Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 30: April 15 - 21

 

4th
Week 30		Tuesday
4/15/2025		Wednesday
4/16/2025		Thursday
4/17/2025		Friday
4/18/2025		Monday
4/21/2025		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
BibleI Cor 13II Cor 5Gal 5
Good Friday - No School
Eph 6
MathCh. 16, L3:
TB pgs. 206-209;
WB pgs. 162-164
CCC		Ch. 16, L4:
TB pgs. 210-214;
Memorize the quadrilaterals on pg. 211;
WB pgs. 166-168		Ch. 16, L5:
TB pgs. 215-218;
WB pgs. 170-172		Review 4;
TB pgs. 241-243: 1-5
CCC
SpellingStep 27 Review teaching & strategies, DS 4-6,
Play Sparkle!		Review Step 27, DS 7-9 Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tchStep 27 Spelling TestStep 28 New Teaching. Dictate 10 words. Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch
GrammarCh 25, L1: OutliningCh 25, L2:
Practice &
Ch 25, L3: Practice
CCC		CLT Practice
WritingWriter's Conferences & Begin 2nd paragraph RD of writing from a promptComplete 2nd paragraph RD. Check mechanics and label all dress-ups.Writer's ConferencesBegin FD of Writing from a Prompt. Due Thurs. 4/24We are working on the same writing prompt that is for the IEW contest. It is up to your student if they actually want to enter.
ReadingIntroduce Misty of Chincoteague Read Ch 1 & 2Read Misty Ch 3 and answer (write) questions in your reading journal pgs. 6-7.Discussion & Read Ch 4Read Ch 5-6 and answer (write) questions in your journal pgs. 10-11.
HistoryShare Vietnam InterviewsRead "Soviet Invasions" pgs. 501-506 and answer questions.The End of the Cold WarRead "Chernobyl and Nuclear Power" pgs. 445-449 and complete questionsFor students that haven't completed their interviews yet, they can share them when they are ready.
GeographyReview Former USSRReview Former USSRFormer USSR Test
SciencePrecocial Birds & Observe chicksWork on your bird report & color the eagle & hawk in your field guideRaptorsWatch Red-tailed Hawk Bird Cam HighlightsA handout was sent home last week about the brief bird report.
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, April 18 - Good Friday ✟ (No School Assignments)
Tuesday, April 22 - Easter Holiday Observed 🐰(No School)
Friday, April 25 - Spring Campout ⛺
Tuesday, April 29 and Thursday May 1 - CLT

In May:
5/2 - Grammar Theater Showcase
5/8 - Pizza Day 🍕, DOGS🐶, Spirit Day
5/10 - Nerf Tournament
5/13 - Field Trip 🚌
5/15 - Last day of school

Last week in 4th Grade: More president posters! We saw the beginning of our eggs hatching! Finally, our fluffy babies 🐣 hatched, and we got to hold them and observe them!








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Math
Objectives:

1. Recognize perpendicular lines in figures and verify that they intersect at right angles.

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

3. Draw perpendicular and parallel lines.

4. Classify quadrilaterals based on the number of parallel sides.

5. Identify lines of symmetry in figures.

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Writing

Objective: Write a two-paragraph composition from a prompt.


The IEW 2025 writing contest is open to all students. All students are encouraged to enter. Check the website for details on how to enter. This year's prompt for ages 8-10 is:


We usually try to avoid doing things we don’t want to do, but sometimes when we go ahead and do them, we experience benefits.  Write a 2-paragraph composition answering this prompt: “What is the hardest thing you have ever done? How did you feel when you finished, or what lesson did you learn?”  

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Grammar

Objectives:

1. Assess previously learned skills.

2. Make a simple outline.

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Reading  

Please review each chapter's vocabulary words prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal. Answer in complete sentences and proofread for spelling, punctuation and grammar.


Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn new vocabulary.

3. Identify character qualities.

4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.

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Objectives:

1. Share Vietnam Era interviews with classmates.
2. Know that President Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev played key roles in ending the Cold War.
3. Identify the benefits and problems associated with nuclear power plants.
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Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of Precocial Birds.
2. Compare and contrast Altricial and Precocial Birds .
3. Research bird of choice.
4. Know that Raptors are birds of prey that use their strong feet, talons and hooked beaks to catch and kill their prey.

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/

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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.

Geography:  We are continuing 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