Fortis 5th Grade - Week 11 (October 16-20, 2023)

Link to Google Folder5th Grade Documents

Anything in blue should be turned in as homework on the next school day.

Anything in purple denotes a formal assessment. 

Anything in magenta is optional (at the discretion of the co-teacher). 

5th Grade
Week 11
Monday
10/16/2023
Tuesday
10/17/2023
Wednesday
10/18/2023
Thursday
10/19/2023
Friday
10/20/2023
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)
Read and discuss Psalms 6, 13.Read and discuss Obadiah. Complete questions in homework booklet.Read and discuss JonahRead and discuss Amos 1:1-2; 3, 5, and 9. Complete questions in homework booklet.Virtue Reflection. Complete questions in homework booklet.
MathFP-A. Ch5, L9 (word problems involving fractions of a remainder) - TG p172-174; TB p138-140; WB Ex9, p126-129. Introduce reciprocals.FP-A. Ch5, L10 - TG p175-176; TB p142-144; WB Ex10, p131, #5-6 only.FP-A. Ch5, L11 - TG p177-178; TB p145-146. (Selected problems only)FP-A. Ch5, L11 - WB Ex11, p132-133. Problems #1-5. Use PEMDAS for #1, problems f-j. Use a highlighter to mark which operation to perform at each step.FP-A. Ch5, L11 - TG p188; WB Ex11, p134-136. Problems #6-10; #11-13.
SpellingSTEP 10: Review words and card box. Dictate sentences 5-8.STEP 10: TestSTEP 11, p61-64: New teaching. Dictate words.STEP 11: Dictate sentences 1-4.
GrammarCapitalization rules (Ch10, L1)Ch10, L1 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only. Ch10, L2 - Grammar Time onlyPunctuation rules (Ch10, L2)Ch10, L3 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only. Ch10, L4 - Test Time for practice only. (Skip Ex4, 6, & 7)
Writing/
Vocab
NO NEW VOCAB WORDS
L9 - Teach summarizing a reference. Topic sentences and clinchers.PARENTS AND STUDENTS: Read p82 together. Then complete the topic sentences and clinchers activity sent home in binders (also in the documents folder).L9 - Use Gilgamesh story to practice KWO for summarizing.L10 - Read source text and choose a topic. Complete the KWO, selecting only 5-7 facts that support the topic you chose. Remember that your report cannot and should not include all the facts in this text--only the facts that are directly related to the topic. Write a strong topic sentence at the bottom of p91.
Reading
The Children's Homer
Twenty-one Balloons Party. Introduce Children's Homer, Part I, Ch I aloud.Read Part I, ChII-IV. Orally narrate and discussFinish George Muller.Read Part I, ChV-VIII. Orally narrate and discuss.Read Part I, ChIX-XI. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinUnit II Test. Ch11 memory page, grammar lesson.Ch11 - Listen to CD/audio of memory page and recite twice. Complete vocabulary cards for the five verbs (1st conjugation).Ch11 - Adjectives and noun/adjective agreement practice exercises.Ch11 - Listen to CD/audio of memory page and recite twice. Complete vocabulary cards for the five adjectives. See sample cards behind Latin tab in binder.
HistoryMinor prophets.

Discuss Joel.

Paste colored timeline cards for Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah into journal.
Read L39 - "Homer" and L41 "The Olympic Games." Paste colored timeline cards into journal. Copy Homer jingle below card.Introduction to Greek Mythology. Paste list of Olympian Gods into journal.Read L40 - "India and Hinduism."

HISTORY JOURNAL: Do some brief research about the caste system. Write a paragraph explaining what the caste system in India is, how it works, and what the four castes are. Remember to retell what you learn in your own words (do not copy directly from the source) and tell where the information came from.
GeographyOverview of AfricaPrint a blank map of Africa from the documents link. Listen to the Northern Africa song while you NEATLY color and label each of those countries. Store in maps tab pocket in binder. We will add to it as we learn more countries.Window on the World, missionary stories from Africa.Review the states of Northern Africa
ScienceRespiratory system anatomy.

Respiratory system mini books (pA25-28 in the back of the NJ).
Read TB p113-115. Skip Try This Activities. Take notes on p82-83 of your NBJ. Answer WDYR questions #12-13 on p84 as you go.Distribute and review study guide.

Make diaphragm models.
Use study guide to prepare for Monday's test.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Psalm 139:1-18, Due for Recitation on 11/29
MATH FACTS: Addition Facts Test on 10/23
GEOGRAPHY: Northern Africa and Horn of Africa Test on 11/29
HISTORY: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Test on 11/8
KEY DATES: 1-12 Quiz on 12/4
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:
Friday-Sunday, October 13-15 - Family Campout, Cedar Breaks Park
Wednesday, October 25 - Pizza, Spirit and DOGS Day
Friday, October 27 - Fall Festival

 MATH:

  • Solve multi-step problems involving fraction of a remainder.
  • Multiply two fractions to get a product of 1.
  • Find the reciprocal of a fraction, a mixed number, or a whole number.
  • Practice concepts related to the multiplication of fractions.
  • Improve speed and accuracy of addition facts. 
SPELLING:
  • Assess mastery of words containing the sound of /m/ spelled MB.
  • Learn to spell words containing the sound of /g/ spelled GU.
GRAMMAR:
  • Label and diagram sentences that include the seven parts of speech.
  • Know what a homonyn, is and know the differences between some common homonyms.
  • Review and reinforce capitalization and punctuaiton rules.
  • Identify a simple sentence with compund parts and know that the simple subject and/or the simple predicate can be compound.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
  • Write strong topic sentences and clinchers.
  • Choose facts to support a chosen topic.
  • Summarize a text by choosing the most ineresting or relevant facts.  
READING:
  • Increase vocabulary through exposure to unfamiliar words.
  • Improve reading comprehension skills.
  • Summarize what you have read accurately and with adequate detail.
  • Know the author's purpose for writing a book. 
  • Identify the genre of a literary work. 
  • Identify the perspective from which a story is told.
LATIN:
  • Assess mastery of perviously learned vocabulary words, maxims, and charts.
  • Memorize ten new vocabulary words and one new maxim.
  • Know that Latin adjectives take the same endings as the nouns they modify and must match nouns in gender, number, and case.
  • Know that unlike in English, Latin adjectives can appear directly before OR after a noun in a sentence ("magnus ludus" or "ludud magnus" would both be correct). 
HISTORY:
  • Be familiar with the main messages and highlights of the lives of the minor prophets, Jonah, Obadiah, and Joel.
  • Know that Homer was the author of the famous works The Odyssey and The Iliad.
  • Know the origin of the Olympic games.
  • Be familiar with the names and roles of the Olympian gods and goddesses.
  • Contrast the behaviors and lives of the Greek gods and goddesses of the Olympic pantheon to the one true and living God we worship (Acts 17). 
  • Know the basic tenets of Hinduism and gain a basic understanding of the caste system.
SCIENCE: 
  • Identify key facts from a reading passage.
  • Understand the components, purposes and benefits of the respiratory system.
  • Use a study guide to review and prepare for a test.
GEOGRAPHY:
  • Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
  • Begin to learn the names and locations of the countries of Northern Africa.
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 - 800 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.