Fortis 5th Grade - Week 32 (May 5-9, 2025)

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 33		MONDAY
5/5/2025		TUESDAY
5/6/2025		WEDNESDAY
5/7/2025		THURSDAY
5/8/2025		FRIDAY
5/9/2025
VirtuesFAITHFULNESS: "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart." (Proverbs 3:3-4)
BibleRead and discuss Job 38-39.Read and discuss Job 40-41. Complete homework activity sheet.Read and discuss Job 42.Song of Songs. Complete homework activity sheet. (Read all or selected excerpts of the book if you feel comfortable.)
MathFP-X. Begin Year-end Assessment A as review for tomorrow's final.FP-X. Complete Year-end Assessment A as review for tomorrow's final. Students MUST show all work! Parents, please check and have student make all corrections. Key available via documents link.Cumulative TestMake math test corrections. Students must show all their corrected work on a separate piece of notebook paper and explain what they did wrong in order to earn back credit for the problems they missed.
Language ArtsRESEARCH PAPER: Writers ConferencesRESEARCH PAPER: Polish and practice your spiel.RESEARCH PAPER: Spiel rehearsal. Writers' conferences.RESEARCH PAPER: Write final draft of your paper, including the works cited page. Due Monday.
Reading
Little Britches
Read aloudRead Ch23-24. Answer questions on homework sheet.Read aloudRead Ch25-27. Answer questions on homework sheet.Read Ch28-end. Complete homework sheet.
LatinCh32 - ReviewCh32 - Review
HistoryComplete Texas Timeline.

Practice skit.

Collect journals.		Practice skit and memorize assigned key date jingles for graduation.

Study for next week's key dates test.		Practice skitPractice skit and memorize assigned key date jingles for graduation.

Study for next week's key dates test
GeographyMexico Test
ScienceImmune system reading activity

Punnett Squares activity

Distribute and review study guide.		Use study guide to prepare for tomorrow's test.

Complete the "Possible Purpose Page" on p187 of the NJ. Instructions are on TB p248. (This will also be a test question, so take your time to really think about the answers.)		L13&14 Test.

Collect journals to grade.
Memory WorkGEOGRAPHY: Mexican States test on 5/5
KEY DATES #1-28: Test on 5/12
SCIENCE: Lymphatic system - Test on 5/7

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, May 7 - DOGS/Pizza/Uniform-Free Fundraiser Day
Monday, May 12 - Living History (Wax) Museum, 1:30-2:45 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Wednesday, May 14 - Six Flags Over Texas Skit, 9:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Wednesday, May 14 - 5th Grade Graduation followed by a reception, 3:30 p.m. Extended family and friends are invited to attend.

MATH:
  • Review previously learned concepts.
  • Assess mastery of fifth-grade math concepts.

GRAMMAR/WRITING/VOCABULARY:

  • Write a highly polished final draft of a 5-paragraph paper with an introduction and conclusion.

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:

  • Review previously learned concepts.
  • Practice conjugation and declension.
 HISTORY:
  • Review key events, people, and places in Texas history.

SCIENCE: 

  • Memorize the components of the lymphatic system.
  • Understand the difference between innate and adaptive/acquired immunity.
  • Know that Gregor Mendel, and Austrian monk, pioneered the science of genetics.
  • Understand the basics of how genes are passed from generation to generation.
  • Know that cells replicate by mitosis or meiosis.
  • Use a study guide to prepare for a test.
  • Assess mastery of concepts related to the immune system and human development.

 GEOGRAPHY:

  • Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
  • Assess mastery of the names and locations of the 50 states.
  • Assess mastery of the names of the state capitals.
  • Memorize the names and locations of some of the Mexican states.

Geography: We are currently memorizing the names and locations of the Mexican states that border the U.S. states, as well as Distrito Federal and the states on the Yucatan Peninsula. A hard copy of this map can be found behind the "memory" tab in your child's binder. We are using the "Mexican Hat Dance" song in class to help us learn the border states. Additional maps, as well as MP3s of the corresponding Mexico song, are available at this link: Geography Resources.


History: Students should memorize the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution and the 28 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)