Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 27: March 24-30

 

4th Grade Week 27Tuesday
3/24/2026
Wednesday
3/25/2026
Thursday
3/26/2026
Friday
3/27/2026
Monday
3/30/2026
Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipHOPE: “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." -Jer. 29:11
BibleActs 1 & 2Acts 4Acts 7 & 9Acts 12
MathMFP;
Review;
Ch. 14, L5:
TB pgs. 153-155;
WB pgs. 117-118
MFP;
Ch. 14, L6:
TB pgs. 156-159;
WB pgs. 119-121
MFP;
Ch. 14, L7:
TB pgs. 160-163;
WB pgs. 122-124
MFP;
Ch. 14, L8:
TB pgs. 164-167;
WB pgs. 125-126
MFP;
Ch 14 Practice A & B; TB pgs. 151, & 168-170
(In preparation for Tuesday's test.)
Your child may not need to do all the practice problems. Pick an assortment of problems from each section and check for mastery.
SpellingStep 24: Review New Teaching and Strategies;
DS 4-6;
Play Sparkle!
Rewrite misspelled words5x;
Step 24: Review Card Box & Phonograms as needed; DS 7-9 pg. 127
Step 24 Spelling TestStep 25:
New Teaching pgs. 129-131; Dictate words pg.130
Step 25:
DS 1-3 pg. 132
GrammarCh. 21, L1
(pgs. 341-344): Grammar Time (PB pg. 20), Skill Time-Ref. 63 Parts of a Friendly Letter and Ref. 64 Friendly Envelope Parts, Define vocab. words (pg. 344)
Ch 21: L2 Use Ref 63 & 64 (WB pgs. 52-53) to write a friendly letter to assigned classmate, put in a properly addressed envelope, but do not seal. Due tomorrow. Practice writing your home address correctly until you can do it perfectly from memory. You'll need it for tomorrow!Ch 22: L1
(pgs. 353-357): Grammar Time (PB pg. 21), Skill Time-Ref. 65 Four Types of Business Letters; Review Refs. 66 & 67.
Ch. 22: L2
(pgs. 358-361) Grammar Time (PB pg. 21),Use Ref 65-67 to draft a business letter to a REAL company of your choice. Put in your envelope from class, label it with company address and bring to class on Tuesday.*
*Students will learn four types of business letters and write to a company of their choice. They will often receive back a reply, which is fun for them. Bring the properly formatted letter, along with the envelope (sent home on Thursday) to school next Tuesday. Co-teachers, help your students look up the address to the company they want to write to.
WritingL25 pgs. 185-187:
Read Texts, Create KWOs
L24 FD Due
L25 pgs. 185-187:
New Style & Style Practice (pgs. 190-192), Begin RD
L25 pgs: 185-187:
Finish RD, Writer's Conference
L25 pgs. 185-187:
Ensure RD is complete and proofread, Write FD
Due next Tuesday
IEW Lesson 25 Source Texts (A,B&C):
Milky Way
Text A - The Milky Way
(pg. 185)
Text B -
Our Galaxy (pg. 186)
Text C -
A Milky Way Canoe (pg. 187)
ReadingMoonwalk Ch 1 discussion & backgroundMoonwalk: read Ch 2; begin "Fiction Book Report."Moonwalk: Read Ch 3 & 4: discussion of "simulator, centrifuge"Complete reading of MoonwalkCarefully complete "Fiction Book Report;" Due TuesdayPack your next reading book for next week: Misty of Chincoteague
HistoryRead SOTW Ch. 35: "The Space Race." Choose 3 questions to answer in your journal.Space Race & MLK; DiscussionRead SOTW Ch. 36: "Civil Rights." Orally narrate key points.Go ahead and start studying the next key dates (11,12 & 13)! Keep the other ones fresh in your mind.
GeographyFormer USSR - Due 4/16
ScienceDiscuss Nest Types: Build a Nest Activity 12.4Read TB pgs. 236-241. Orally narrate key points.Read TB pgs. 242-247; Do Vocabulary lesson in NB pg. 260.Color Chickadees, Titmouse & Wrens in your green journal pg. 41.
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Former USSR - Test on 4/16
KEY DATES: 1-13
Test on 5/7
POEM 4: Due for Recitation on
5/12
Presidents: Due for Recitation on 5/12

Coming Soon:
Thursday, March 26 - Spirit Day, 🐶DOGS, Pizza! 🍕🍕
Thursday, April 9 - Spirit Day (No Pizza)
Tuesday, April 7 ✟Easter Holiday🐰 (No School)
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Week before last in 4th Grade:

Ready for Spring Break!!


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Math
Please continue to complete two Math Fact worksheets per week. Set the timer for 5 min and circle the last problem your child completes. Then complete the page, correct, and return to school for optional extra credit grade.

Note: Your child may not need to do all the practice problems. Pick an assortment of problems from each section and check for mastery.

Objectives:

1. Divide a one-place decimal by a one-digit whole number.

2. Divide a two-place decimal by a one-digit whole number.

3. Divide decimals to hundredths in cases where the quotient has a different number of decimal places than the dividend.

4. Practice division with decimals.

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Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell word endings of /awt/ spelled ought and words with a followed by l.

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Reading  

Please bring your book to class each day.

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Engage in meaningful discussion.

3. Learn about the first walk on the Moon.

4. Create a summary report of the book Moonwalk.

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Writing

Objectives:

1. Create a KWO for 3 sources.

2. Write a paragraph about the Milky Way fusing information from 3 sources.

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Grammar

Objectives:

1. Know the five parts of a friendly letter: Heading, Greeting, Body, Closing, Signature.

2. Write a friendly letter to a friend using the correct format.

3. Address an envelope.

4. Know common reasons to write a business letter.
5. Write a properly formatted business letter.

Note: Students will learn four types of business letters and write to a company of their choice. They will often receive back a reply, which can be fun. Bring the properly formatted letter, along with a stamped, addressed envelope to school on Tuesday, March 31.
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History 

Objectives:

1. Explore the role the Cold War had on the Space Race.
2. Know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a national leader of the Civil Rights Movement between 1950-1968.

3. Become familiar with MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.


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Science
Objectives:
1. Identify types of nests and the birds that make them.
2. Build a nest.
3. Describe five different types of nests.
4. Identify common Central 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.

Geography:  Former USSR - 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.

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