Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Donation Sign Up
The Fortis Student Council is hosting a schoolwide Operation Christmas child service project. Our class will be putting together two shoeboxes: one for a boy and one for a girl (ages 10-14). If you feel led to participate, please click on the link above to sign up to bring an item.
Link to Google Folder: 5th Grade Documents
Anything in blue should be turned in as homework on the next school day.
Anything in magenta is optional (at the discretion of the co-teacher).
5th Grade
Week 13 | Monday
10/31/2022 | Tuesday
11/1/2022 | Wednesday
11/2/2022 | Thursday
11/3/2022 | Friday
11/4/2022 |
| Virtues | HONESTY: "The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy." Proverbs 12:22
INTEGRITY: "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out." Proverbs 10:9
GRATEFULNESS: "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18. |
| Bible | Psalm 35 | Read and discuss Psalm 36. Complete questions in homework booklet. | Psalm 37 | Read and discuss Psalm 38. Complete questions in homework booklet. | Virtue Reflection. Complete questions in homework booklet. |
| Math | FP-D. Ch6, L4 - TG p201-203; TB p156-158; WB Ex4, p144-145, problems #5-8. Other problems optional. | FP-D. Ch6, L5 - TG p204-206; TB p159-162; WB Ex5, p146-148 | FP-D. Ch6, L6 - TG p207-209. TB p163-165. WB Ex 6, p149-151 | FP-D. Ch6, L7 - TG p210; TB p166. Practice B (#1-5 only). Complete neatly on notebook paper. Parents, please grade, and then turn in as homework. TG p216-217; WB Ex7, p152-154, #1-6 | FP-D. Complete Fraction Review (Sent home in binders. Copies and key also available via documents link below.) Parents, please grade and have students make all corrections. |
| Spelling | | STEP 12: Review card box and new teaching. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 12: Test | STEP 13: New teaching. Dictate words. | STEP 13: Dictate sentences 1-4. |
| Grammar | Ch12, L1 - Pattern 2. Direct objects and transitive verbs | Ch12, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time | Ch12, L3 | Ch12, L4- Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (skip Ex3). | |
Writing/Vocab | VOCAB WORDS: exemplary, esteemed, prominent, conceive |
| L10 - Complete vocab activities | L10 - George Washington. Read source text twice. Decide what your topic will be. Write 2-3 topic sentences that you can use for this paper. Then choose the best one, and write it at the bottom of page 93. Remember not to make it too specific or too broad! Every fact in your paper has to support the topic. | Writers' Conferences. Begin final drafts. | Write final draft of Ben Franklin paragraph. Be sure it is properly highlighted and that all dress-ups and openers are underlined and labeled. | |
Reading | Little Britches |
| Ben Franklin treasury tracker and one-pager. Introduce Little Britches. | Read Ch1-2.Orally narrate and discuss. | Read aloud | Read Ch3-4. Orally narrate and discuss. | Read Ch5-6. Orally narrate and discuss. |
| Latin | Ch12 - Vocab quiz. Ch13 - Complete page 93 and top of page 94 (through "amica, -ae.") | Ch13 - If not finished yesterday, complete p93-95. Review all words for next week's cumulative test. | Ch12 - Predicate adjectives. Ch13 - Review. | Ch13 - Complete p94-95. Review all words for Monday's cumulative test. The test will include all the vocabulary review words in Ch13 (p93-95), as well as all previous maxims and the four principal parts of a verb, 3 things every noun has, 3 things every verb has, and the Latin cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative). The words will be separated by part of speech on the test to make it easier for students. |
| History | Share wanted posters. Practice Memory Work | Read Ch14 - Stories of the American Revolution. Color the timeline card for the Declaration of Independence and glue into your journal. Copy the jingle below the card. Practice for your Declaration of Independence Recitation next week. | Dissect and discuss the Declaration of Independence | HISTORY JOURNAL: Copy the portion of the Declaration of Independence that that you will recite next week into your journal. Use an ink pen and your neatest, most beautiful cursive, just as the authors of the Declaration did! Practice reciting it dramatically several times to prepare for your recitation on Wednesday. |
| Geography | | Central America | | Central America | |
| Science | Distribute and review study guide. | Study for tomorrow's test | Test #3 | Read p119-122 (stop before "Transporter.") Skip Try This Activities. Take notes on p93-94 of your NBJ. Answer WDYR questions #1-2 on p95. | |
| Memory Work | POETRY: The New Colossus, Due for Recitation on 12/5
MATH FACTS: Addition Facts Test on 11/14
GEOGRAPHY: Central America Test on 11/7
HISTORY: Declaration of Independence Recitation on 11/9
KEY DATES: 1-12 Quiz on 11/28
SCIENCE: My Plate, Respiratory System Test on 11/4 |
BLOG KEY:
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
Science:
TB – Human Anatomy Textbook
NBJ – Notebooking Journal
WDYR - What Do You Remember?
TLFS – Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds
Monday, October 31 - Historical Figures Dress-Up Day
Monday, November 7 - Ladies' Book Club, 9 a.m.
Wednesday. November 9 - Spirit Day
Wednesday, November 9 - Moms in Prayer, 9a.m.
Saturday. November 12 - Lap-a-Thon -- NEW DATE
November 21-25 - Thanksgiving Break
"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands..." Psalm 90:17
- Divide a whole number by a unit fraction.
- Divide a whole number by a fraction,
- Solve multi-step problems involving division of a fraction by a whole number, or a whole number by a fraction.
- Practice concepts related to dividing fractions.
- Improve speed and accuracy of division facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words containing the sound of /cul/ spelled CLE.
- Learn to spell words containing the sound of /cul/ spelled CAL.
- Classify and diagram pattern two sentences.
- Compose a pattern two sentence.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Write topic sentences and clinchers.
- Identify key facts in a passage and use them to write a summarized report.
- Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to properly use them when writing.
- Summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
- Improve reading comprehension.
LATIN:
- Review all previously learned vocabulary words.
- Know the four principal parts of a Latin verb.
- Know that all Latin verbs have person, number, and tense.
- Know that all Latin nouns have case, number, and gender.
- Know the Latin cases.
HISTORY:
- Be familiar with the main causes of and key figures involved in the American Revolution.
- Know who the most prominent Sons of Liberty were and understand the role they played in the revolution.
- Memorize a portion of the Declararion of Independence.
SCIENCE:
- Know the main components of blood.
- Know the components and functions of the respiratory system.
- 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 countries of Central America.
Geography: 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!”