Anything in magenta is optional.
Anything in blue should be turned in as homework on the next campus day.
MONDAY/WEDNESDAY:
TUESDAY/THURSDAY:
BLOG KEY:
General:
Writing:
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline
BIBLE/VIRTUES: Our classroom virtues this month are perseverance and wonder. Jesus himself warned us that in this life, we would have many troubles. He knew that we would face heartache, grief, and pain throughout our time on earth. He also knew that many of his followers would face doubt, fear, and persecution, and so we are often reminded in scripture to persevere through all of the hardships life throws at us. School is an excellent arena for training in perseverance, as we are so often tempted to give up when things become difficult or tiring. Wonder is a virtue that allows us to marvel at the goodness and glory of our marvelous God and to stand in awe of all his mighty works. The schoolwide virtue is patience, which is always a great one for us to revisit. These two virtues go hand-in-hand. We are called to be patient as we wait for the rewards of our perseverance to come to fruition.
MATH:
- Improve speed and recall of math facts.
- Assess mastery of angles, triangles, and quadrilatierals.
- Find the average of a set of numbers.
- Find the total given the average and the number of values.
- Find the number of values given the total and the average.
- Interpret and record data involving fractional amounts in the line plots.
- Identify and plot ordered pairs on a coordinate graph.
- Complete a table of values involving two related quantities and plot the coordinate pairs to form a straight-line graph.
- Express the relationship between two related quantities as a formula, and use it, or the graph, to find other quantities.
- Find values for related quantities using a straight line graph or a formula.
- Assess mastery of the two ways to spell ABLE.
- Learn additional generalizations for adding the -ly suffix.
- Classify, label, and diagram mixed-pattern sentences.
- Use indices, tables of contents, and other parts of a non-fiction book to locate information.
- Summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
- Improve reading comprehension.
- Use context clues and knowledge of root words to deduce the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary words.
- Write a narration to summarize a book.
- Expand vocabulary.
- Assess mastery of perviously learned vocab words.
- Learn ten new vocabulary words and a new maxim.
- Be familiar with the key players and the events of the Alamo.
- Know what happened at Fort Parker.
- Know that Texas was once its own nation: The Republic of Texas
- Be familiar with the names and basic legacies of Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar.
Commandancy of the Alamo –
Bejar, February 24, 1836
To The People of Texas & all Americans in the world –
Fellow citizens and compatriots,
I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, or otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism, and everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving enforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country – Victory or Death.
William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. cmdt
P.S. The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in sight, we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.
- Identify key facts in a non-fiction reading passage.
- Improve note-taking skills.
- Know the difference between innate and acquired immunity.
- Know the difference between mitosis and meiosis.
- Know the difference between dominant and recessive genes and how they affect certain traits.
- Use Punnett squares to understand basic genetics.
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Memorize the names and locations of the states and capitals of the USA.
Song of Life
By Charles Mackay
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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. |