Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 34: May 13 - 16

 

4th Grade Week 34Tuesday
5/13/2025
Wednesday
5/14/2025
Thursday
5/15/2025
Friday
5/16/2025
Discipleship
Bible
Field Trip to Science Mill in Johnson City
Study for your Bird ID Quiz tomorrow!
Finish President Assessments
Keep reading your Bible!
Math
Enjoy the summer break!
Spelling
Bird ID Quiz
Grammar
Writing
Field Day Activities
Reading
Latin
Rock Ceremony
History
Geography
Play Games & Class Party!
Science

Dear Tue/Thurs 4th Grade Families,

     Thank you so much for partnering with Fortis to educate your child in Christ and in classical instruction. You are doing an amazing job of creating amazing minds! I feel extremely blessed to have had the privilege of teaching your children and getting to truly know their personalities. They were so much fun to be with and made my first year very memorable! I'll miss them dearly and wish you all the best of luck in your future educational journey.

Much Love,

Mrs. Woolsey
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Retain the skills you've worked so hard to gain!  Here are some summer suggestions:
  • Read!  Read something good, true, and beautiful every day. Audio books are good too!
  • Review Math - Do about 15 minutes of math 2-3 times a week throughout the summer to keep your math skills strong!  
  • Learn to type! 
  • Write in a personal journal about things you do over the break. Write down your thoughts, things you do and experience, and any new things you learn. Continue to write down the things God shows you as you read His word.
  • Identify the birds and insects that you see and teach others!   
Have a wonderful summer! 

Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 33: May 6 - 12

4th Grade Week 33Tuesday
5/6/2025
Wednesday
5/7/2025
Thursday
5/8/2025
Friday
5/9/2025
Monday
5/12/2025
Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things." -Gal. 5:22-23
Bible1 John 1, 2John 6, 3 John 2-4II Peter 1:3-8 & Jude 17-21Revelation 1:9-18, Rev 4:1-11, Rev 5Read Revelation 7:9-17
MathReviewComplete Review sent homeFinal Math TestMake Test Corrections
SpellingPlay Sparkle!
(words will be chosen at random from our Level 5 book).
Review phonograms eigh, ei, ey, ph, kn, gn, nk, ough, ewPlay Sparkle!
(words will be chosen at random from our Level 5 book).
Phonogram Assessment #5 Due Tues.
GrammarReview 8 parts of speech and their jobs, 5 parts of a complete sentence, 5 parts of a letterReview tense, quotation rules and write a P1, P2, & P3 sentence in preparation for final grammar quiz on ThursdayFinal Grammar Quiz
WritingPoem 4 RecitationsComplete special interests paragraph of your autobiography and put the book together following the directions in Ref 78A & B. Include all pages and 4 paragraphs. Due Thursday.Turn in Autobiography, read in class if students want to share.Note: Since our Field Trip is next Tuesday, I had to move the due date up for our last writing assignment.
ReadingDiscuss Ch 14 & Read Ch 15 -16Read Misty Ch 17-18 & Orally narrateDiscuss Themes & complete Plot MountainComplete character chart listing several important facts about each character. Turn in next week for grading.
HistoryReview Key DatesPractice writing out Key Dates 1-12 and Review US PresidentsKey Dates Test & Presidents Assessments
Geography
ScienceBird Reports & ReviewRead Hummingbirds p265-269. Review Texas Birds & Color the Pileated Woodpecker p21, Red-Headed Woodpecker p36, & Red-Bellied Woodpecker p36Bird Reports, Complete Act. 13.11 and WDYR p276-277; Color the Eastern Bluebird & Indigo Bunting p44 in your field guide. TURN IN YOUR NB and Coloring JournalPlease ensure the kids have their Science NB and Coloring Field Guide Journal for Thursday. Due to the May 13 Field Trip, we will have to take our Bird ID Quiz on the last day of school.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Poem 4 Due 5/6
KEY DATES: 1-12
Due 5/6
HISTORY: US Presidents 1-45
Due 5/8

Coming Soon:

Thursday, May 8 - 🍕Pizza Day, 🐶DOGS, Spirit Day
Saturday, May 10 - 👉Nerf Tournament
Tuesday, May 13 - 🚌 Field Trip to the Science Mill in Johnson City!
Thursday, May 15 - Last day of school!! 🌞
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Last Week in 4th Grade:  We are getting some quality time in with our classmates before the last day of school!


                         

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Math

Objectives:

1. Review previously learned concepts.

2. Assessment

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Grammar
Objective: Review parts of speech, capitalization and punctuation rules, tense, quotation rules, P1, P2, & P3 sentences.
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Writing 

Objective:
1. Assess Poem 4
2. Write a short autobiography
3. Create "A Book About Me!"
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Spelling
Objective: Phonogram assessment #5

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
Objective:
1. Identify themes in Misty of Chincoteague.
2. Identify the stages of the plot in Misty.
3. Identify virtues and character qualities.
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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.

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Science
Objectives:
1. Practice identifying Central Texas Birds.
2. Share bird reports with classmates.

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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 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 5/8


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