Anything in magenta is optional.
Anything in blue should be turned in as homework on the next school day.
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:
March 15-19 - SPRING BREAK
Monday, March 22 - Moms in Prayer, 9-10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 24 - Pizza and Spirit Day
Friday, April 16 - 6th Grade Mock Day (all current fifth graders are invited to spend a day shadowing the sixth graders)
DOCUMENTS you'll need this week (uploaded to the Google Drive):
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:
- Recognize that the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
- Find an unknown angle of the triangle given the other two angles.
- Recognize that the sum of the angles opposite the right angle of a right triangle is 90 degrees.
- Find an unknown angle of a right triangle given one other angle.
- Recognize that the exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the opposite interior angles.
- Identify isosceles and equilateral triangles.
- Recognize that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal.
- Recognize that the angles of an equilateral triangle are all 60 degrees.
- Find an unknown angle of a triangle given the other two angles.
- Find an unknown angle in problems involving angle properties of triangles.
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)
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 two ways to spell the sound of /ĭbl/.
- Learn generalizations for spelling the suffix "-ly."
GRAMMAR:
- Classify, label, compose sentences in patterns 1-5.
- Be familiar with the parts of a non-fiction book, and understand how to use the parts to find a specific piece of information.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Know the basic structure of an essay.
- Be able to support a thesis with details and examples.
- Know the purpose of a works-cited page and what should be included.
- Know how to locate information to include in a works cited page.
READING:
- Summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Identify virtues--as well as elements of truth, beauty, and goodness--in reading passages.
- Appreciate the beauty and rhythm of poetry.
- Be familiar with the literary devices alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia, and be able to identify them in poetic works.
- 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.
HISTORY:
- Understand the importance of studying history.
- Be inspired to protect the freedoms we enjoy as Americans.
SCIENCE:
- Know that tissues and bodies develop through cell division.
- Know the basics of the stages of fetal development.
- Know that genetics determine many of our physical traits.
- Know the difference between mitosis and meiosis.
- Know who Gregor Mendel was, and understand the basics of how a Punnett square works.
- 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, locations, and capitals of the American states.
PRACTICE MAP: Print a copy of the map using the 5th Grade Documents link above. Have students label each state and capital.
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 1-24 will be on May 3.
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
21. 1836 - Battle of the Alamo
22. 1845 - Texas becomes a state
23. 1846-48 - Mexican War
24. 1849 - Calfornia Gold Rush
Poetry: Our fourth-quarter poem is "Song of Life." We will recite it on April 28.
Song of Life
By Charles Mackay
A traveler on a dusty road Strewed acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up, And grew into a tree. Love sought its shade at evening-time, To breathe its early vows; And Age was pleased, in heights of noon, To bask beneath its boughs. The dormouse loved its dangling twigs, The birds sweet music bore—It stood a glory in its place, A blessing evermore. A little spring had lost its way Amid the grass and fern; A passing stranger scooped a well Where weary men might turn. He walled it in, and hung with care A ladle on the brink; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that Toil might drink. He passed again; and lo! the well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parchéd tongues, And saved a life beside. A nameless man, amid the crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied from the heart, A whisper on the tumult thrown, A transitory breath, It raised a brother from the dust, It saved a soul from death. O germ! O fount! O word of love! O thought at random cast! Ye were but little at the first, But mighty at the last. |