Link to Google Folder: 5th Grade Documents
Anything in blue should be turned in as homework on the next school day.
Anything in red is a special note to the co-teacher.
Anything in purple denotes a formal assessment.
Anything in magenta is optional (at the discretion of the co-teacher).
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
AAS - All About Spelling
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline
KWO - Key word outline
History:
TL - Timeline Card(s)
TL - Timeline Card(s)
Science:
PS - Physical Science
TB – Human Anatomy Textbook
NJ – Notebooking Journal
WDYR - What Do You Remember?
"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands..."
Psalm 90:17
IMPORTANT DATES/COMING SOON:
Wednesday, October 9 - Spirit Day
Monday, October 14 - Co-Teacher/Teacher Conferences. No school or homework.
Monday. October 21 - Picture Retakes
BIBLE/VIRTUES:
This month, we'll be focusing on the virtues of compassion, self-control (classroom virtues), and fortitude (the schoolwide virtue.) In our study of history, we will see how different groups of people dealt with the Native Americans and how their compassion (or lack thereof) affected their ability to get along with their neighbors. We will also learn how William Wilberforce passionately worked to end the slave trade. The Proverbs will remind us of the wisdom of maintaining self-control. Nearly every history lesson includes a focus on fortidude, either in the moral sense of standing up against injustice,or the physcial sense of showing courage in the face of fear or difficulty.
MATH:
- Review previously learned concepts.
- Assess mastery of previously learned concepts.
- Plot points on a coordinate plane.
- Use correct form to name plots on a coordinate plane.
- Assess mastery of x10, x11, and x12 multiplication facts.
- Improve speed and accuracy of addition facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words ending with ICE.
- Learn to spell words that are exceptions to the I-before-E generalization.
GRAMMAR:
- Identify, classify, compose and diagram pattern 1 sentences that include object pronouns.
- Relate object pronouns and the pronoun cases to noun cases in Latin.
- Know that "not" is NOT a verb, but an adverb that answers the question "how?".
- Know that some helping verbs can be used at the beginning of a sentence to form a question.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Correctly use vocabulary words when writing.
- Assess creative writing skills.
READING:
- Be able to summarize a passage with a written narration.
- Identify the author's purpose and perspective in a writing assignment.
- Know what the term "genre" means.
- Expand vocabulary.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
LATIN:
- Learn ten new vocabulary words.
- Begin memorizing the second-declension neuter chart.
- Decline 1st- and 2nd-declension nouns, and and conjugate 1st conjugation verbs.
- Begin translating simple Latin sentences.
- Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words.
HISTORY:
- Gain an understanding of what life in colonial America was like.
- Know the names and major contributions of William Penn and William Wilberforce.
KEY DATES TEST: The events will be listed in random order. The students will need to write the corresponding date (or series of dates) for each event. They will also need to choose three of the events and write one thing they learned about each of them (other than the key date, of course). This is where knowing the jingles comes in handy, but it doesn't have to be something mentioned the jingles.
SCIENCE:
- Know the difference between chemical and mechanical (physical) digestion.
- Be able to explain the journey that food takes through each organ in the digestive system.
- Be familiar with the components and function of the renal system.
- Identify key facts in and take notes from a non-fiction text.
- Use a study guide to prepare for a test.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Know the names and locations of the larger islands in the West Indies.
- Memorize the names of the islands that constitute the Lesser Antilles.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll be memorizing the names and locations of some countries in the West Indies for the next few weeks. A hard copy of this map can be found behind the "memory" tab in your child's binder. Additional maps, as well as MP3s of the corresponding song, are available at this link: Geography Resources.
History: Students will memorize a portion of the Declaration of Independence (bolded portion only - recitation on 11/10) and 21 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.
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1587
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1587
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692
7. First Great Awakening - 1740s
Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV).
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.