadingRead Ch 11 & 12 and orally narrate.Read Ch 13 & 14 and orally narrate.
HistoryMao & the Cultural Revolution in ChinaRead pg. 465-468, "The First Persian Gulf War" and orally narrateCollapse of the Soviet Union, Review Key Dates 1-12 & U.S. PresidentsRead 9/11 handout and ask your parents and/or grandparents where they were on 9/11. What are their recollections of that day?Review Key Dates 1-12 for test on Tues.
ScienceBird Reports & Review Texas BirdsColor the Whooping Crane pg. 32, Sandhill Crane pg. 32 & Ruddy Turnstone pg. 33 in your field guide.ShorebirdsColor the Great Blue Heron pg. 5 in your field guide &
Review
Texas Birds
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/6
KEY DATES: 1-12 Due 5/6
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/8


Coming Soon:
Tuesday, April 29 - ✎CLT
Thursday, May 1 - ✎CLT
Saturday, May 3 - Grammar Theater Showcase 🎥
Thursday, May 8 - 🍕Pizza Day, 🐶DOGS, Spirit Day
Saturday, May 10 - 👉Nerf Tournament
Thursday, May 15 - Last day of school!! 🌞

Last Week in 4th Grade: Mrs. Woolsey was sad to miss Thursday, but Mrs. Johnson subbed and everyone dissected an owl pellet (don't worry they are sanitized and perfectly clean before we get them!) 




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A Note on the CLT Testing:
Next week will be taking the CLT. It will be taken over two days. While this is low stakes testing, it is important that your child come to school each day on time and prepared to do their best. Please make sure that your student is well rested and has eaten a good breakfast. 

Please bring quick, easy snacks, filled water bottle, and a book for your child to read if they finish a section early.
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Math

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned skills.

2. Assess math skills.

3. Name faces and edges of cuboids.


If you'd like to practice math skills over the summer, here is a 4th-grade review website of math skills learned this year: https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4

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Spelling

Objectives: Review phonograms.

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Grammar

Objective: Assessment.

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Writing

Objectives:

1. Assess writing skills.

2. Write a paragraph about your family life.

3. Write a paragraph about school for your autobiography.

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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 the U.S. was attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.
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 Science
Objectives:
1. Present findings on bird of choice. 
2. Identify characteristics of shorebirds.
3. Identify Texas birds.
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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 memorizing the U.S. 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 5/8.


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

Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 31 - April 22-28

 

4th Grade Week 31Tuesday
4/22/2025		Wednesday
4/23/2025		Thursday
4/24/2025		Friday
4/25/2025		Monday
4/28/2025		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
Bible
Easter Tuesday - No School
Phil 4:6-13IThess 4:13-18, II Thess 3:1-5I Tim 2:1-6, 4:12, 6:6-21II Tim 2:1-7
MathReview 5 TB p245-247: 1-9 CCCReview & Ch 16 L6, TB p219-221, WB p174-175Ch 17, L1 TB p226-229, WB p183Ch 17, L2 TB p230-233
SpellingReview Step 28 New Teaching, Dictate sentences 4-6, and Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch
Step 28 Test & Review phonogramsPhonogram Assessment #4Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment 4, grade in red pen and return to school Mon. Instructions below
GrammarClassify all Ch 23 sentences that you have not previously completed in your practice book.Outlining & CLT PracticeAutobiography Book: Ch 26, L1 Read Ref.78A p61: Make Title Page and complete page 1: "Things I Like to Do" Write a sentence or two about each of the things you like to do. Illustrate
WritingComplete FD of Writing from a Prompt. Due tomorrow. Stapled: Rubric, FD, RDIntroduce autobiography.Ch26, L3: Using Ref 79 Part I as a guide, write a paragraph describing your family. Complete section I only. (birth, parents, siblings, grandparents) Include a minimum of 4 different dress-ups and 2 openers
ReadingRead Misty of Chincoteague Ch 7-8 and answer questions in your journal p14,Discussion & character analysis p46Read Ch 9-10 and and answer questions in your journal p15 over Chaps 7-9
HistoryRead "Communism Crumbles" p544-548 and describe what happened in Berlin, Germany in journal p81The Fall of Communism in Eastern EuropeRead "Democracy in China?" p539-544 and answer journal questions p82
Geography
ScienceRead Owls TB p249-251 & color the Barred Owl and Great Horned Owl in your journalAct 12.6 Owl Pellet DissectionBaby Owl Eating
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/6
KEY DATES: 1-12 Due 5/6
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45 Due 5/8


Coming Soon:

Friday-Sunday April 25-27 - Spring campout
Tuesday, April 29 - CLT
Thursday, May 1 - CLT
Saturday, May 3 - Grammar Theater Showcase
Thursday, May 10 - Pizza Day, DOGS, Spirit Day
Saturday, May 10 - Nerf Tournament
Thursday, May 15 - Last day of school
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Last week in 4th Grade: More baby chick 🐤 holding and our ♰ Easter Party. Thanks to Mrs. Novak and Mrs. Tomescu for making it happen!






Math

Objectives:

1. Complete drawings of symmetrical figures.

2. Practice skills with lines

3. Identify faces, edges and vertices of a cuboid.

4. Identify nets of cuboids.


Spelling

Objectives:

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

2. Review and assess phonograms


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.


Writing

Objectives:

1. Complete a two-paragraph composition about the hardest thing you have ever done.

2. Write a descriptive paragraph about your family.


Reading  

Objectives: 

1. Practice reading fluency and comprehension skills.

2. Identify character traits in characters.

3. Compare and contrast characters.


History 

Objectives:

1.Know that life in East Berlin was difficult until the fall of the Berlin Wall. 
2. Know that during the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976, every part of Chinese culture had to praise Mao & his policies.
3. Know that in 1989, thousands of students protested together in Tiananmen Square wanting democracy.
 
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of owls
2. Dissect an owl pellet
3. Identify Texas birds

Students are 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/


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 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
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