BLOG KEY
General:
Act – Activity
Ch – Chapter
Ex – Exercise
L – Lesson
p – Page(s)
Math:
HIG – Home Instructor’s Guide
TB – Textbook
WB – Workbook
FP – Facts Practice (A, B, C, or D denotes which sheet to use)
Science:
SG – Student Guide
USE – Usborne Encyclopedia of Science
KSE – Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Science
COMING SOON...
Monday, April 1 - Staff Development Day. NO SCHOOL!
Saturday, April 6 - Fortis Nerf Tournament. Hill Country Bible Church, Cedar Park, 6-9 p.m., $10 per player. Concessions available.
Week of April 8 - Standardized Testing
Wednesday, April 13 - Spirit Day. Students may wear spirit shirts with jeans.
Saturday, April 6 - Fortis Nerf Tournament. Hill Country Bible Church, Cedar Park, 6-9 p.m., $10 per player. Concessions available.
Week of April 8 - Standardized Testing
Wednesday, April 13 - Spirit Day. Students may wear spirit shirts with jeans.
MATH:
- Make different tessellations with a given shape.
- Design shapes that can tessellate.
- Assess mastery of finding unknown angles in four-sided figures.
- Review previously learned concepts.
Please make copies of the four math facts pages (A-D) that were sent home in binders (inside front pocket). These are master copies. You will use these all year. Here are the instructions for administering facts practice sheets:
1. Set a timer for five minutes.
2. When the five minutes is up, if your child has not finished, please mark the place where he/she left off, and then have the student finish the sheet.
3. Parents, please use the key sent home to check your child's work. Have him/her make any corrections.
3. Turn the sheet in as homework on the next school day. I will take it as a homework completion grade.
READING:
- Learn character lessons from the reading and discussion of Little Britches.
- Identify virtues in book characters when reading.
- Increase vocabulary.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Know the components of a book report or critique.
- Write introductions and conclusions for research papers.
- Improve editing skills.
COMPOSITION:
This week, we’ll write the introductions and conclusions for our research papers.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of adding an -ly suffix to a word.
- Learn to spell words with thesound spelled ER/ār/
GRAMMAR:
- Be able to classify sentences with mixed patterns.
LATIN:
- Assess mastery of Ch28 vocab words and maxim.
- Memorize chapter maxim, chart and vocab words for Ch29.
HISTORY:
- Become familiar with the names of presidents John Quincy Adams through James Polk.
SCIENCE:
- Assess mastery of material from unit 6, part 1.
- Know the components of functions of the endocrine system.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Memorize the names and locations of the provinces of Canada.
- Know the location of Greenland in relation to neighboring continents and countries.
MEMORY WORK:
Scripture: We'll spend the year working on our scripture memorization of Philippians 2:1-18 (KJV). Our intent with scripture memory is for students to hide God’s word deep in their hearts so that they can call upon it for comfort, reassurance, and strength in times of trouble. With that in mind, we will not be testing over this scripture, but we will be reciting it together as a school every morning during assembly time. Here is a link to an article that explains why we generally prefer to have our students memorize the King James Version.
Geography: We'll test over Central America this week. A hard copy of the maps can be found behind the "memory" tab in your child's binder. Additional maps, as well as MP3s of the songs, are available at this link: Geography Resources.
Poetry: Our fourth quarter poem is Psalm 139:1-18 (NIV). We will test over it on 5/1.