Fortis 5th Grade - Week 10 (October 9-13, 2023)

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5th Grade
Week 10
Monday
10/9/2023
Tuesday
10/10/2023
Wednesday
10/11/2023
Thursday
10/12/2023
Friday
10/13/2023
Virtues/Bible
COMPASSION: “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. (Psalm 103:8)
SELF-CONTROL: "Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control." (Proverbs 25:28)
LOYALTY: "A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.” (Proverbs 17:17)
Parent-Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL
Read and discuss I Kings 16:29-19:18. Complete questions in homework booklet.Read and discuss I Kings 21.Read and discuss I Kings 19:19-21; II Kings 2, 4-7:2. Complete questions in homework booklet.Virtue Reflection. Complete questions in homework booklet.
MathFP-A. Ch5, L6 - TG p165-166; TB p129-131. Make sure your student understands why multiplying a fraction times a fraction yields a smaller number (e.g. 1/2 x 1/3 means 1/2 of 1/3). Ex5, p117-119.FP-A. Ch5, L7 (Multiply a Fraction by a fraction by simplifying the calculation first) - TG p167-168; TB p132-134; WB Ex7, p120-122; WB Ex7, p120-122.FP-A. Ch5, L8 - TG p169-171; TB p135-137FP-A. Ch5, L8 - WB Ex8, p123-125, #1-6, #7-8.
SpellingSTEP 9: Review card box and the I-Before-E booklet. Dictate sentences 9-12.STEP 10, p57-59: New teaching. Dictate words.STEP 10: Dictate sentences 1-4.
GrammarCh9, L3 - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill TimeCh9, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only. (Skip Ex5&7)
Writing/Vocab
VOCAB WORDS: formidable, renowned, prestigious, momentous
Complete this week's vocab activities.Writers' conferences.

Free-write creative vocabulary stories.
L6 - Write final draft of The Trojan Horse
Reading
Twenty-one Balloons
Read ChVIII. Orally narrate and discuss.Read George Muller aloudRead ChIX. Orally narrate and discuss.Read ChX. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinCh10 - Listen to CD/audio and recite memory pages for chapters 6-9 a few times. Review all the vocab cards and charts for those chapters.Ch 10 - review exercisesCh10 - Review all vocabulary words, charts, and maxims from Ch6-9 for Monday's test. Complete p69-70 to see which words you still need to work on memorizing before the test. The test will include all vocab words (with a word bank) and maxims for Ch6-9, as well as the partially completed ludus (2nd declension masculine), donum (2nd-declension neuter), and sum (irregular verb) charts with translations. They will need to be able to complete the charts from memory.
HistoryRead L26 - "Elijah, the Fiery Prophet." The prophets of God.

Paste Elijah and Elisha colored timeline cards into journal.
Read L37 - "Elisha (Israel's Prophet)." 
GeographyStudy for tomorrow's cumulative test over Continents and Oceans and the Middle East. The students will complete the Middle East map as well as the Continents and Oceans as review.Middle East, Continents and Oceans Test
ScienceRead p103-109. Stop before "Trachea Track." Skip Try This Activities. Take notes on p82-83 of your NJ. Answer questions #1-7 on p84.Benefits of the respiratory systemRead TB p109-112. Skip Try This Activities. Take notes on p82-83 of your NJ. Answer questions #8-11 on p84 as you go.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Psalm 139:1-18, Due for Recitation on 11/29
MATH FACTS: Addition Facts Test on 10/23
GEOGRAPHY: Middle East Test on 10/11
HISTORY: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Test on 11/8
KEY DATES: 1-12 Quiz on 11/29
SCIENCE: My Plate, Respiratory System Test on 10/23

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 Textbook


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

IMPORTANT DATES:
Monday, October 9 - NO SCHOOL. 
Wednesday, October 11 - Spirit Day
Friday-Sunday, October 13-15 - Family Campout, Cedar Breaks Park
Wednesday, October 25 - Pizza, Spirit and DOGS Day
Friday, October 27 - Fall Festival

 MATH:

  • Multiply a fraction by a fraction.
  • Multiply a fraciton by a fraction by simplifying the calculation first.
  • Multiply mixed numbers.
  • Improve speed and accuracy of addition facts. 
SPELLING:
  • Learn to spell words containing the sound of /m/ spelled MB.
GRAMMAR:
  • Label and diagram sentences that include the seven partsof speech.
  • Know what a homonyn, is and know the differences between some common homonyms.
  • Identify a simple sentence with compund parts and know that the simple subject and/or the simple predicate can be compound.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
  • Know that all good narrative stories have three main parts: characters/setting, plot/conflict, and climax/resolution, and be able to identify these parts in a story.
  • Use a dramatic opener to draw a reader into a story.
  • Learn four new vocabulary words, and be able to properly use them when writing.
  • Use vocabulary words to write a creative story. 
READING:
  • Increase vocabulary through exposure to unfamiliar words.
  • Improve reading comprehension skills.
  • Retell what you have read accurately and with adequate detail.
LATIN:
  • Review previously learned material for upcoming test.
HISTORY:
  • Be familiar with the major accomplishments and messages of the prophets Elijah and Elisha
SCIENCE: 
  • Identify key facts from a reading passage.
  • Understand the components, purposes and benefits of the respiratory system.
GEOGRAPHY:
  • Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
  • Assess mastery of 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.


8.      Israel Divides - 975 B.C.

After King Solomon, David’s son, died,

The kingdom of Israel was forced to divide.

Benjamin and Judah split from 10 other tribes,

In the very sad year of B.C. 9-7-5.

9.      Homer - 900 B.C.

Sometime around 800 B.C.,

Homer composed the Iliad and the Odyssey.

These epic tales of gods and men

Have been retold and shared again and again.

10.    Israel Falls to Assyria - 721 B.C.

In the fateful year of 721 B.C.,

The strong and powerful Assyrian army

Was sent by God to punish the sin

Of the Northen Kingdom who had strayed far from Him.

King Sargon deported the people and then

Invited some others to quickly move in.

 

11.      Babylonian Captivity - 605, 599, 588 B.C.

Because of the people of Judah’s great sin,

God’s prophets had warned them again and again,

That a very strong nation would take them away.

So Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon came.

And in 605, 599, and 588 B.C.

He carried them off into captivity.

 

12.    Buddha – c. 563 B.C.

In B.C. 563, a prince was born,

Earthly desires he decided to scorn

They called him the Buddha: “enlightened one”

And a new Eastern religion had soon begun.

 

13.    Confucius - 547 B.C.

In China, around B.C. 547,

Confucius began teaching about things such as heaven

And how to live moral and upstanding lives,

To be kind to others, and how to be wise.


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.