Fortis 5th Grade - Week 23 (February 17-21, 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 23
MONDAY
2/17/2025
TUESDAY
2/18/2025
WEDNESDAY
2/19/2025
THURSDAY
2/20/2025
FRIDAY
2/21/2025
VirtuesHUMILITY: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves." Philippians 2:3
JUSTICE: "But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!" Amos 5:24
FAITH: “'Have faith in God,' Jesus answered. 'Truly[a] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.'" Mark 11:22-23
BiblePsalm 104Read and discuss Psalm 105. Complete questions in homework packet.Psalm 106Read and discuss Psalm 107. Complete questions in homework packet.Virtue Reflection. Complete questions in homework packet.
MathFP-A. Ch15, L3 (Percentages and Decimals) - TG p239-240; TB p208-210; WB Ex3, p176-177FP-S/SS. Ch15, L4 (Expressing Fractions as Percentages) - TG p241-242; TB p211-213; WB Ex4, p178-180FP-A. Ch15, L5 (Practice A) - TG p243; TB p214-215; WB Ex5, p181-183FP-D/SS. Ch15, L6 (Percentage of a Quantity) - TG p244-246; TB p216-219; WB Ex6, p184-186WR. Ch15, L7 (Word Problems) - TG p247-248; TB p220-222; WB Ex7, p187-189
SpellingSTEP 21: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8.
STEP 22: New teaching. Dictate words.STEP 22: Dictate sentences 1-4.
GrammarCh22, L1 - predicate adjectives; pattern 5Ch22, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar TimeCh22, L3 - plurals of nouns with different endingsCh22, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (Skip Ex3 & 9)
Writing
No new vocab words this week.
Check topic sentences and begin writing rough draft of body paragraphs.Write rough draft of Religious Freedom essay body paragraphs. (Do not turn in until intro and conclusion are complete.)Review requirements for intros and conclusions. Begin writing Religious Freedom essay intro and conclusion.If not finished yesterday, complete rough draft of introduction and conclusion for freedom of religion essay using planning guide and checklist to ensure that all required elements of structure and style are included. Compile a complete rough draft that includes intro, three body paragraphs, and conclusion (in that order) with checklists stapled to the top.
Reading
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Read aloudRead Ch18-20. Orally narrate and discuss.Read Ch21-24. Orally narrate and discuss.Read Ch25-28. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinCh22 Quiz. Play review game.Ch23 - Study for Monday's test. See note below for details.Ch19-22 reviewCh23 - Study for Monday's test. See note below.
HistoryTrail of Tears reading comprehension activityRead Ch24 - Heroes of the Abolition Movement. TL Cards: Underground Railroad (jingle) 
HISTORY JOURNAL: Reread the last two paragraphs on p229 and the two paragraphs on p230 of your textbook, and in 5-7 sentences, explain what the Underground Railroad was and how it operated.
GeographyReview for geography testStudy for tomorrow's South America testThe South America Test will be moved to next Monday. Remember to study! Color the map of the slave vs. free states, and paste it into your journal.
ScienceDiscuss blood types, introduce heart anatomyRead p139-145. Skip "Try This" activities. Take notes on p105-106 of the NJ. Answer questions #7-8 on p108.
The science test will be postponed until Wednesday.
Review science memory work to prepare for next week's test.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Psalm 139:1-18 (NIV), Due for Recitation on 3/5
MATH FACTS: Addition Facts Test on 3/3
GEOGRAPHY: South America Test on 2/19
HISTORY: Preamble to the Constitution on 4/28
KEY DATES: 1-21 Test on 3/10
SCIENCE: Components of blood, heart anatomy test on 2/24

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:
Saturday, February 15 - Talent Show, 
Wednesday, February 26 - Pizza/DOGS/Spirit Day

 MATH:

  • Express decimals as percentages and percentages as decimals.
  • Write fractions as percentages.
  • Find a percentage of a quantity.
  • Solve multi-step word problems involving a percentage of a quantity.
  • Improve speed and accuracy of math facts.

SPELLING:

  • Assess mastery of the sound of /ŭs/ spelled OUS.
  • Analyze the two ways to spell the sound of /ŭs/.

GRAMMAR:

  • Recognize, classify and diagram pattern five sentences: SNLVPA.
  • Properly form the plurals of nouns with different endings. 

WRITING/VOCABULARY:

  • Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to properly use them in a sentence.
  • Learn to use a word web as a brainstorming and organizational technique.
  • Review thre structure of an essay.
  • Write strong topic sentences.
  • Develop ideas and arguments that support topic sentences.

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.
  • Review previously learned material for upcoming test.
LATIN TEST: The test will include all the vocabulary words (with a word bank) and maxims from Ch19-22 as well as the chart from Ch22 (the chart for Ch20 will not be included). It will also include: four principal parts of a verb, the three things every noun and verb have, and the noun cases and their corresponding jobs.

 HISTORY:
  • Know the meaning of the word "abolitionist."
  • Be familiar with the conditions present on the Trail of Tears.
  • Recognize the names and major contributions of the following people to the abolition movement: Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • Understand and articulate the purpose of the Underground Railroad. 

SCIENCE: 

  • Learn basic heart anatomy.
  • Know the basic journey that a red blood cell takes through the body.
  • Use a study guide to prepare for a test.

 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.