Anything in magenta is optional.
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)
Writing:
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline
Writing:
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline
Science:
TB – Textbook
NBJ – Notebooking Journal
WDYR - What Do You Remember?
WDYR - What Do You Remember?
COMING SOON...
Monday, September 7 - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL.
Wednesday, September 16 - Picture Day!
"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands..." Psalm 90:17
DOCUMENTS you'll need this week (uploaded to the Google Drive):
BIBLE/VIRTUES: This month, we'll be focusing on the virtues of wisdom and responsibility. As we study the Proverbs, we will gain an understanding of the value of wisdom for bringing blessing into our lives and the lives of those around us. Proverbs is full of "if...then" statements that help students understand the principles of reaping and sowing. Being responsible means doing the things you are expected to do and accepting the consequences--good or bad-- that result from your actions. The beginning of the school year is a great time to set an expectation for responsibility: for our choices, our assignments, our homework, our behaviors, and more! Additionally, our read aloud for the first six weeks of school is a biography of George Muller, who relied solely on prayer to care for thousands of orphans in Bristol, England. The story of his conversion is one that always resonates with the students, as George goes from mocking God, making a series of terrible life choices, and refusing to take responsibility for any of them, to wholeheartedly repenting, trusting God to provide for his every need, and taking full responsibility for the thousands of children he rescued, nurtured, and taught about Jesus.
MATH:
- Solve multi-step word problems.
- Multiply a whole number by tens.
- Multiply a 2-digit or 3-digit whole number by a 2-digit whole number.
- Multiply a 4-digit whole number by a 2-digit whole number.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words containing the sound of /k/ spelled "ch."
- Learn to spell words ending in AIN.
GRAMMAR:
- Construct a sentence from part-of-speech labels.
- Know that a preposition is a "position" word and that a prepositional phrase can modify a noun or a verb.
- Know that a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb can be located in the subject part of a sentence and that is is known as inverted word order.
- Know how to make subjects and verbs in a sentence agree with each other.
- Diagram a pattern 1 sentence that includes prepositional phrases.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Practice dictionary skills.
- Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to properly incorporate them into writing.
- Write key word outlines.
- Retell a story using only a key word outline.
- Write a story from a key word outline.
- Practice presentation skills.
LOST COLONY COMPOSITION: Parents, please use the checklist to ensure that your child has included and properly underlined/labeled all of the required dress-ups and sentence openers. If you are unsure of what this should look like, refer to the sample paper behind the WRITING tab in the binder. Please also have your student do as much self-editing as possible before turning in the paper. Have him/her read the story and identify any fragments or sentences that don't make sense. It is important that I understand where their weaknesses in writing are, so please don't help them too much with the actual writing, but anything you can do to help them identify and correct major errors before turning in rough drafts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES:
1. Cut out the blue cardstock PAGE (not the individual cards) in the back of the IEW book that corresponds to this week's lesson. Color the pictures on the front and fill in the words in the blank on the back. Hole punch the page, and place it behind the "writing" tab in your binder. Study the meaning of each word.
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES:
1. Cut out the blue cardstock PAGE (not the individual cards) in the back of the IEW book that corresponds to this week's lesson. Color the pictures on the front and fill in the words in the blank on the back. Hole punch the page, and place it behind the "writing" tab in your binder. Study the meaning of each word.
2. Use the vocabulary activity homework sheet and a dictionary to complete the following for each word:
a. Write the word.
b. Draw a line between letters in the word to correctly divide the syllables (if applicable).
c. Write the part(s) of speech. NOTE: The acronym NVP AA PIC is used in Shurley grammar to help students remember the parts of speech. We will encounter it in a few weeks in our grammar studies, but it should be review for most students.
d. Write the definition(s) of the word.
e. Use the word in a sentence (other than the one on the back of the card).
f. Try to find at least one (more if you can) synonym and antonym for each word.
g. Using a dictionary (online or print copy), look up the etymology for each word. Write the oldest form of the word available and what the roots mean. Does it come from Latin, Greek, or some other root? What do those roots mean? Can you understand how the words got their meaning in modern-day English?
h. OPTIONAL: Write other forms of the word. For example: "prosper" (v) and "prosperous" (adj) would also be acceptable forms of the word "prosperity" (n) for students to use in their writing assignments.
i. After the homework sheets are completed, please hole punch them and place them behind the corresponding page of vocab words in the binder. I will periodically look in binders to check them for completion in order to record the homework grade.
READING:
- Know how using our five senses contributes to understanding of a non-fiction passage.
- Summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
LATIN:
- Learn ten vocabulary words and the chapter maxim.
- Memorize the first declension chart and use the chart to decline nouns.
- Know that Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
- Know the contributions of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith toward the survival of the Jamestown colony.
- Be familiar with the names and contributions of John White, Sir Walter Raleigh and John Rolfe in early settlements.
- Memorize the key dates for the Lost Colony and Jamestown.
- Know what the lost colony of Roanoke was.
SCIENCE:
- Know the types of joints in the body and how each is designed to perform specific types of functions.
- Know the purpose of ligaments.
- Memorize the names of the major bones in the body.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Know that Columbus was the first European to land here and explore these islands.
- Begin to memorize the names and locations of the islands of the West Indies.
- Be familiar with the climate and geological features of the islands in the West Indies.
- Be familiar with the term archipelago and know that it is a group of islands or an island chain.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll continue our study of the islands in the West Indies (Caribbean). 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 song, are available at this link: Geography Resources.
History: Students will memorize a portion of the Declaration of Independence (bolded portion only) and 21 key dates.The key dates have accompanying jingles that do not have to be memorized, but will help students memorize the dates and retain details about the events to which they correspond. We will test over the first six dates on 9/28:
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1583
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1583
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692
Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV).