Fortis 5th Grade - Week 16 (November 27- December 1, 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 16
Monday
11/27/2023
Tuesday
11/28/2023
Wednesday
11/29/2023
Thursday
11/30/2023
Friday
12/1/2023
VirtueJOY: "You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:11 (NIV)
BibleRead and discuss excerpts from Ezekiel.Read and discuss Daniel 5. Answer questions in homework booklet.Read and discuss Daniel 6 (Lion's Den).Read and discuss Haggai. Answer questions in homework booklet.Virtue Reflection. Answer questions in homework booklet.
MathFP-S. Quiz. Ch8, L3 - TG p265-267; TB p205-208; WB Ex3 p192-194.FP-S. Ch8, L4 - TG p265-269; TB p209-210 #1-4 only; WB Ex4 p195-197, #1-6. only.FP-S. Ch8, L6&7 - TG p273-279; TB p216-224. Fun with Archimedes.FP-S. Ch8 - Review. TB p225-227, #1-6. Feel free to skip some problems once students demonstrate mastery.FP-S. Ch8 - Review 2. TB p228, #7-16. (NOTE: L5 and L7 in Ch8 contain more advanced concepts that are not necessary for students to know at this time, so we are skipping all of L5 and part of L7. You may complete them if desired.)
SpellingSTEP 15: Review Card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. Review for test tomorrow.STEP 15: TestSTEP 16: New teaching. Dictate words.STEP 16: Dictate sentences 1-4.
GrammarCh15, L1 - Possessive nounsCh15, L2 - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, and Practice TimeCh15, L3 - Review possessive nouns. Practice TimeCh 15, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (skip Ex3&6)
Writing/Vocab
NO NEW VOCAB WORDS THIS WEEK
Teach writing from pictures using Chariot Race story.L11 - Complete final draft of The Mayans and Chocolate. Parents, please check to be sure all required elements are included and labeled.Read accounts of the Birth of Jesus story from Matthew and Luke. Complete KWO. Distribute checklist and begin writing the story.PARENTS AND STUDENTS: Read p121. Complete rough draft of the Birth of Jesus story using KWO students completed in class yesterday.
Reading
Shadow Spinner
 Introduce Shadow Spinner. Read Ch1 aloudRead Ch2-3. Orally narrate and discuss.Psalm 139 recitationsRead Ch4-5. Orally narrate and discuss.Read Ch6-7. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinCh15 Quiz. Ch16 - Memory page, grammar lesson.Ch16 - Play CD/audio and recite memory chart twice. Make first five vocab cards (1st conjugation).Ch16 - story, practice exercisesCh16 - Play CD/audio and recite memory chart twice while making last five vocab cards (2nd declension neuter). Study for next week's vocab quiz. Pack vocab cards in backpack to bring to school on Monday.
HistoryCARDS: Ezekiel, Daniel, Pythagoras, Temple of DianaRead L64 - Pythagoras and the Temple of Diana

Read L66 - Belshazzar and Cyrus the Great

CARDS: Buddha (jingle), Confucius (jingle), Belshazzar, Cyrus the Great
Read L63 - Buddha and L65 - Confucius

HISTORY JOURNAL: Do some brief research and write a short paragraph summarizing the basic beliefs of Buddhism and a short paragraph summarizing the basic beliefs of Confucianism. Then, discuss with your family how these beliefs are the same and/or different from the teachings of Jesus.
GeographyShare factsReview Northern Africa and Horn of Africa to study for tomorrow's test. Remember that there are blank maps available to use for practice in the documents folder.Northern Africa and Horn of Africa TestOn the blank Africa map you stored in your map tab pocket, NEATLY color and label the 16 countries in West Africa. Return to tab pocket.
ScienceTrick your SNS

The endocrine system
Read p161-167. Skip "Try This" activities. Stop before "The Spinal Cord." Take notes on p132 of the NJ. Answer questions #1-10 on p131.Parts of a brain. Complete sketch on p134.Read p167-171. Skip "Try This" activities. Take notes on p132 of the NJ. Answer questions #11-12 on p131.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Psalm 139:1-18, Due for Recitation on 11/29
MATH FACTS: Subtraction Facts Test on 12/6
GEOGRAPHY: Northern Africa and Horn of Africa Test on 11/29
HISTORY: Nicene Creed Recitation on 4/22
KEY DATES: 1-12 Quiz on 12/4
SCIENCE: Neuron anatomy, parts of the brain on 12/6

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:
Wednesday, November 29 - Pizza/DOGS/Spirit Day
Wednesday, December 6 - Christmas Party
December 9-January 7 - Christmas Break. No school.

 MATH:

  • Assess mastery of concepts related to division of fractions and area of triangles.
  • Find the length of a missing edge of a cuboid given the volume and length of the other two sides or the area of the corresponding base.
  • Practice volume concepts.
  • Relate volume to capacity. Find the capacity of a container or the volume of water in a cuboid-shaped container, and express it in L and mL.
  • Find the volume of a solid by displacement.
  • Improve speed and accuracy of subtraction facts. 
SPELLING:
  • Assess mastery of words containing the sound of /ŭl/ spelled il.
  • Learn to spell words containing the sound of /ŭl/ spelled el.
GRAMMAR:
  • Know that a possessive noun functions as an adjective in a sentence. 
  • Know how to make nouns possessive.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
  • Write strong topic sentences and clinchers.
  • Identify the central fact in a picture.
  • Write clinchers that repeat or reflect key words from a topic sentence.
  • Write a story using pictures as a guide. 
READING:
  • Increase vocabulary through exposure to unfamiliar words.
  • Improve reading comprehension skills.
  • Summarize a reading passage accurately and with adequate detail.
  • Assess mastery of Children's Homer.
LATIN:
  • Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words and maxim.
  • Learn 10 new vocabulary words and a new maxim.
  • Begin to memorize the imperfect tense endings.
  • Know that the imperfect tense in Latin is related to the past tense in English and understand how to add endings that form the imperfect tense. 
  • Understand what parsing is and begin to parse simple sentences. 
  • Memorize the 1st-declension noun masculine exceptions (poeta, agricola, incola, nauta) and know how to properly pair them with adjectives.
HISTORY/BIBLE:
  • Know the major messages of Ezekiel and Haggai.
  • Be familiar with the highlights of the life of Daniel.
  • Continue memorizing the Nicene Creed.
SCIENCE: 
  • Identify key facts from a reading passage.
  • Know the components and functions of the endocrine system. 
  • Know the parts of the brain and the specializations of each part, as well as the strengths of each hemisphere.
  • Understand the purpose of myelin.
  • Know what the reflex arc is, and how God designed it to help protect you.
  • Understand that each brain is wired differently based on environmental, educational, and experiential factors.
GEOGRAPHY:
  • Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
  • Continue learning the names and locations of the countries of 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

HISTORY:
We will continue to memorize the Nicene Creed. It will be due for recitation on 4/22:

Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,
      the Father Almighty,
      maker of heaven and earth,
      of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
      the only Son of God,
      begotten from the Father before all ages,
           God from God,
           Light from Light,
           true God from true God,
      begotten, not made;
      of the same essence as the Father.
      Through him all things were made.
      For us and for our salvation
           he came down from heaven;
           he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
           and was made human.
           He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
           he suffered and was buried.
           The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
           He ascended to heaven
           and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
           He will come again with glory
           to judge the living and the dead.
           His kingdom will never end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
      the Lord, the giver of life.
      He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
      and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
      He spoke through the prophets.
      We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
      We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
      We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
      and to life in the world to come. Amen.

HISTORICAL NOTE: The Nicene Creed is the defining statement of belief of Nicene or mainstream Christianity and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it. The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople.

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 13 dates on 12/4:

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 Psalm 139 (NIV)Recitations will be on 11/29.


Psalm 139:1-18 

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me, Lord,
    and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
    too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

    13 For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you.