Fortis 5th Grade - Week 29 (April 7-11, 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 29
MONDAY
4/7/2025
TUESDAY
4/8/2025
WEDNESDAY
4/9/2025
THURSDAY
4/10/2025
FRIDAY
4/11/2025
VirtuesWONDER: "Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!" Psalm 33:8 - ESV
ORDERLINESS: "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way." I Cor. 14:40
LOVE (CHARITY): "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." I Cor. 13:2
BibleRead and discuss Ecclesiastes 1.Read and discuss Ecclesiastes 2. Complete homework activity sheet.Read and discuss Ecclesiastes 3.Read and discuss Ecclesiastes 4. Complete homework activity sheet.Complete Virtue Reflection in homework booklet
MathFP-D. Cumulative TEST and corrections.FP-M2/SS. Ch13, L1 (Ratios) - TG p177-181; TB p160-164; WB Ex1, p133-135.Division Facts TEST. Ch13, L2 (Equivalent Ratios) - TG p182-185; TB p165-168; WB Ex2, p137-139.FP-M/SS. Ch 13, L3 (Finding a Quantity) - TG p186-187; TB p169-171; WB Ex3, p140-142.WR. Ch 13, L4 (Comparing Three Quantities) - TG p188-190; TB p172-176; WB Ex3, p143-145.
SpellingSTEP 27: Review new teaching and card box. Dictate sentences 5-8.STEP 27: TestSTEP 28: New teaching. Dictate new words.Dictate sentences 1-4.
Writing
CTP Review Exercises
RESEARCH PAPER: Continue reading source texts and making note cards.
Ch28, L1-3 - Introduce and practice formal outlining
RESEARCH PAPER: Continue reading source texts and making note cards. All note cards are due on Monday.
RESEARCH PAPER: Complete all note cards. Due Monday. Place all cards in ziploc bag and place in orange folder.
Reading
Little Britches
Discuss Poetry Packet

Introduce
Little Britches. Read Ch1 aloud. Distribute homework.
Read Ch2-3. Answer questions on homework sheet. Parents: Please check your email and read the note about this book before having your child read.Read aloudRead Ch4. Answer questions on homework sheet.Read Ch5-6. Complete homework sheet.
LatinCh28 - Vocabulary Quiz. Ch29 - derivativesCh29 - Listen to CD/audio of memory page twice. Make vocab cards for first seven words.Practice ExercisesCh29 - Listen to CD/audio of memory page twice. Make vocab cards for last six words. Study for Monday's quiz.
HistoryTexas Timeline. Work on skit.

Preamble Practice
Read Make Way for Sam Houston, Ch2.

HISTORY JOURNAL: Write a narration (7-10 sentences). Utilize proper mechanics.
Parents, please check all work and have student make corrections.
Texas Timeline. Work on skit.

Preamble Practice
Read Make Way for Sam Houston, Ch3.

HISTORY JOURNAL: Write a narration (7-10 sentences). Utilize proper mechanics.
Parents, please check all work and have student make corrections.
GeographyPractice states and capitalsPractice states and capitals
ScienceBenefits and properties of the integumentary system.Read p200-202. Skip Try This activities. Take notes on p153-154 of the NJ. Answer #6-7 on p155.Skin diagram on p156.Read p203-209. Stop before WDYR. Skip Try This activities. Take notes on p153-154 of the NJ. Answer #8-11 on p155.
Memory WorkMATH FACTS: Division Facts Test on 4/9
POETRY: Day of Sunshine recitation on 4/30
GEOGRAPHY: U.S. States and Capitals test on 4/14
HISTORY: Preamble to the Constitution recitation on 4/28
KEY DATES #1-28: Test on 5/12
SCIENCE: Five taste sensations and skin anatomy - Test on 3/24
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:
Wednesday, April 9 - Lap-a-Thon, immediately after school
Wednesday, April 9 - Spirit Day

 MATH:

  • Assess mastery of previously learned concepts.
  • Use ratio to compare two quantities or a quantity to the total amount.
  • Interpret ratio in the form of a:b where a and b are whole numbers.
  • Find equivalent ratios. Express ratios in simplest form. 
  • Find a quantity given the ratio and one quantity, or the rate and the total.
  • Use a ratio to compare three quantities.
  • Express ratios of three quantities in simplest form.
  • Assess mastery of division facts.
  • Improve speed and accuracy of math facts.

SPELLING:

  • Assess mastery of words with the sound of /ār/ spelled ER.
  • Learn to spell words ending in ATE.

GRAMMAR/WRITING/VOCABULARY:

  • Know the structure and purpose of a formal outline.

READING:

  • Improve reading comprehension and fluency.
  • Expand vocabulary.
  • Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
  • Formulate questions from reading passages.

 LATIN:

  • Learn ten new vocabulary words and a new chapter maxim.
  • Begin to recognize some common ablative-case prepositions.
 HISTORY:
  • Be familiar with the events of Sam Houston's life.

SCIENCE: 

  • Understand the purpose and benefits of skin. 

 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 50 states.
  • Memorize each state capital.

Geography: We are currently memorizing the names and locations of the U.S. states and capitals. 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 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
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
22. Republic of Texas - 1836-1846
23. Texas becomes a state - 1845
24. Mexican War - 1846-48
25. California Gold Rush - 1849
26. Cattle Industry - post Civil War
27. 1900 - Galveston Hurricane
28. 1901 - Spindletop Gusher (oil boom)

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:
The fourth quarter poem is "A Day of Sunshine":

A Day of Sunshine

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

O gift of God! O perfect day:
Whereon shall no man work, but play;
Whereon it is enough for me,
Not to be doing, but to be!
 
Through every fibre of my brain,
Through every nerve, through every vein,
I feel the electric thrill, the touch
Of life, that seems almost too much.
 
I hear the wind among the trees
Playing celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.
 
And over me unrolls on high
The splendid scenery of the sky,
Where through a sapphire sea the sun
Sails like a golden galleon,
 
Towards yonder cloud-land in the West,
Towards yonder Islands of the Blest,
Whose steep sierra far uplifts
Its craggy summits white with drifts.
 
Blow, winds! and waft through all the rooms
The snow-flakes of the cherry-blooms!
Blow, winds! and bend within my reach
The fiery blossoms of the peach!
 
O Life and Love! O happy throng
Of thoughts, whose only speech is song!
O heart of man! canst thou not be
Blithe as the air is, and as free?