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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 13 | Monday
11/3/2025 | Tuesday
11/4/2025 | Wednesday
11/5/2025 | Thursday
11/6/2025 | Friday
11/7/2025 |
| Virtues | HONESTY: "The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy." Proverbs 12:22
INTEGRITY: "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out." Proverbs 10:9
FORTITUDE: "Then David said to Solomon his son " Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God , even my God, is with you. He will never leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished." I Chronicles 28:20 |
| Bible | Psalm 35 | Read and discuss Psalm 36. Answer questions in booklet. | Psalm 37 | Read and discuss Psalm 38. Answer questions in booklet. | Complete Virtue Reflection in booklet. |
| Math | FP-D. Ch6, L4 (Divide a whole number by a unit fraction) - TG p201-203; TB p156-158; WB Ex4, #5-6. | FP-D. Ch6, L5 (Divide a whole number by a fraction) - TG p204-206; TB p159-162; WB Ex5, p147-148, #4-7. | FP-D. Ch6, L6 (Word Problems) - TG p207-209. TB p163-165. WB Ex 6, p149-151. | FP-D. Ch6, L7 (Practice B) - TG p210; TB p166. Practice B, #1 (every other problem), #2-6. TG p216-217; WB Ex7, p152-154. | FP-D. Complete Fraction Review (Sent home in binders. Copies and key also available via documents link.) Parents, please grade and have students make all corrections. |
| Spelling | | STEP 12: Review card box and new teaching. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 12: Quiz | STEP 13: New teaching. Dictate words. | STEP 13: Dictate sentences 1-4. |
| Grammar | Ch12, L1 - Pattern 2. Direct objects and transitive verbs | Ch12, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time | Ch12, L3 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only
Grammar Quiz (address punctuation and capitalization and classifying/diagramming pattern 2 sentences) | Ch12, L4- Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (skip Ex3&6). | |
Writing/Vocab | VOCAB WORDS: exemplary, esteemed, prominent, conceive |
L10 - Complete vocab activities.
Writers' Conferences.
Distribute final checklists | Write final draft of Boston Tea Party story. PARENTS: Please make sure that students are using the purple checklist and that all dress ups and openers are properly underlined and labeled in the correct margins. | L10 - Discuss supporting details.
Read source text and complete the KWO and brainstorming pages for George Washington. Decide what your topic will be, and write a strong topic sentence at the bottom of page 93. | L10 - Write rough draft of Geogre Washington paper. Be sure to use the topic sentence you wrote at the bottom of page 93 as the first sentence of your paper. | |
Reading | Carry On, Mr. Bowditch |
Complete One Pager for Ben Franklin.
Introduce Carry On. Read Ch1-2 aloud.
Distribute Pre-Reading Materials | Read Ch3-4. Orally narrate and discuss. | Read aloud | Read Ch5-6. Orally narrate and discuss. | |
| Latin | Ch11 Quiz
Ch12 - Teach grammar lesson | Ch12 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Review the grammar lesson and complete the chapter story, worksheet, and derivatives pages. | Ch12 - Practice/review | Ch12 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Study the Ch12 vocab words and maxim and complete the Quiz to prepare for Monday's vocab quiz. | |
| History | Share "wanted" posters. | Read Ch14 - Stories of the American Revolution. TL card and jingle: Declaration of Independence
Practice for your Declaration of Independence Recitation. | Dissect and discuss the Declaration of Independence | HISTORY JOURNAL: Copy the portion of the Declaration of Independence that that you are memorizing into your journal. Use an ink pen and your neatest, most beautiful cursive, just as the authors of the Declaration did! Practice reciting it dramatically several times to prepare for your upcoming recitation. |
| Geography | | Central America | | Central America | |
| Science | Read PS Packet 1, p52-59. | Read Archimedes, Ch 2 "The World of Archimedes." Answer questions in homework packet. | Measurement and temperature activities
Send home "What is Matter" homework sheet. | Watch: What's Matter? Video
Answer What is Matter Video Questions on sheet sent home in binders (also available in the Documents folder under Science) | |
| 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: Temperatures, states of matter, atomic particles on 11/20 |
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, November 7 - Jayli's Birthday
Monday, November 10 - Moms in Prayer, 9 a.m. in the sanctuary
Wednesday, November 12 - Spirit Day
Monday, November 17 - Bradley's Birthday
Wednesday, November 19 - DOGS/Spirit/Pizza Day
Week of November 23 - Thanksgiving Break. No school or homework.
MATH:
- Divide a whole number by a unit fraction.
- Divide a whole number by a fraction.
- Solve multi-step word problems involving division of a fraction by a whole number or a whole number by a fraction.
- Practice multiplication and division of fractions.
- Improve speed and accuracy of addition and division facts.
SPELLING:
- Learn the most common way to spell the word ending /cŭl/: CAL.
- Assess mastery of words ending in the sound of /cŭl/.
GRAMMAR:
- Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 2 sentences (SNV-tDO) that include all the parts of speech.
- Recognize direct objects in sentences and know that they are always paired with a transitive verb.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Write strong topic sentences and clinchers.
- Choose a topic from a given source text.
- Select relevant facts and details from a source text to support a specific topic.
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:
- Assess mastery of previously learned vocab words and maxim.
- Learn ten new vocabulary words.
- Translate sentences that include adjectives from Latin to English.
- Recognize, classify, and classify Latin sentences that include linking verbs and predicate adjectives.
HISTORY:
- Be familiar with some of the key players and events of the American Revolution.
- Know the contents of the Declaration of Independence and understand its significance on the world stage.
SCIENCE:
- Understand the importance of having a standardized system of measurement.
- Know the difference between mass and weight.
- Begin memorizing the freezing and boiling points of water in both the Fahrenheit and Celcius scales.
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.