Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 29: April 7-13th

 

4th Grade Week 29Tuesday
4/7/2026
Wednesday
4/8/2026
Thursday
4/9/2026
Friday
4/10/2026
Monday
4/13/2026
Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipJUSTICE: "Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of Justice; blessed are all; those who wait on him. " Isaiah 30:18
Bible
Easter Observed - No School
Acts 27-28Rom 3;23, 6:23, 8:28-39Rom 10:6-13 Rom 12I Corinthians 13
MathMFP;
Ch. 15, L5:
TB pgs. 190-194;
WB pgs. 147-149
MFP;
Ch. 15, L6:
TB pgs. 195-196;
WB pgs. 151-153
CCC
MFP;
Ch. 16, L1:
TB pgs. 197-201;
WB pgs. 157-159
CCC
Ch. 16, L2:
TB pgs. 202-205;
WB pgs. 160-161 CCC
(Review any weak Ch. 15 concepts before Tuesday's Test.)
SpellingRewrite misspelled words 5x;
Step 26: Review phonograms & Card Box;
DS 7-9 pg. 135
Step 26 Spelling TestStep 27:
New Teaching pgs. 137-138; Dictate words pg. 138 and DS 1-3 pg. 139
GrammarCh. 24, L2
(pgs. 382-383): How to properly use a Dictionary: Skill Time-Ref. 73 & 74. Practice Time (WB pg. 93)
Grammar Quiz*Ch. 24, L3
(pgs. 385-386): Skill Time-Ref. 75 More Dictionary Learning, Practice Time (WB pgs. 93-94)
*For the Quiz on Thursday, it will just be a review of what is found in the Jingles. See email for specific details.
WritingL29 pg. 223:
Write RD Introduction. Proofread.
L29 pg. 221:
Write FD Conclusion.
L29 pg. 223:
Write FD Introduction
FDs of Intro & Conc. due next Tues. Please put in this order: Rubric, FD Intro, FD of L23, FD of L24, FD of L25, and FD of Conc. (with RDs behind)IEW L29: Myths of the Stars
Pgs. 219-225
ReadingRead Chp. 4 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions and complete second page: "Who Was Marguerite Henry?"
Read Chp. 5 - Misty of Chincoteague
Discussion and Activity.
Read Chp. 6 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions and make 2 predictions on pg. 48 of RJ.
HistoryRead SOTW Ch. 36: "The Death of JFK." Choose 3 questions to answer in your journal.Share Vietnam War Interviews.Read SOTW Ch. 37: "Trouble in the Middle East." Orally narrate key points.
GeographyFormer USSR - Test April 21st
ScienceRead TB pgs. 278-281. Orally narrate. Color the Great Blue Heron pg. 5.Assign Bird for presentations. Observe ChicksRead Hummingbirds TB pgs. 265-270 & Do Activity 13.1 in NB pg. 268 (Instructions in TB pg. 263)Color the Eastern Bluebird pg. 42 & Indigo Bunting pg. 44 in your green folder.Your student will choose a bird to research and make a poster board out of. Please review the handout in the Science section of the Binder. Have them have a few in mind that they would like in case we have multiple students wanting the same bird (we will draw for it).
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Former USSR - Test on 4/21
KEY DATES: 1-13
Test on 5/7
POEM 4: Due for Recitation on
5/12

Coming Soon:

Tuesday, April 7 - Easter Observed - No School
Thursday, April 9 - Spirit Day (No Pizza)
Thursday, April 16 - Science Mill Field Trip🚌
Tuesday, April 21 - Mom's in Prayer & Spirit Night at Dairy Queen!
Thursday, April 23 - 🐶DOGS Day - Spirit Day with Pizza! 🍕
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Virtue of the Month:

Justice - consists in acting fairly in order to establish peace and treat others with dignity. 


Isaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

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Last week in 4th grade:


All our little bunnies (minus Mattie 😢)

Easter Party!


                                                                                                 Tuesday egg experiments!

Fortis Soccer game!                                                            April Fool's joke by Rush!

                                                                    Students opting to try the Math Challenge!
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Math

Objectives:

1. Recognize, measure, and draw angles between 180 and 360 degrees

2. Practice skills from Ch 15

3. Assess angles

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

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

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Spelling

Objectives:

1. Spell words containing the sound of /u/ spelled ou.

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Grammar

Objectives:

1. Review main labels & elements of a sentence.

2. Practice dictionary skills.

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Writing

Objectives:

1.Write an interesting Introduction & Conclusion to a 5-paragraph essay.

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History 

Objectives:

1. Know that Israel and its neighboring countries have had conflict for many years.
2. Share Vietnam Era memories from interviews of people living during the Vietnam War.
3. Learn about JFK.
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Science
Objectives:
1. Begin to research a bird of interest.
2. Identify altricial birds.
3. Identify characteristics of precocial birds,
4. Identify characteristics of hummingbirds.
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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:  The former USSR 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 5/12