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).
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
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...
Wednesday, April 26 - Spirit/DOGS/Pizza Day
April 28-30 - Fortis Family Campout
Monday, May 8 - Wax Museum, 1:30-3 p.m. in the Sancutary
Wedneday, May 10 - Texas History Skit (2:40 p.m.), 5th Grade Graduation (3:20 p.m.) in Sanctuary
"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands..." Psalm 90:17
MATH:
- Review previously learned concepts.
- Improve speed and accuracy of math facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words containing the sound of /awt/ spelled OUGHT and words containing two hard "c's."
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Properly format a works cited page.
READING:
- Summarize a passage through oral and written narration.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
- Expand vocabulary and improve reading comprehension.
- Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words, charts and maxims.
HISTORY:
- Know what happened in Texas in the years just prior to and after the Civil War.
- Know the basics of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.
SCIENCE:
- Know the benefits of trees in nature.
- Know how to use the properties of leaves to help identify trees.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Continue learning the names and locations of some of the Mexican states.
MEMORY WORK:
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: 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
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 is Ratified - 1787-88
14. Industrial Revolution Begins - Late 1700s
15. Louisiana Purchase - 1803
16. Lewis and Clark Expedition - 1804
17. War of 1812
18. The Monroe Doctrine - 1823
19. Underground Railroad - early 1830s
20. Trail of Tears - 1830-38
21. Battle of the Alamo - 1836
22. Texas Becomes a State - 1845
23. Mexican War - 1846-48
24. California Gold Rush - 1849
Poetry: Our fourth-quarter poem is:
Song of Life
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 parched 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.
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 parched 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.