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).
5th Grade
Week 14 | Monday
11/11/2024 | Tuesday
11/12/2024 | Wednesday
11/13/2024 | Thursday
11/14/2024 | Friday
11/15/2024 |
| Virtues | HONESTY: "The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy." Proverbs 12:22
INTEGRITY: "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out." Proverbs 10:9
DILIGENCE: "Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble." 2 Peter 1:10 |
| Bible | Psalm 39 | Read and discuss Psalm 40-41. Complete questions in homework booklet. | Psalm 42-43 | Read and discuss Psalm 44-45. Complete questions in homework booklet. | Virtue Reflection. Complete questions in homework booklet. |
| Math | FP-D. Ch7, L1 (Fractions and Measurement Conversions) - TG p224-226; TB p167-171; WB Ex1, p157, #1 only | FP-D. Ch7, L2 (Fractions and Area) - TG p227-229; TB p172-175; WB Ex2, p160-162 | FP-D. Ch7, L3 (Practice A) - TG p230; TB p176-177; WB Ex3, p163-164 only | FP-D. Ch7, L4 (Area of a Triangle) - TG p231-235; TB p178-183 only. NOTE: It is critically important that students understand that ANY side of a triangle can be the base and that they are able to find the height in relation to whatever the base is. | FP-D. Ch7, L4 (Area of a Triangle) - TG p248-249; WB Ex4, p166-170 |
| Spelling | | STEP 13: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 13: Test | STEP 14: New teaching. Dictate words. | STEP 14: Dictate sentences 1-4. |
| Grammar | Ch13, L1 - fragments | Ch13, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only. Ch13, L3 - Grammar Time only (NOTE: We'll do Skill Time for these lessons tomorrow.) | Ch13, L2 & L3 (Skill Time only)- simple sentences with complex parts; compound sentences | Ch13, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (Skip Ex3&7) | |
Writing/Vocab | VOCAB WORDS: stirring, affirm, tyrant, adept |
Writers' Conferences.
Begin final drafts. | Write final draft of Ben Franklin paragraph. Be sure it is properly highlighted and that all dress-ups and openers are underlined and labeled. | L11 - Vocab activities for "stirring" and "affirm" | L11 - Complete the vocab activities for the words "tyrant" and "adept." | |
Reading | A Wrinkle in Time |
Introduce A Wrinkle in Time. Read Ch1.
Complete "Reading with Your 5 Senses" Activity | Read Ch2. Orally narrate and discuss. | Read aloud. | Read Ch3. Orally narrate and discuss. | Read Ch4. Orally narrate and discuss. |
| Latin | Ch13 - Unit III Test.
Ch14 - Introduce new words. | Ch14 - Play CD/audio and recite memory page while you make vocab cards for first five words (2nd conjugation verbs). | Ch14 - story, worksheet, derivatives | Ch14 - Play CD/audio and recite memory page while you make vocab cards for ager (second declension masculine) and the last four words (first declension MASCULINE nouns-see note in yellow box on p101). Study this week's words and maxim for Monday's vocab quiz. | |
| History | Ben Franklin one pager | Read Ch15 - More Stories of the Revolution. TL Card and jingle: American Revolution
Practice Declaration of Independence recitation for tomorrow's assessment. | Declaration of Independence Recitations | HISTORY JOURNAL: Charleston, S.C., fell to the British in 1780. This was a bad defeat for the American patriots. George Washington is hundreds of miles away, but he needs to know what happened. Pretend you are a spy assigned to send him a message in secret code that informs him of the defeat. Create a code, then write the message that includes the important facts in your journal. (Be sure to include the key to decode the message so I can grade it!) |
| Geography | | Review countries of Central America. | | Central America | |
| Science | Read PS Packet 1, p64-71 (Physical and chemical changes; mixtures and solutions). Answer related questions in homework packet. | Read Archimedes, Ch3, p24-29 "Alexandria." Answer questions in homework packet. | Physical and Chemical Change activities, video | Read Archimedes, Ch 3, p30-38 "Alexandria." Answer questions in homework packet. | |
| Memory Work | POETRY: The New Colossus, Due for Recitation on 12/9
MATH FACTS: Division Facts Test on 11/18
GEOGRAPHY: Central America Test on 12/4
HISTORY: Declaration of Independence Recitation on 11/13
KEY DATES: 1-14 Quiz on 12/2
SCIENCE: Temperatures, states of matter, atomic particles on 11/20 |
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
History:
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, November 13 - Spirit Day
Wednesday, November 20 - Spirit/DOGS/Pizza Day
Friday, November 22 - Sixth Grade Shadow Day. Fifth graders are invited to spend the day shadowing the sixth graders, attending classes and eating hot lunch with them. Parents are also invited to attend a Q&A session with parents who have just made the transtition from fifth to sixth. Watch for more information via email.
Week of November 25 - Thanksgiving Break. No school or homework
MATH:
- Review measurement concepts.
- Convert measurements involving fracitons or mixed numbers from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
- Find the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths.
- Find the area of a triangle when the height is given inside of the triangle.
- Improve speed and accuracy of division facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words that contain the sound of /cŭl/ spelled CAL.
- Learn to spell words that end with the sound of /ŭl/ spelled IL.
GRAMMAR:
- Identify, classify, compose and diagram pattern 2 sentences that include all the parts of speech.
- Identify and correct fragments.
- Distinguish between simple sentences with complex parts and compound sentences.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Learn four new vocabulary words, and be able to properly use them when writing.
- Write a polished final draft.
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.
- Assess comprehension of Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia.
LATIN:
- Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words and maxims.
- Learn ten new vocabulary words and a new maxim.
- Distinguish between first- and second-conjugation verbs.
- Begin memorizing the second-conjugation verb endings.
- Begin memorizing the first-declension masculine noun exceptions.
HISTORY:
- Understand the role of women in the Revolutionary War.
- Learn about the spy rings the Continental Army relied on during the Revolutionary War.
- Know what the original 13-star American flag looked like.
SCIENCE:
- Understand the difference between weight and mass.
- Know the difference between physical, chemical, and nuclear changes.
- Know the difference between a mixture and a solution.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Memorize the names and locations of the countries of Central America.
MEMORY WORK:
- Eloquently recite a portion of the Declaration of Independence.
- Continue memorizing the first 14 key dates and the currently assigned memory work for science.
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.
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 7. First Great Awakening - 1740s
8. French and Indian War - 1754-1763
9. Boston Tea Party - 1773
10. Paul Revere's Ride - April 18, 1775
11. Declaration of Independence - July 4, 1776
12. Revolutionary War - 1775-83
13. U.S. Constitution Ratified - 1787 and 1788
14. Industrial Revolution - Late 1700s
Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting The New Colossus, Here sis 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!”
Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."