Fortis 5th Grade - Week 2 (August 14-18, 2023)

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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 2
Monday
8/14/2023
Tuesday
8/15/2023
Wednesday
8/16/2023
Thursday
8/17/2023
Friday
8/18/2023
Virtues/Bible
WISDOM: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10 NIV)
RESPONSIBILITY: "Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry his own load." (Galatians 6:4-5 NIV)
DEPENDABILITY: "Fulfilling commitments even in the face of difficulty." (I Cor. 15:58 NLT)
Read and discuss Genesis 11 (Tower of Babel).Read and discuss Proverbs 2. Answer questions in homework booklet.Read and discuss Proverbs 3.Read & discuss Proverbs 4. Answer questions in homework booklet.Virtue Reflection: WISDOM. Complete questions in homework booklet.
MathFP-M. Ch1, L6 - Practice: TG p21; TB p22. Begin WB Ex6, p17-18.FP-M. Ch1, L6 - Complete WB Ex6, p17-18, #1-4, 5-6, if not finished yesterday.

Ch2 Opener and Ch2, L1 THINK and LEARN sections only (TG p33-35; TB p23-25). NOTES: 1) We'll complete the DO problems at school tomorrow. 2) All BLMs (blackline masters) can be accessed using the documents link at the top of the page.
FP-M. Whole numbers quiz. Introduce PEMDAS. Ch2, L1 - TG p36 (LEARN problems were done at home); TB p26-27; WB Ex1, p19-21.FP-M. Ch2, L2. TG p37-39; TB p28-31; WB Ex2, p22-24, #1-4, 5. Remind students to use PEMDAS as taught in class yesterday (see note below).FP-M. Ch2, L3 - TG p40-41; TB p32-33; WB Ex3, p25-27, #1-3, 4-5. Remind students to use PEMDAS and show all work. They may need to copy some problems onto notebook paper in order to have room to show all the steps of the problem.
SpellingSTEP 1: Review cards and rules. Dictate sentences 11-15.STEP 1: Dictate sentences 16-20.STEP 2: New teaching. Dictate new words.STEP 2: Dictate sentences 1-4. Review all cards.
GrammarCh2, L3 (adjectives, adverbs & article adjectives) - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, Practice TimeCh2, L4 - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, and Test Time (tests are for review/practice only and do not ever need to be turned in). Skip Ex 4&6.Ch2, L5 (complete subject & predicate; noun charts) - Grammar Time, Skill TimeCh3, L1 - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, and Practice Time
Writing/
Vocabulary
VOCAB WORDS: exasperate, fathom, durable, reluctant
Teach KWO using text about Mesopotamia on p83.PARENTS AND STUDENTS: Read p12-13 of IEW book. Read source text on p14. Complete the KWO on p15. Using only the KWO, retell the story to 2 family members. See note below.Complete activities for vocab words.L2 - Read source text and write KWO. Retell to two family members.
Reading
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine
Read-aloud: The Epic of GilgameshRead p62-82. Orally narrate and discuss.Read-aloud: The Epic of GilgameshRead p83-101. Orally narrate and discuss.Read p102-end. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinCh1 - QUIZ.
Ch2 - Memory page, teach grammar lesson
Ch2 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Make vocabulary cards for the first five words (all 1st declension feminine).Ch2 - story, derivatives, practice exercisesCh2 - Listen to CD twice and recite memory page. Make vocab cards for the remaining words (1st declension, feminine). Study for Monday's vocab and maxim quiz.
HistoryCompare and contrast the world before and after the flood.

Paste cuneiform sample into journal.
Read L10 & L11 - "Stonehenge" and "Early Egypt." NOTE: You might want to have the map of Ancient Egypt in front of you as you read Ch11. Color and paste the timeline cards onto the next blank left-hand page in your journal. Be sure to label the top of the page "Week 2."
Stonehenge and solstices
HISTORY JOURNAL: Write a paragraph explaining what the ancient Egyptians believed about death. Include information about what they believed happened to those who died, the purpose of mummification, canopic jars, and burying treasure with the kings who died. Contrast this to what Christians believes happens to those who die. Include color pictures of mummies, pyramids, and other objects related to Egyptian burial. You may draw or print these.
GeographyContinue blobbing. Discuss prime meridian, tropics, and polar regions. Discuss Eratosthenes (latitude and longitude)HISTORY JOURNAL: Neatly color the map of Ancient Egypt and paste it into your history journal. Locate Egypt on a modern-day world map or globe.On a blank continents and oceans map, neatly color and label each continent and ocean.
ScienceContinue History of A&P notes. WDYR #1-5.

Make cell models
As you read p37-40 (skip Try This activities), take notes on p29 of the NJ. Answer question #1 on p30.Check on progress of apple mummification experiment.Read p41-44. Skip "Try This " activities. Take notes on p29 of the NJ. Answer questions #2-6 on p30.
Memory Work (review and practice daily)GEOGRAPHY: Continents and Oceans Test on 8/23
MATH FACTS: Multiplication Facts Test on 9/6
SCIENCE: Cell anatomy, classification of life, and major bones, Test on 8/30
KEY DATES #1-7: Test on 9/25
POETRY: Proverbs 2, Due for Recitation on 9/20

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, D, etc. denotes which sheet to use)

Language Arts:
AAS - All About Spelling
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline

Science:
TB – Human Anatomy Textbook
NJ – Notebooking Journal
WDYR - What Do You Remember? 
TLFS – Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds 


"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands..." 
Psalm 90:17


IMPORTANT DATES:
Wednesday, 8/23 - Picture Day
Wednesday, 8/30 - Pizza Day/Spirit Day/DOGS day! Students can wear a Fortis T-shirt and jeans or uniform bottoms. Mrs. Allan's Birthday.
Monday, 9/4 - No School: Labor Day

BIBLE/VIRTUES: This month, we'll be focusing on the virtues of wisdom and responsibility in our classroom. (Dependability is the schoolwide virtue.) As we study the Proverbs, we will gain an understanding of the value of wisdom for bringing blessing into our lives and the lives of those around us. Being responsible means doing the things you are expected to do and accepting the consequences--good or bad-- that result from your actions. The beginning of the school year is a great time to set an expectation for responsibility: for our choices, our assignments, our homework, our behaviors, and more! Additionally, our read-aloud for the first six weeks of school is a biography of George Muller, who relied solely on prayer to care for thousands of orphans in Bristol, England. The story of his conversion is one that always resonates with the students, as George goes from mocking God, making a series of terrible life choices, and refusing to take responsibility for any of them, to wholeheartedly repenting, trusting God to provide for his every need, and taking full responsibility for the thousands of children he rescued, nurtured, and taught about Jesus. He exemplifies wisdom, responsibility, and dependability!

MATH:
  • Practice concepts related to whole numbers.
  • Use parentheses to group operations in an expression.
  • Evaluate expressions with and without parentheses using order of operations.
  • Memorize the acronym PEMDAS to remember order of operations.
  • Assess mastery of concepts related to whole numbers.
  • Increase recall, speed, and accuracy of multiplication facts.
SPELLING:
  • Review concepts from previous AAS levels.
  • Learn to spell words with /ŭ/ spelled "a."
GRAMMAR:
  • Know what adjectives and adverbs are, be able to identify and classify them in a sentence, and understand their value in good writing.
  • Differentiate between common and proper, and singular and plural nouns.
  • Identify the subject noun and verb in a sentence. 
  • Differentiate between a simple and a complete subject and a complete and simple predicate in a sentence.
  • Know what an adverb exception is, be able to identify one in a sentence, and know that adverbs can appear directly before or after a verb, or at the beginning or the end of the sentence.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
  • Learn the definitions of the four vocabulary words and be able to correctly use each word in an original sentence.
  • Practice dictionary skills.
  • Write key word outlines.
  • Retell a story using only a key word outline.
COMPOSITION:
We’ll review key word outlining this week and work on retelling stories using only the outlines.

READING:
  • Be able to summarize a passage through oral narration.
  • Expand vocabulary.
  • Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
LATIN:
  • Learn ten vocabulary words and the chapter maxim.
  • Memorize the first conjugation "amo" chart and be able to use the chart to conjugate a verb.
  • Know that all verbs have person, number, and tense.
HISTORY:
  • Know what Stonehenge is, where it is located, and what it was likely used for. Understand its connection to the solstices.
  • Know what happened at the Tower of Babel and why.
  • Understand the basics of ancient Egyptian culture, including burial rituals.
SCIENCE: 
  • Know the basic structure of an animal cell, and become familiar with the names and functions of some organelles.
  • Know that DNA is housed in the nucleus of a cell and contains information that helps make people who they are.
  • Identify key facts from a reading passage.
GEOGRAPHY:
  • Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
  • Learn the names and locations of the world’s seven continents and five oceans.
  • Know some characteristics of the equatorial, tropical and polar regions.
  • Know that the tilt of the earth and the orbit around the sun is what causes the seasons.
  • Know the name of Erastothenes and his contributions to the field of georgraphy.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll be working on the continents and oceans for the first few weeks. A hard copy of the map 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 the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
  1. Pyramids of Giza
  2. Hanging Garden of Babylon
  3. Statue of Zeus
  4. Temple of Artemis
  5. Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
  6. Colossus of Rhodes
  7. Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria
Students will also memorize 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. We will test over the first seven dates on 9/25:

1.      Creation – The Beginning

In the beginning, God was there

Crafting the heavens and earth from thin air.

Firmament, sun, moon, and stars, plants and trees,

Birds, fish, and animals, Adam and Eve.

In His own image He created man,

And because of their fall He concocted a plan

To rescue mankind by His infinite love:

Purchase salvation through the blood of his Son.

 

2.      The Sumerians – 2300 B.C.

From the rich fertile crescent in Mesopotamia,

Came a people group known to us as the Sumerians.

With cuneiform writing and a ziggurat, too,

Near B.C. 2300, this civilization grew.

  

3.      Abraham - 1922 B.C.

In 1922 B.C.

The Lord called Abraham to leave

The land, called Ur, he’d always known

to head for a land he’d soon be shown

 

4.      Hammurabi – 1792 B.C.

In the year 1792 B.C.,

A Babylonian king named Hammurabi

Developed a now-famous code of law

With 300 rules to help men get along.

 

5.      The Exodus – 1491 B.C.

God’s chosen people, the Hebrews, had lived

In Egypt as slaves, for 400 years.

So God raised up Moses, an exile, to lead them

Ten awful plagues later, Pharoah granted their freedom.

Then into the desert, the Israelites fled,

But the king changed his mind and pursued them instead.

With a sea up ahead and Pharoah’s army behind,

The Hebrews were in an impossible bind.

But then God miraculously parted the sea,

And showed his great power in 1491 B.C.

 

6.      King Tut – 1333 B.C.

In 1333 B.C.,

Young Tut became Pharaoh, you see.

He briefly ruled Egypt before he died,

And was laid in a tomb with great wealth at his side.

 

7.      David - 1055 B.C.

David, a man after God’s own heart,

Killed Goliath with only a stone, for a start,

He became king of Israel in B.C. 1055,

And though he made some mistakes, served the Lord all his life.


Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV)Recitations will be on 9/20.


Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV)

 

My son, if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding—
indeed, if you call out for insight
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Then you will understand what is right and just
    and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.