Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 12: October 28 - November 3

 

4th Grade Week 12Tuesday
10/28/2025
Wednesday
10/29/2025
Thursday
10/30/2025
Friday
10/31/2025
Monday
11/3/2025
Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipPrudence-" For the grace of God has appeared, bringing us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age." Titus 2:11
BibleRuth 1 & 2I Samuel 1I Samuel 3 & 8I Samuel 16
MathCh. 6 Test
Ch. 7, L1:
TB pgs. 161-164;
WB pgs. 151-153
MFP;
Ch. 7, L2:
TB pgs. 165-167;
WB pgs. 154-156
MFP;
Ch. 7, L3:
TB pgs. 168-170;
WB pgs. 157-158
MFP;
Ch. 7, L4:
TB pgs. 171-172;
WB pgs. 160-161
MFP;
Ch. 7, L5:
TB pgs. 173-175;
WB pgs. 162-163
SpellingStep 10: Review New Teaching, Phonograms, DS 4-6Rewrite misspelled words 5x;
Step 10: Review Card Box, DS 7-9 pg. 64; Review phonograms ow, ou, ai, ay, ea, or, ui
Step 10 Spelling TestStep 11: New teaching pgs. 67-70; Dictate words pg. 69Step 11 DS 1-3 pg.70
GrammarTurn in worksheet from last week
Ch. 10 L1
(pgs. 164-167): Grammar Time (PB pg. 9), Skill Time-Ref 31, Define vocab words (pg. 166)
Ch. 10 L2
(pgs. 168-173): Jingle Time, Grammar Time (PB 9), Skill Time, Define vocab. words (pg. 171). Complete Capitalization WS. Turn in tomorrow.
Ch. 10 L3
(pgs. 174-177): Grammar Time (PB pg. 9), Skill Time, Define vocab. words (pg. 171) and use in a sentence; Practice Time (WB pg. 70)
Ch. 10 L4
(pg. 179): Do Test Time (WB pg. 106);
Complete Daily Grammar Worksheets sent home. Turn in Tuesday.
WritingL12 pg. 88:
Read, Discuss, Create KWO.
L11 FD Due.
L12 pg. 88:
Complete New Style (pg. 90), Intro. Banned Words "big, small," Style Practice (pg. 91). Begin RD.
L12 pg. 88:
Complete RD. Writer's Conference.
L12 pg. 88:
Write FD.
Due Tuesday.
IEW Lesson 12 Source Text:
Swans
Pg. 88
ReadingRead Mary Poppins Ch. 9 in class; Orally discuss RJ Questions.Read Mary Poppins Ch. 10; Answer any 5 questions in RJ (pgs. 37-38).Read Mary Poppins Ch. 11 in class; Orally discuss RJ Questions. Create your own Penguin Poem!Read Mary Poppins Chp. 12.Answer any 4 questions for Ch. 12 in your RJ (pgs. 44 - 45).
HistoryRead SOTW Ch. 15: "The Spanish American War." Choose any 3 questions to answer in your journal.The Spanish American War/ Moving West; Discussion and Activities.Read SOTW Ch. 16: "Moving West." Orally narrate key points.
GeographyWestern Europe - Due 11/20
ScienceOrder Diptera: Flies, Mosquitoes & Robber FliesRead TB pg. 120-123. Orally narrate key points.Read TB pg. 124-128, Complete any 3 WDYR questions in NB pg. 128Finish up Insect Collections - Due next Tuesday!
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Western Europe - Test on 11/20
KEY DATES: 1-8
Test on 12/11
POEM 2: Due for Recitation on
12/4
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Coming Soon!

Thursday, Oct. 30 - Historical Dress Up Day/DOGS, Spirit & Pizza Day!
Thursday, Nov. 13 - Spirit Day!
Thursday, Nov. 20 - DOGS, Spirit & Pizza Day!
Monday, Nov. 24 - Friday, Nov. 28: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

Note: Our class is studying the time period of 1850-modern day in history. For Historical Dress-Up Day, students may dress as any historical figure that lived during that timeframe of history. 
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Last week in 4th grade:

1. Learning how to draw ladybugs in Science.          2. Helping each other during math!

3. Enjoying the coolest cookies ever for Eden's b-day!

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Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts until mastered. Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up using the math facts sheets. Return fact sheets every week from the previous week. Please date the sheets or write what week they are from! Link here:  Math Facts

Objectives:

1. Add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

2. Add and subtract fractions with related denominators.

3. Add a fraction and mixed number with related denominators.

4. Add mixed numbers with related denominators.

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Spelling

Objective: Know five ways to spell the sound of /er/.

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Reading  

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Identify characters and their qualities.

3. Summarize the plot by identifying the rising action, climax, and resolution.

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Grammar

Objective: Review and practice capitalization and punctuation skills.
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Writing   

Objectives:

1. Write a because clause and add it to a complete sentence. 
2. Practice writing topic sentences.
3. Memorize and correctly use the topic sentence/clincher rule.
4. Create a KWO of several facts about swans.
5. Write a paragraph summarizing a reference about swans.

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History
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of Frederick Remington's artwork.
2. Understand how newspaper owners used “yellow journalism” and artwork by Frederic Remington to stir up sentiment against Spain.
3. Know that Theodore Roosevelt helped the US gain a decisive victory in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
4. Know that the American West was changed as settlers moved west, railroads were built, Native Americans were pushed off their land, and territories became states. 
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Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of flies, mosquitoes, robber flies and true bugs.
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Memory Work:  Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work:

Poetry:  Our second quarter poem is "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."  Additional copies here.

Geography:  We are continuing our study of Western 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 will be provided for the test.