Fortis Academy 4th Grade - Week 30: April 14-20

 

4th Grade
Week 30
Tuesday
4/14/2026
Wednesday
4/15/2026
Thursday
4/16/2026
Friday
4/17/2026
Monday
4/20/2026
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
BibleI Corinthians 13II Corinthians 5
FIELD TRIP TO THE SCIENCE MILL!
Galatians 5Ephesians 6
MathCh. 15 Test
Ch. 16, L2:
TB pgs. 202-205;
WB pgs. 160-161
MFP;
Ch. 16, L3:
TB pgs. 206-209;
WB pgs. 162-164
CCC
MFP;
Ch. 16, L4:
TB pgs. 210-214;
Memorize the quadrilaterals on pg. 211;
WB pgs. 166-168
MFP;
Ch. 16, L5:
TB pgs. 215-218;
WB pgs. 170-172
SpellingStep 27:
Review teaching & strategies;
DS 4-6;
Play Sparkle!
Rewrite misspelled words 5x;
Step 27: Review Words; Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch;
DS 7-9 pg. 139
Step 28:
New Teaching/Word Sort pgs. 141-142; Review phonograms er, ur, ir, our, ear, igh, ie, dge, wr, ti, ci, si, tch;
DS 1-3 pg. 143
Note: Due to the Field Trip Thursday, our Step 27 test will be next Tuesday.
GrammarCh 25, L1
(pgs. 392-394): Skill Time-Refs. 76 & 77 Outlines
Ch 25, L2
(pg. 395):
Practice Time
Ch. 25, L3
(pg. 396): Practice Time - Turn in your outline for this Practice on Tuesday.
WritingL26 pg. 198:
New Structure pgs. 196-197, Create 1st paragraph KWO (pg. 198)
L26 pg. 198:
Style & Vocab. Practice (pgs. 199-201),Create 2nd paragraph KWO
L26 pg. 198:
Begin 1st paragraph RD. If complete, Writer's Conference
L26 pg. 198:
Ensure 1st paragraph RD is complete and proofread. Write 2nd paragraph RD and proofread.
IEW Lesson 26:
A Fantastic Place I Know
Pgs. 195-201
ReadingRead Chp. 7 - Misty of Chincoteague
Discussion and find examples of conflict, add to your RJ pg. 51.
Read Chp. 8 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions.
Read Chp. 9 - Misty of Chincoteague
Answer RJ questions.
HistoryRead SOTW Ch. 38: "Soviet Invasions." Answer journal questions.Read SOTW Ch. 40: "Chernobyl and Nuclear Power." Orally narrate key points.
GeographyFormer USSR ReviewFormer USSR ReviewFormer USSR ReviewGeog. Test Next Tuesday! Study up!
ScienceDiscuss Precocial Birds & Raptors;
Observe chicks
Work on Bird Project.
Watch Red-tailed Hawk Highlights from Bird Cam
Work on your Bird Project; Color the birds of prey (Harris's Hawk & Pergrine Falcon pg. 29) in your green journal.Color 1 South Texas Plain bird of your choice (pg. 20) and 1 Coastal Plain bird of your choice (pg. 22) in your green folder.Click on the link in the notes section to view the Bird Cams.
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:

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:



Sharing our Vietnam interviews!

Dinah showing the class a slide show with slides taken in 1970 from Vietnam (her Grandpa's).

Lined up and ready to head out!
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Math
Objectives:

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

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

3. Draw perpendicular and parallel lines

4. Classify quadrilaterals based on the number of parallel sides

5. Identify lines of symmetry in figures

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Writing

Objective:

1. Write a two-paragraph composition from a prompt about a fantastic place.

2. Use all skills learned this year to write from a KWO and create cohesive writing.

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Grammar

Objectives Make a simple outline.

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Reading  

Objectives: 

1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.

2. Learn new vocabulary

3. Identify character qualities.

4. Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.

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History 

Objectives:

1. Define communism.
2. Know that President Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev played key roles in ending the Cold War.
3. Identify the benefits and problems associated with nuclear power plants.
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Science
Objectives:
1. Identify characteristics of Precocial Birds
2. Compare and contrast Altricial and Precocial Birds 
3. Research bird of choice.
4. Know that Raptors are birds of prey that use their strong feet, talons and hooked beaks to catch and kill their prey.

Students are making a field guide of Texas birds using pictures from the Texas Parks & Wildlife publication.  For coloring accuracy, search birds here:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/


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:  We are continuing our study of the former USSR 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 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