Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 9 - Oct. 7 - 13

 

4th Grade Week 9Tuesday
10/7/2025		Wednesday
10/8/2025		Thursday
10/9/2025		Friday
10/10/2025		Monday
10/13/2025		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
BibleExodus 32-33Exodus 34:1-4 and 34:29-35Numbers 13-14Numbers 20:1-13
MathMF Practice-I;
Ch. 5, L5:
TB pgs. 122-125;
WB pgs. 109-112		MF Practice;
Ch. 5, L7:
Practice B,
TB pg. 130 and Review 1 TB pgs. 132-133 (Review any weak long division concepts for Quiz tomorrow.)		Ch. 5 Long Division Quiz & Introduce Fractions with manipulatives; Ch. 6, L1:
TB pgs. 135-140		MF Practice;
Ch. 6, L1:
WB pgs. 127-129		Complete Fraction WS sent homeWe are skipping Ch. 5, L6.
Also, if you haven't already, think about ordering some type of fraction manipulatives. Here is an example: Amazon.com: 156 PCS Magnetic Fraction Tiles Circles, Educational Math Learning Manipulatives Set for Preschool Elementary School.
SpellingStep 7: Review New Teaching, words beginning with "ex"
WS, DS 4-6,
Play Sparkle!		Rewrite mispelled words 5x;
Step 7: Review any shaky Phonograms and key card box; DS 7-9
pg. 51		Step 7 Spelling TestStep 8: New teaching pgs. 53-56; Dictate words pg. 56Step 8:
DS 1-3 pg. 56
GrammarCh. 8, L1
(pgs. 127-130): Helping Verbs, Adverb "not." Make Practice sentence. Grammar Time (PB pg. 7), Define vocab. words (pg. 130)		Ch. 8, L2
(pgs. 131-134): Jingle 14, Grammar Time (PB pg. 7), Define vocab. words (pg. 134) and orally use them in a sentence.		Review Helping Verbs &
Ch. 8, L3
(pgs. 135-139): Grammar Time (PB pg. 7), Ref 27 Irregular Verbs		Review Jingle 14 (Helping Verbs);
Ch. 8, L3 Cont'd (pg. 139): Complete the Test Time section (pg. 139); and for fun, do Activity Time--Acrostic Poem (pg. 139) optional: bring to class on Tuesday to share!
WritingL8 pg. 60:
Finish writing 2nd paragraph RD. Writers Conference.		L8 pg. 60:
Begin writing 3rd paragraph RD (Climax and Resolution).		L8 pg. 60:
Finish 3rd paragraph RD. Writer's Conference. Start FDs of all paragraphs.		L8 pg. 60:
Continue working on FDs paragraphs 1-3.		FD due next Thursday.IEW Lesson 8 Source Text:
Daedalus and Icarus
Pg. 60
ReadingRead The Perilous Journey Ch. 11 in class. Complete vocabulary activity in RJ pg. 16.Read The Perilous Road Chs. 12 & 13. Fill out the "Literary Element: Conflict" Chart in RJ on pg. 17.Read The Perilous Road Final Ch. 14 in class. Orally discuss Questions & Literary Devices: Irony & Theme in RJ on pgs. 20-21.For Optional Extra Credit: Do the fun Cloze Activity for The Perilous Road (RJ pg. 22).
Start your new book Mary Poppins! Read Ch. 1. Orally narrate answers to any 5 questions in reading journal.
HistoryRead SOTW Ch. 11: "The Iron Outlaw."
Make a Wanted Poster.
See Journal for Activity instructions.		Quiz;
Australia Activities		Read SOTW Ch. 11: "Carving Up Africa."
Orally narrate key points.
GeographySouthern Europe Test Next Thursday
ScienceIntroduce Honeybees; Honey Taste Test Experiment!Read TB pgs. 96-99. Orally narrate key points.Read TB pgs. 99-102. Do crossword in NB pgs. 108-109.
(Note some of the words will come from portions not read yet. Have your student look through the whole chapter to find vocab words or use the index in the back of the book).
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Southern Europe - Test on 10/16
KEY DATES: 1-8 Test on 12/11
POEM 2: Due for Recitation on 12/4

Coming Soon!

Thursday, Oct. 9 - Spirit Day
Tuesday, Oct. 14 - No School
Tuesday, Oct. 21 - Optional Picture Retakes
Friday, Oct. 24 - Fall Fest! 
Thursday, Oct. 30 - Historical dress up day, spirit day, pizza day, DOGS day
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Last week in 4th grade:
Painting our Monet masterpieces.








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Discipleship

Our Character Virtue of the month is Prudence. Prudence is deciding wisely on when and how to act, and what to do.
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Math
Continue working on memorizing math facts until mastered. Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.


Objectives:
1. Solve multi-step word problems involving division
2. Practice division
3. Identify equivalent fractions
4. Cumulative review of content from Ch 1-6
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Spelling
Objective:  Spell words with the sound of /eks/ and /egs/ spelled ex.

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Reading  

Finish The Perilous Road. Begin Mary Poppins this (next Monday).
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Writing

Objectives:

1. Write a 3-paragraph myth that follows the story sequence chart (characters/setting, conflict/problem, climax/resolution).
2. Incorporate dress-ups (-ly, who/which, strong verb) and vocabulary words (proud, fasten).
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Grammar

1. Recognize and use helping verbs in sentences.
2. Know that "not" is usually an adverb.
3. Use irregular verbs correctly in various tense forms.
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History  
Objectives: 
1. Assessment 
2. Learn about the geography and culture of Australia. (Taste Australia food items, listen to a digeridoo, learn about Aborigines).
3. Know that prisoners were sent to Australia instead of prisons in Britain.
4. Understand that free men and women joined the prisoners in Australia because they could own a farm of their own.
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Science
1. Identify jobs of bees.
2. Honey tasting experiment.
3. Identify characteristics of honeybees.

Note:
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
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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: Continue to memorize the countries of Southern Europe. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided. Sheppards software has helpful computer games for additional practice.