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
Language Arts:
AAS - All About Spelling
KWO - Key word outline
BIBLE/VIRTUES: This month, we'll be focusing on the virtues of wisdom and responsibility in our classroom. (Creativity 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 creativity!
MATH:
- Solve multi-step word problems involving whole numbers.
- Review use of bar models to solve word problems.
- Practice and assess mastery of concepts related to order of operations.
- Investigate multiplication of multi-digit numbers.
- Multiply 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-digit numbers by a two-digit number.
- Assess mastery of words spelled with the sound of /ŭ/ spelled "a."
- Learn to spell words with the sound of /k/ spelled "ch."
- Know what an adverb exception is.
- Be able to name the eight parts of speech.
- Know the difference between natural and inverted word order.
- Correctly diagram a pattern 1 sentence.
- Write practice sentences using prescribed labels.
- Learn the definitions of the four vocabulary words and be able to correctly use each word in a sentence.
- Write key word outlines.
- Retell a story using only an outline.
- Write a paragraph using an outline as a guide.
- Use quality adjectives, -ly adverbs, and vocabulary words in writing.
- Use a checklist to ensure inclusion of required elements in writing assignments.
- Recognize the genre of biography.
- Use context clues to find meanings of unfamiliar words in a fiction passage.
- Increase vocabulary through exposure to unfamiliar words.
- Learn ten vocabulary words and the chapter maxim.
- Be familiar with the components of the first declension "mensa" chart and be able to use the chart to decline and/or translate a noun.
- Know that Latin nouns have gender, number, and case.
- Find the stem of a Latin noun.
- Be familiar with the names and stories of the patriarchs of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Know the basic characteristics and accomplishments of Minoan culture and that they lived on the island now known as Crete.
- Be familiar with the features of the skeletal system.
- Know the purpose of ligaments and joints and be able to describe different kinds of joints.
- Identify key facts from a reading passage.
- 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.
- Pyramids of Giza
- Hanging Garden of Babylon
- Statue of Zeus
- Temple of Artemis
- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria
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.
My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9 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.