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:
Saturday, September 14 - Dodgeball Tournament, Glad Tidings Church, 6-8 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25 - Pizza, Spirit, and DOGS day.
BIBLE/VIRTUES:
This month, we'll be focusing on the virtues of respect, courage (classroom virtues), and fear of the Lord (the schoolwide virtue.) As we continue to study the Proverbs, we will gain an understanding of what it means to fear the Lord. He is worthy of the highest repect and reverence. Yet he also tells us to show proper respect to everyone. One of the habits of the heart that we regularly focus on at Fortis is respect, and the definition we use is "Valuing others more than self." We extend this to include showing respect to the building we are blessed to use, the supplies we share, the belongings of others, and the world God created!
In our history studies, we will learn about the incredible courage it took the colonists to leave the safety and comfort of life in England to establish settlements in a strange land. They faced myriad challenges, including hunger, illness, and death.
MATH:
- Review addition and subtraction of fractions.
- Relate fractions to division.
- Divide two whole numbers and express the remainder as a fraction or mixed number.
- Add proper fractions with unlike denominators.
- Subtract fractions with unlike denominators.
- Practice adding and subtracting fractions.
- Add a mixed number and a fraction with unlike denominators.
- Improve speed and accuracy of x10, x11, and x12 multiplication facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words ending with IVE.
- Learn to spell words ending in TURE.
GRAMMAR:
- Continue memorizing common prepositions.
- Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 1 sentences that include prepositional phrases.
- Identify and classify pronouns in pattern 1 sentences.
- Know that objects of the proposition are a noun job, not a part of speech.
- Know that pronouns are NOT nouns, but a separate part of speech.
- Know that imperative sentences usually have an understood "you" pronoun that is not included in the sentence.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Learn the definitions of the four vocabulary words and be able to correctly use each word in an original sentence.
- Practice dictionary skills.
- Know the purpose and power of a dramatic opener.
- Write a polished final draft.
- Know the three parts of a narrative story and be able to recognize rising and falling action.
- Use a checklist to ensure that assignment requirements are met.
- Be able to summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Expand vocabulary.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
LATIN:
- Learn ten new vocabulary words.
- Recognize second-declension masculine nouns based on their endings.
- Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words.
HISTORY:
- Understand the differences between the Pilgrims (separatists) and Puritans.
- Be able to understand how God used the events of Squanto's life for the good of a fledgling nation.
SCIENCE:
- Know the three types of muscles: smooth, cardiac, and skeletal and the properties of each.
- Know the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscles.
- Identify key facts in and take notes from a non-fiction text.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Begin memorizing the names and locations of the larger islands in the West Indies.
- Memorize the names of the islands that constitute the Lesser Antilles.
- Be familiar with some characteristics of the West Indies, including climate, culture, and geographical features.
- Know the meaning of the word "archipelago."
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.