Anything in magenta is optional.
Anything in blue should be turned in as homework.
General:
Act – Activity
Ch – Chapter
Ex – Exercise
L – Lesson
p – Page(s)
Math:
TG – Teacher’s Guide
TB – Textbook
WB – Workbook
FP – Facts Practice (A, S, M, 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 – Human Anatomy Textbook
NBJ – Notebooking Journal
WDYR - What Do You Remember?
TLFS – Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds
COMING SOON...
Monday/Tuesday, October 11/12 - Teacher Training. No on-campus classes.
Wednesday/Thursday, October 13/14 - Spirit Day.
Monday/Tuesday, October 18/19 - Moms in Prayer, 9 a.m. in the sanctuary.
Monday/Tuesday, October 18/19 - Co-teacher training, 2-3 p.m. in the sanctuary.
Friday-Sunday, October 22-24 - Fortis Family Camping Trip, Cedar Breaks Park in Georgetown
"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 self-discipline and compassion. We'll also continue our study of the Psalms. As we encounter names and descriptions of God during our readings, we will add them to our "God" wall in the classroom.
MATH:
- Multiply a fraction by a fraction.
- Multiply mixed numbers.
- Assess math skills readiness.
SPELLING:
- Practice spelling words that contain the letters "ie" and "ei."
- Learn to spell words containing the sound of /m/ spelled MB.
GRAMMAR:
- Be familiar with some common homonyms.
- Know what an interjection is and that it can either be set off by a comma or an exclamation point, depending on the strength of the feeling it is trying to convey.
- Create a key word outline from a narrative story using the story sequence chart.
- Write a 3-paragraph story that includes clearly defined characters, setting, plot, and climax/resolution.
- Know what a subordinate clause is, and incorporate them into compositions.
READING:
- Summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
- Improve reading comprehension.
- Learn ten new vocabulary words and one new chapter maxim.
- Know the endings for 2nd declension neuter nouns.
- Be familiar with the nominative case and predicate nominatives.
HISTORY:
- Be familiar with some of the legislative acts and events that led to the American Revolution including the he Boston Tea Party, and Patrick Henry's famous speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
SCIENCE:
- Know the importance and purpose of vitamins and minerals in the body.
MENU ACTIVITY: Your student should use the template in the NBJ on p69-71 to create a menu that includes one day's worth of healthy meals and snacks. It should include information about the nutrients found in each food. (NOTE: The instructions in the textbook on p98 say that you should do a full week's worth of menus for healthy dinners, but that is not necessary unless you want to).
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Continue memorizing the names and locations of the provinces of Canada.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll continue our study of the provinces of Canada 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 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.
KEY DATES (quiz on 11/30)
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
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
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE EXCERPT (Recitation on 11/10):
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Poetry: Our second-quarter poem is The New Colossus. Students will recite it for a grade on 11/17:
The New Colossus
Written by Emma Lazarus in 1883
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Link to "New Colossus" YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0B9CitsfU0
NOTE: This sonnet was included as part of an art and literature auction that was designed to raise money to fund the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, a plaque bearing the poem was placed on the interior wall of the pedestal. The original “colossus” was the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.