Fortis 5th Grade - Week 24 (March 1-5, 2021)

Anything in magenta is optional. 

Anything in blue should be turned in as homework the next school day.

5th Grade Week 25	MONDAY 3/1/2021	TUESDAY 3/2/2021	WEDNESDAY 3/3/2021	THURSDAY 3/4/2021	FRIDAY 3/5/2021
Discipleship	Perseverance: "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)
Bible	Read Psalm 115-116	Read and discuss Psalm 117-118. Complete homework activity sheet	Read Psalm 119:1-32	Read and discuss Psalm 119:33-72. Complete homework activity sheet.
Math	HIG p67; TB p48-49, tasks 9-12; WB p59-60, Ex 35	FP-A; HIG p68, TB p50, Practice 4A	Rate Quiz. Probability Investigation	FP-B; Complete probability Packet. Turn in as homework on Monday.	FP-C; HIG p69-71; TB p51-53, tasks 1-3; WB p61-64, Ex36&37
Spelling		STEP 23: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8.	STEP 23: Test	STEP 24: New teaching. Dictate words.	STEP 24: Dictate sentences 1-4.
Grammar	Ch23 - Parts of friendly letters	Ch23, L1, L2 & L3 - Classify sentences; Ch23, L2 - write a pattern 5 practice sentence (p393)	Ch23 - Write friendly letters	Ch23, L4 practice test (skip ex. 2, 9, and 10). Students may use their books for reference.
Writing/ Vocabulary	No new vocab words this week
	Begin writing rough draft of the Tuck Everlasting Essay.	Complete rough draft of the Tuck Everlasting essay using planning guide and checklist.	Write friendly letters	Finish friendly letter if not completed yesterday.
Reading	Island of the Blue Dolphins
	21 Balloons Luncheon	Read Ch15-18	Recitation of Psalm 139	Read Ch19-21	Read Ch22-25
Latin	Ch 24 Quiz. Ch25- introduce new vocab words	Ch25 - Listen to CD for memory page twice. Make vocabulary cards for the first five vocab words.	Ch25- Teach grammar lesson. Preposition activity.	Ch25 - Listen to CD for memory page twice. Make vocabulary cards for the last five vocab words. Review all ten words and maxim for Monday's quiz.
History	Complete Underground Railroad reading activity	Ch26* - The Great Journey West, Part 1. Paste the timeline card for Wagon Trains into your journal. No jingle. *We will come back to Ch25 in a few weeks during our Texas History unit. Study for tomorrow's key dates test.	Key Dates TEST	HISTORY JOURNAL: Write a paragraph explaining what the Erie Canal is, how it was built, and how/what it was used for. Print the picture of a packet boat (used on the canal) and draw pictures of people and their cargo. See the list below of things that would have been included. Then glue it into your journal. Optional: Print the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails map. Glue it into your journal and trace each route with a different color marker or highlighter.
Geography		States		Complete the US states practice map
Science	TEST	Read TB p215-219 (stop before "The Lymphatic System"). Take notes on p170 of the NBJ.	Begin bacteria experiment	Read TB p219-221 (stop before "Immunity"). Take notes on p170 of the NBJ.	Answer WDYR questions #1-5 on p171 of the NBJ.
Memory Work	MATH: Addition Facts Test on 3/8 POETRY: Psalm 139:1-18 recitation on 3/3 GEOGRAPHY: U.S. States and Capitals Test on 4/5 KEY DATES: 1-18 Test on 3/3 SCIENCE: Skin and Taste Sensations- Test on 3/1

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?

"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands..." Psalm 90:17

COMING SOON:

Monday, March 1 - Twenty-one Balloons Luncheon

March 22-26 - SPRING BREAK 

DOCUMENTS you'll need this week (uploaded to the Google Drive): 

5th Grade Documents

BIBLE/VIRTUES: 'Tis the season of being over it. Done. Ready to be finished with the school year and all its stresses. With Spring Break and the anniversary of the COVID shutdown chasing the heels a majorly stressful weather event, I think we all feel a sense of distraction. A sense of just wanting to be free of responsibilities for awhile. That's why our virtue this month is perseverance. We will reap a harvest if we don't give up. The good news is that in fifth grade, the fun is just about to get started. We've done much of the hard work for the year already, and the last few months are when we get to have fun: the Twenty-one Balloons luncheon, a field trip, and hands-on units on botany and Texas history that will see us through the end of the year. We also have 6th Grade Mock Day, a Secret Garden tea party, the wax museum, and graduation to look forward to in just a few short weeks! Your kids can do this. You can do this. We can all do this together! 

MATH:

• Solve problems involving rate tables.
• Assess mastery of concepts related to rate.
• Understand basic probability.
• Improve speed and accuracy of math facts.

MATH FACTS - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Here are the instructions for administering facts practice sheets:
1. Set a timer for five minutes. Have your child complete as many facts on the page as possible before the timer goes off.
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 in binders to check your child's work. (Save these to use for grading all future facts pages.) Have the student make any corrections.
3. Turn the sheet in as homework on the next school day. I will take it as a homework completion grade. (100 if they complete it; 0 if they didn't complete it or don't turn it in)

SPELLING:

• Assess mastery of one of the ways to spell the word ending sound of /ĭbl/
• Learn another way to spell words ending with the sound of /ĭbl/.

GRAMMAR:

• Recognize and know the components of a pattern 5 sentence: SNLVPA.
• Classify, label, compose, and diagram a pattern 5 sentence.
• Know the parts of a friendly letter. 
• Properly format a friendly letter and address an envelope.

WRITING/VOCABULARY:

• Know the basic structure of an essay.
• Be able to support a thesis with details and examples.

READING:

• Summarize a passage through oral narration.
• Identify virtues--as well as elements of truth, beauty, and goodness--in reading passages.
• Engage in meaningful Socratic dialogue.
• Improve reading comprehension.
• Identify themes/main ideas in the Psalms.
• Identify main idea in non-fiction passages.
• Use knowledge of Latin and English root words to determine meanings of unfamiliar words.
• Be familiar with the acronym IDEAS to help find different types of context clues.

LATIN:

• Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words and chapter maxims.
• Learn ten new vocabulary words and one new chapter maxim.
• Be familiar with the accusative case: object of the preposition.

HISTORY:

• Be familiar with some of the routes and modes of transportation settlers used when they moved west: Erie Canal, steamboat, railroad, Oregon and Santa Fe trails, etc.
• Assess mastery of previously learned key dates.

JOURNAL: Below is a list of some of the things families would need to pack for a journey west. Draw some of these items onto the picture of the packet boat: 

boots, shoes, hats, underwear, rain coat, mittens, blankets, ham, potatoes, dried fruit, dehydrated vegetables, onions, coffee bean, coffee mill, pots and pans, fishing poles and tackle, washboard , first aid supplies, gun and bullets, gun powder, candles, matches, water barrel, tools, axle grease.

SCIENCE: 

• Know the components of the immune and lymphatic systems.
• Understand the purpose of lymph nodes and how they work.
• Be able to identify key facts in a non-fiction test and take notes.

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 American states.

PRACTICE MAP: Print a copy of the map using the 5th Grade Documents link above. Have students label each state.

MEMORY WORK:

Geography: A hard copy of the maps can be found behind the "poetry/maps" 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 24 key dates this year. 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. The cumulative quiz over dates 1-18 will be on March 1.

KEY DATES 

1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000

2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492

3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1587

4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607

5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620

6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692

7. First Great Awakening -1740s

8. French & Indian War - 1754-63

9. Boston Tea Party - 1773

10. Paul Revere's Ride - 1775

11. Declaration of Independence - July 4, 1776

12. American Revolution - 1775-83

13. Constitution Ratified - 1787-88

14. Industrial Revolution - Late 1700s

15. Louisiana Purchase - 1803

16. Lewis and Clark Expedition - 1804

17. War of 1812

18. Monroe Doctrine - 1823

19. Underground Railroad - Early 1830s

20. Cherokee Trail of Tears - 1830-1838

Poetry: Our third-quarter poem is Psalm 139:1-18 (NIV)

Psalm 139:1-18

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.

5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—

when I awake, I am still with you.