Anything in magenta is optional.
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)
Writing:
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline
Science:
TB – Textbook
NBJ – Notebooking Journal
WDYR - What Do You Remember?
COMING SOON...
Monday, September 14 - Moms in Prayer
Wednesday, September 16 - SMILE! It's Picture Day!
Wednesday, September 16 - Falcon Moms meet up at Dahlia's
Monday, September 28 - Co-teacher (AKA Parent) Training. 2-3 p.m. in the sanctuary. More details coming soon!
Wednesday, September 30 - Pizza, Spirit, and DOGS 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 courage and respect. When the Pilgrims left Holland for America, it required a tremendous leap of faith and must have taken an extraordinary amount of courage. Once they arrived here, it took even more courage to face the challenges of a strange and difficult new life, fraught with hardship. In addition, we will spend time discussing the importance of respect for God, respect for our fellow classmates and friends, and respect for our leaders and those in positions of authority.
MATH:
- Improve recall speed of multiplication math facts.
- Practice multiplication, long division, and fractions as division.
- Assess mastery of previously learned concepts.
- Review improper fractions and mixed numbers.
- Associate division with fractions.
- Change an improper fraction to a mixed number or whole number by division.
- Express the quotient as a whole number or a mixed number.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words ending in IVE.
- Learn to spell words ending in TURE.
GRAMMAR:
- Know how to classify and diagram a Pattern 1 sentence that includes a prepositional phrase.
- Use prepositional phrases when writing.
- Know that a pronoun can take the place of a noun as the subject of a sentence.
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.
- Know that a who/which clause is and be able to properly use one in writing..
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:
- Summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
- Improve fluency through paired reading.
- Learn ten new vocabulary words and a maxim.
- Know that second declension nouns are masculine.
HISTORY:
- Know that Squanto learned English because he was .
- Know that they spent 11 years in Holland prior to coming to America.
- Know that the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in modern-day Massachusetts.
JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT: A Venn diagram (see photo below) is used to compare and contrast two things. In the journal, draw a picture similar to this one. Above the left circle, write "Joseph," and above the right circle, write "Squanto." Things that are unique to Joseph will go in the left circle; things that are unique to Squanto will go in the right circle; and things they have in common will go in the space where the two circles intersect. Students might want to draw the circles closer together than they are drawn in this picture so there is more space to write in the center. They can also turn their journal landscape to draw it to give them more room to write overall.
SCIENCE:
- Continue memorizing the major muscles of the body.
- Know the three types of muscles in the body: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Understand what each is and how they are different.
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. 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
Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV).