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 11 | Monday
10/20/2025 | Tuesday
10/21/2025 | Wednesday
10/22/2025 | Thursday
10/23/2025 | Friday
10/24/2025 |
| Virtues | COMPASSION: “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. (Psalm 103:8)
SELF-CONTROL: "Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control." (Proverbs 25:28)
PRUDENCE: "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age" Titus 2:11 |
| Bible | Read and discuss Psalms 20-21 | Read Psalms 22-23. Answer questions in booklet. | Read and discuss Psalms 24-25 | Read Psalm 26-27. Answer questions in booklet. | Complete Virtue Reflection questions in booklet. |
| Math | FP-D. Ch5, L9 (Solve Multi-step Word Problems Involving Fractions of a Remainder) - TG p172-174; TB p138-140; WB Ex9, p126-129.
Introduce reciprocals | FP-D. Ch5, L10 (Fractions and Reciprocals) - TG p175-176; TB p142-144; WB Ex10, p131, #5-6 only. | FP-D. Ch5, L11 (Practice B) - TG p177-178; TB p145-146. (Selected problems only) | FP-D. Ch5, L11 (Practice) - WB Ex11, p132-133, #1-5. (Use PEMDAS for #1, problems f-j.) | FP-D. Ch5, L11 (Practice) - TG p188; WB Ex11, p134-136. Problems #6-10; #11-13. Multiplication of Fractions Quiz on Monday. |
| Spelling | | STEP 10: Review words and card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 10: Quiz | STEP 11, p61-64: New teaching. Dictate words. | STEP 11: Dictate sentences 1-4. |
| Grammar | Ch10, L1 - Capitalization rules only (no classifying of sentences) | Ch10, L1 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only.
Ch10, L2 - Grammar Time only | Grammar Quiz
Ch10, L2 - Punctuation rules only (no classifying of sentences) | Ch10, L3 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only. Ch10, L4 - Test Time for practice only. (Skip Ex4, 6, & 7) | |
Writing/
Vocab | NO NEW VOCAB WORDS THIS WEEK |
Writers' conferences.
Distribute final checklists. | Write final draft of Boston Massacre paper using purple checklist. | Award Finn/Finnesha
Review source text, KWO, and brainstorming pages for Boston Tea Party story. Distribute and review checklist and begin writing rough draft. | If not finished yesterday, complete rough draft of the Boston Tea Party story using only the KWO and checklist. | |
Reading | Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia |
| Read aloud. | Read Ch6. Orally narrate and discuss. | Read What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? aloud. | Read Ch7. Orally narrate and discuss. | |
| Latin | Ch9 Quiz.
Ch10 - Complete p69-70. | Ch10 - Review all words, maxims, and charts from Ch6-9 to prepare for next week's cumulative test. | Ch10 - Review games | Ch10 - Review all words, maxims, and charts from Ch6-9 to prepare for next week's test. | |
| History | Boston Tea Party | Read Ch12 - The Power of Words. TL card (no jingle): Thomas Jefferson. | Read and discuss Patrick Henry's speech. | HISTORY JOURNAL: Print (or draw) a picture of Ben Franklin and paste it into your journal. Choose one of Ben's inventions (lightning rod, bifocals, swim fins, Franklin stove, armonica) and print (or draw) a picture of it, then paste it into your journal. Write a paragraph (5-6 sentences minimum) that includes a description of the invention, its use, and how it made life better for the people who used it. |
| Geography | Introduce Central America map. | Print a blank copy of the Central America map from the documents folder. Color and label it. | Read Missionary Story from Central America. | | |
| Science | Benefits of the respiratory system (how it protects your body). | Read TB p109-112. Skip Try This Activities. Take notes on p82-83 of your NJ. Answer questions #8-11 on p84 as you go. | Respiratory system anatomy. (Respiratory system mini books - pA25-28 in the back of the NJ.) | Read TB p113-115. Skip Try This Activities. Take notes on p82-83 of your NBJ. Answer WDYR questions #12-13 on p84 as you go. | |
| Memory Work | GEOGRAPHY: Central America map due 12/3
POETRY: The New Colossus Due for Recitation on 12/8
MATH FACTS: Division Facts Test on 11/19
HISTORY: Declaration of Independence Recitation on 11/12
KEY DATES: 1-14 Quiz on 12/1
SCIENCE: My Plate, Respiratory System Test on 10/29 |
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:
Friday, October 24 - Fall Festival at Glad Tidings
Monday, October 20 - Picture Retakes
Monday, October 27 - Colonial Celbration
Tuesday, October 28 - Kennedi's Birthday
Wednesday, October 29 - Historical Dress-Up/DOGS/Pizza Day
MATH:
- Solve multi-step word problems involving fraction of a remainder.
- Multiply two fractions to get a product of one, a mixed number, or a whole number.
- Know and understand the meaning of the word "reciprocal."
- Practice multiplying fractions.
- Improve speed and accuracy of addition and division fact s.
SPELLING:
- Learn to spell words containing the sound of /g/ spelled "gu."
- Assess mastery of words containing the sound of /m/ spelled "mb."
GRAMMAR:
- Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 1 sentences that include compound parts, conjunctions, and interjections.
- Review capitalization and punctuation rules.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Write a polished final draft.
- Write a narrative story using a story sequence chart.
READING:- Be able to summarize a passage through written and oral narration.
- Expand vocabulary.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
- Cultivate a love for quality literature.
- Engage in meaningful discussions.
LATIN:
- Review previously learned material to prepare for a test.
HISTORY:
- Be familiar with some of the major accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin.
SCIENCE:
- Continue memorizing My Plate and the anatomy of the respiratory system.
- Learn the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system.
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 Central America.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll continue memorizing the names and locations of the countries in Central America for the next few weeks. 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 will memorize a portion of the Declaration of Independence (bolded portion only - recitation on 11/10) and 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.
Key Dates:
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 & Indian War - 1754-63
9. Boston Tea Party - 1773
10. Paul Revere's Ride - April 18, 1775
11. Declaration of Independence - July 4, 1776
12. The American Revolution - 1775-83
13. Constitution is Ratified - 1787-88
14. Industrial Revolution Begins - Late 1700s
Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Poetry: For a link to a woman reading the poem, click here.
The New Colossus
Written by Emma Lazarus in 1883
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!”
NOTE: This
sonnet was included as part of an art and literature auction that was designed
to raise money to fund the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of
Liberty. In 1903, a plaque bearing the poem was placed on the interior wall of
the pedestal. The original “colossus” was the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the
seven wonders of the ancient world.