For the class Christmas party: Please have your student bring a wrapped classical book that is appropriate for either a boy or a girl. We will exchange them at the party on December 11! The tree is set up and ready for presents, so you can start sending them in as early as Monday, December 2.
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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
AAS - All About Spelling
KWO - Key word outline
TL - Timeline Card(s)
MATH:
- Assess mastery of finding the area of a triangle.
- Find the length of a missing edge of a cuboid given the volume and the 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 liters and millileters.
- Find the volume of a solid by displacement.
- Practice finding the volume of solids.
- Review for the upcoming cumulative test.
- Improve speed and accuracy of subtraction facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words that contain the sound of /ŭl/ spelled EL.
- Learn to spell words that end with the sound of /ŭl/ spelled AL.
GRAMMAR:
- Identify, classify, compose and diagram pattern 2 sentences that include all the parts of speech.
- Make nouns possessive.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Choose facts to support a given topic.
- Write a rough draft from a key word outline.
- Make a key word outline from a series of pictures.
- Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to properly use them in a sentence.
READING:
- Be able to summarize a passage using oral narration.
- Expand vocabulary.
- Improve reading comprehension.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
LATIN:
- Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words and maxim.
- Learn ten new vocabulary words and a new maxim.
- Correctly conjugate verbs.
- Understand what parsing is, and begin to parse nouns and verbs.
HISTORY:
- Assess mastery of key dates 1-14.
- Know that George Washington was the first elected president of the United States and that he served two terms before stepping down.
- Know that John Adams was the first vice president and second U.S. president.
SCIENCE:
- Understand the concepts of density and buoyancy.
- Know that a lever is a type of simple machince and be able to give examples of each.
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 Central America.
Geography: We are currently memorizing the names and locations of the countries in Central America. 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.
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
Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting The New Colossus, Here is a link to a video of a woman reciting it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0B9CitsfU0
The New Colossus
By Emma Lazarus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.