Fortis 5th Grade - Week 20 (January 27-31, 2025)

Link to Google Folder5th 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 20
MONDAY
1/27/2025
TUESDAY
1/28/2025
WEDNESDAY
1/29/2025
THURSDAY
1/30/2025
FRIDAY
1/31/2025
VirtuesSELF-DISCIPLINE: "But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified." I Corinthians 9:27 (ESV)
PATIENCE: "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
JUSTICE: "Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" Isaiah 30:18
BibleRead and discuss Psalms 81-82.Read and discuss Psalms 83-84. Complete homework activity sheet.Psalm 85-86Read and discuss Psalm 87-88. Complete homework activity sheet.Virtue Reflection
MathFP-A. Ch9, L10 - Practice B. TG p33-34; TB p41-42;FP-A/SS. WB Ex10, p31-33 (skip #3). Quiz tomorrow.FP-M. Decimals Quiz. Ch10 Lesson opener - TG p51; TB p43FP-D/SS. Ch10, L1 (adding decimals to thousandths) - TG p52-54; TB p44-47; WB Ex1, p35-36FP-S or WR (multiplication facts test on Monday) Ch10, L2 (Subtracting Decimals) - TG p55-56; TB p48-51; WB Ex2, p37-39
SpellingSTEP 18: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8.STEP 18: TestSTEP 19: New teaching. Dictate all 25 words.STEP 19: Dictate sentences 1-4.
GrammarCh19, L1 - predicate nouns and linking verbs (pattern 4)Ch19, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar TimeCh19, L3 - contractionsCh19, L4 - Jingle Time, Test Time for practice only. (Skip Ex 2 &7)
Writing/
Vocabulary
NO NEW VOCAB WORDS THIS WEEK
L20 - Review student KWOs and topic sentences. Teach supporting details and examples. Begin rough draft of body paragraph 1.L20 - If not finished yesterday, complete rough draft of body paragraph 1 for hopes and dreams essay. Parents: Please check to be sure that there are at least 5 supporting sentences that directly relate to the topic and that all dress-ups and openers are included and properly labeled. Store in the writing tab pocket of the binder.L20 - Begin rough draft of body paragraph 2.L20 - Complete rough draft of body paragraph 2. Parents: Please check to be sure that there are at least 5 supporting sentences that directly relate to the topic and that all dress-ups and openers are included and properly labeled. NOTE: Store in the writing tab pocket. Do not turn this in yet. We'll add the introduction and conclusion next week.
Reading
Read The Twenty-One Balloons
Read ChVIII. Orally narrate and discuss.Read ChIX. Orally narrate and discuss.Read ChX. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinCh19 Vocab Quiz; Ch20 - Memory page, teach grammar lessonCh20 - Play CD/audio and recite memory chart. Make vocab cards for first five words.Ch20 - practice exercisesCh20 - Play CD/audio and recite memory chart. Make vocab cards for last five words. Study this week's words and maxim for Monday's vocab quiz.
HistoryLouisiana Purchase Broadcast presentationsRead Ch21 - War of 1812. TL Card and jingle: War of 1812"Star Spangled Banner"HISTORY JOURNAL: Copy the first verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" from p209 of your history book into your journal one line at a time. After each line, write in your own words what you think it means. Ask for help if you need it!
GeographySouth AmericaSouth America
ScienceDistribute and begin to review the study guide for the physical science test.Read Archimedes, Ch13-14 and Appendix - "The End of Archimedes," "No End to Archimedes," and "Archimedes' Writings." Answer questions in booklet. Turn in completed physical science booklet tomorrow.Continue review for physical science test.Study for Monday's Physical Science Test. 
Memory WorkPOETRY: Psalm 139:1-18 (NIV), Due for Recitation on 3/5
MATH FACTS: Multiplication Facts Test on 2/3
GEOGRAPHY: South America Test on 2/19
HISTORY: Preamble to the Constitution on 4/28
KEY DATES: 1-21 Test on 3/10
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)
SS - Singapore Sprints
WR - Weekly Review

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, January 29 - DOGS/Pizza/Spirit Day. No pizza.
Friday, February 7 - Daddy/Daughter Dance
Saturday, February 15 - Talent Show

 MATH:

  • Review concepts related to place value of decimals.
  • Assess mastery of place value related to decimals.
  • Add and subtract decimals.
  • Improve speed and accuracy of math facts.

SPELLING:

  • Assess mastery of words that end with the sound of /ŭl/ spelled LE.
  • Review ther different ways to spell /ŭl/.

GRAMMAR:

  • Recognize, classify and diagram pattern four sentences: SNLVPrN.
  • Relate the predicate noun in English to the nominative case in Latin.
  • Understand that in contractions, apostrophes replace missing letters.
  • Properly spell and punctuate all common contractions, including the irregular contraction "won't."

WRITING/VOCABULARY:

  • 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 maxims.
  • Learn how to make Latin verbs future tense.
  • Learn ten new vocabulary words.
 HISTORY:
  • Know that the War of 1812 was fought between the United States and England and that neither side gained anything significant when it ended.
  • Know that the "Star-Spangled Banner" was written by Francis Scott Key during this conflict.
  • Know that the British burned the White House.

 SCIENCE: 

  • Be familiar with Archimedes' main contributions to mathematics.
  • Be familiar with Archimedes' understanding of gravity.
  • Be familiar with the concept of magnetism.

 GEOGRAPHY:

  • Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
  • Continue 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
15. Louisiana Purchase - 1803
16. Lewis & Clark Expedition - 1804
17. War of 1812 - 1812-1814
18. Monroe Doctrine - 1823
19. Underground Railroad - Early 1930s
20. Trail of Tears - 1830-1838
21. Fall of the Alamo - 1836

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


Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting Psalm 139:1-18 (NIV):

Psalm 139:1-18

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.

5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—

when I awake, I am still with you.