Fortis 5th Grade - Week 4 (August 28-31, 2023)

 Link to Google Folder5th 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 4
Monday
8/28/2023
Tuesday
8/29/2023
Wednesday
8/30/2023
Thursday
8/31/2023
Friday
9/1/2023
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 Proverbs 6-7.Read and discuss Proverbs 8. Complete questions in homework booklet.Read and discuss portions of Ex. 1-12 (Moses, Israelite slavery, and the Exodus)Read Exodus 13:17-15:20. Complete questions in homework booklet.Complete Virtue Reflection in homework booklet.
MathCh1-2 Spiral ReviewFP-M. Ch3, L3 - WB p52-54, 55.FP-M. Ch3, L4 (dividing by a multiple of 10) - TG p78-79; TB p57-59; WB Ex4, p56-58FP-M. Ch3, L5 - TG p80-81; TB p60-62; WB Ex5, p57-58 only. Complete as many WB problems as necessary to show mastery. See note below.FP-M. Ch3, L6 - TG p82-83; TB p63-65; WB Ex6, p61-62. Complete as many WB problems as necessary to show mastery.
SpellingSTEP 3: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8.STEP 3: QuizSTEP 4, p35-37: New teaching. Dictate new words.STEP 4: Dictate sentences 1-4.
GrammarCh4, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time (including the expanded practice sentence)Ch4, L3 - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, and Practice TimeReview preposition jingles. Preposition, object of the preposition activityCh4, L4 - Complete test for practice only. Skip Ex5&6.
Writing/Vocab
VOCAB WORDS: ingenious, crucial, careen, torrent
L3 - Distribute and review checklist. Begin rough draftL3 - If not finished yesterday, complete rough draft of the Roman Hypocaust Systems paragraph. Parents should help students use the checklist to ensure that all elements of structure and style are included and properly labeled. Fill in blanks on the checklist. Staple checklist to the front.Complete this week's vocab activities.

Writers' Conferences. Distribute final checklist.
L2 - Write final draft of Lighthouse paragraph in cursive. Staple in this order: purple final checklist on top, final draft, rough checklist, rough draft.
Reading
Golden Goblet
Read Ch5. Orally narrate and discuss.Read Ch6. Orally narrate and discuss.Read Ch7. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinCh3 Quiz. Ch4 - Memory page, teach grammar lessonCh4 - Listen to CD/audio and recite memory page twice. Make vocab cards for first five words (1st declension, feminine).Ch4 - story, practice exercisesCh 4 - Listen to CD/audio and recite memory page twice. Make vocab cards for last five words (1st declension, feminine). Complete p30 (sections A & B). No quiz next week.
HistoryGlue "Lineage from Abraham to Jesus" chart into journal.

Add timeline cards and jingles Hammurabi, Israelites in slavery, Shang Dynasty, and The Exodus, plus Stele of Hammurabi.
Read L16 - "Hammurabi" and Read L18 - "China and the Shang Dynasty." Color the timeline cards for Hammurabi, Israelites in slavery, Shang Dynasty, and The Exodus (pasted in yesterday).The PassoverHISTORY JOURNAL: Do some brief research about silkworms, and write a properly formatted paragraph about them and their significance to ancient China. Include information about what they eat, how the silk is harvested, what it is used for, and how this product benefitted China. Also include a picture of a silkworm and a traditional Chinese silk garment.
GeographyIntroduce Middle East MapColor the map of ancient Babylon, and paste it into your journal. Note that this is the same area that was once known as Mesopotamia and Sumer,Middle East - bodies of waterPrint a blank copy of the Middle East map from the documents link. NEATLY color and label the bodies of water (Nile River, Red Sea, Dead Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Nile RIver, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Suez Canal.). We went over these in class. A copy of a practice version of the map should have come home in binders.
ScienceTry This activities. Distribute/review study guide.Use study guide sent home in binders (also in documents folder) to prepare for tomorrow's test. Be sure that the NJ is packed; I will grade them tomorrow during the test. See note below.L1&2 TESTRead p55-60. Skip Try This activities. Take notes on p40-41 of the NJ. Answer questions #1-6 on p42.
Memory Work (review and practice daily)GEOGRAPHY: Middle East Test on 10/11
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, 8/30 - Pizza Day/Spirit Day/DOGS day! Students can wear a Fortis T-shirt with jeans, denim shorts, or uniform bottoms. 
Monday, 9/4 - No School: Labor Day. Students will still have a full slate of homework assignments on Tuesday.

MATH:
  • Review previously learned concepts.
  • Improve speed and recall of multiplication facts.
  • Practice multiplying by a 2-digit number.
  • Divide a 2- or 3-digit number by a  multiple of 10 or a 2-digit divisor.
  • Divide a 2-digit number by a 2-digit divisor (with remainders).
  • Divide a 3-digit number by a 2-digit divisor resulting in a 1-digit quotient.
NOTE: Do not feel pressured to complete all the problems in the textbook and the workbook for these multiplication and division lessons. If students have mastered the skills and are getting accurate answers the majority of the time, have them only do even problems, for example. If they are struggling with the large numbers in these lessons, back off and have them work problem with smaller numbers first until they are confident enough to move on to problems with more digits. 

SPELLING:
  • Assess mastery of words spelled with the sound of /k/ spelled "ch."
  • Learn to spell words ending in "ain."
GRAMMAR:
  • Know how to make subjects and verbs agree in a sentence.
  • Write a practice and an improved sentence. 
  • Recognize a preposition and a prepositional phrase in a sentence.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
  • Learn the definitions of the four vocabulary words and be able to correctly use each word in a sentence.
  • Practice dictionary skills.
  • Write a paragraph using an outline as a guide.
  • Use quality adjectives, -ly adverbs, strong verbs, and vocabulary words in writing.
READING:
  • Accurately narrate a reading passage. 
  • Imporve reading comprehension and fluency.
  • Increase vocabulary through exposure to unfamiliar words.
LATIN:
  • Learn ten vocabulary words and the chapter maxim.
  • Be familiar with the endings on 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.
  • Know the names of the Latin cases and the mnemonic device "Never Give Davus Any Apples" to help remember the cases.
  • Know that there are no words for the article adjectives (a, an, the) in Latin.
  • Find the stem of a Latin noun.
HISTORY:
  • Know the names of the major stories of the Israelite patriarchs: Abraham, Isacc, and Jacob.
  • Know the life story of Joseph.
  • Know how the Hebrews ended up enslaved in Egypt, that they spent 400 years there, and that Moses was called to deliver them by the mighty hand of God.
  • Know what the Code of Hammurabi was and understand its significance in world history.
  • Know what a dynasty is and that China was ruled by them for centuries.
  • Understand the sigificance of the silk road to China and its trading partners.
SCIENCE: 
  • Identify key facts from a reading passage.
  • Use a study guide to prepare for a test.
  • Begin memorizing the major muscles in the body. 
  • UNderstand the role of skeletal muscles int he body.
NOTE: The test will cover the exact questions that are on the study guide. You can also access copies of the guide via the 5th Grade Documents link at the top of the blog. Additionally, there are blank copies of all the science memory work in this folder. Students can use them to practice/study.

GEOGRAPHY:
  • Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ..
  • Begin memorizing the names and locationso f the bodies of water int heMiddle East.
  • Begin memorizing the names and locations of the countries of the Middle East.
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. Students will memorize the 7 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.