Have a wonderful, restful break. Working with you and your children has been a wonderful gift! Merry Christmas to you all.
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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).
5th Grade
Week 17 | Monday
12/9/2024 | Tuesday
12/10/2024 | Wednesday
12/11/2024 | Thursday
12/12/2024 | Friday
12/13/2024 |
| Virtues | JOY: "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)
TEMPERANCE: "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." I Cor. 9:24-27 |
| Bible | Psalms 61-62 | Read and discuss Psalms 63-64. Answer questions in booklet. | Psalm 65-66 | Read and discuss Psalms 67-68. Answer questions in booklet. | Virtue Reflection. Answer questions in booklet. |
| Math | FP-S. Ch8 (Review 2) -TB p229-231, #17-22. | FP-S. WB Ex9, p212-215, #1-8.
Cumulative test over 5A tomorrow. Review any concepts your child is still struggling to master. See study guide sent home in binder. | Subtraction Facts Test.
Cumulative TEST | FP-X. (Print answer key from the documents link.). Make all test corrections if not completed in class yesterday. To earn back partial credit for each corrected problem, please take a picture of the corrected pages and email them to me via text or email before Friday. | FP-X. Complete semester review packet. PARENTS please grade using key in documents folder, and have students make all corrections. NOTES: You may want to wait to complete this a few days before returning to school. Just don't forget! :-) We will begin using the 5B TB and WB after the break, so be sure you pack them in backpacks! |
| Spelling | | STEP 16: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 16: Test | |
| Grammar | Ch16, L1 - Indirect objects, pattern 3 | Ch16, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time | Ch16, L3 - pronoun cases | Ch16, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (Skip Ex3&9) | |
Writing | NO NEW VOCAB WORDS THIS WEEK |
| Teach past perfect dress up. Begin writing rough draft. | If not finished yesterday, complete Jesus's Birth story using KWO and checklist. Students: self-edit and correct. Parents: have students make any additional corrections. NOTE: We will only do one draft; it does not need to be written in cursive. We will read them to the class tomorrow. | Share Jesus's Birth Stories
Writers' Conferences. Distribute final checklists for Jefferson paper. | Write final draft of Thomas Jefferson paragraph. | |
Reading | A Wrinkle in Time |
| New Colossus Recitations | Read Ch11. Orally narrate and discuss. | Christmas Party | Read Ch12. Orally narrate and discuss. | Complete the A Wrinkle in Time Cootie Catcher. |
| Latin | Ch16 vocab QUIZ. Ch17-teach grammar lesson | Pack Latin cards in backpack. Bring to school tomorrow if you forgot to bring them yesterday. Ch17 - Play CD/audio and recite memory chart. Make vocab cards for first five words. | Ch17 - Play CD/audio and recite memory chart. Make vocab cards for last five words. No quiz after the break. | |
| History | | Read Ch18 - Looking West (Daniel Boone). TL Card: Daniel Boone | HISTORY JOURNAL: On the right-hand page opposite your Daniel Boone timeline card, create a comic about one of Daniel Boone's adventures when he was young. It should be a minimum of 8 frames. Be sure to include a title, color it, and include not just characters, but scenery and dialogue as well. |
| Geography | Missionary stories from South America | South America | South America | |
| Science | Density and buoyancy activities | Science packet catch-up day. Students need to turn in their packets tomorrow with everything completed that we have already covered either in class or at home (Archimedes), so I can record the science homework grade for the quarter. The physical science packets (as well as the homework packets) we used in class are in the documents folder if a student needs to go back and find information that he or she failed to write down in class. | | |
| 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: Preamble to the Constitution on 4/28
KEY DATES: 1-14 Test on 12/2
SCIENCE: Simple machines, types of levers/examples Test on 2/3 |
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:
Saturday, December 7 - Logic & Rhetoric Theater Production, 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Monday, December 9 - Uniform-Free Day for Costa Rica Mission Trip Fundraiser. Pay $5 at the front desk. Clothes must still be dress-code appropriate.
Wednesday, December 11 - Spirit Day/Class Christmas Party, 1:30-3 p.m. (No pizza.)
Wednesday, December 11 - Last Day of the 2nd Quarter.
December 12-January 12 - Holiday Break. No school or homwork. Merry Christmas!
MATH:
- Review previously learned concepts.
- Assess mastery of previously learned concepts.
- Assess mastery of subtraction facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of words that contain the sound of /ŭl/ spelled AL.
- Learn to spell more words that end with the sound of /ŭl/ spelled AL.
GRAMMAR:
- Know what an indirect object is.
- Identify, classify, compose and diagram pattern 3 sentences that include all the parts of speech.
- Identify pronoun cases.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Write a story based on a series of pictures.
- Write a polished final draft of a report.
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.
- Know how to parse nouns and verbs.
- Understand what parsing is, and begin to parse nouns and verbs.
HISTORY:
- Know that after America was established, people began to explore the lands to the west.
- Know the contributions of Daniel Boone toward Westward Expansion.
SCIENCE:
- Understand the concepts of density and buoyancy.
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 countries of South 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.
History: Students should currently be working to memorize the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution and the first 14 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 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.
Schoolhouse Rock Preamble
