Dear parents,
A few reminders:
1. Please remember to bring all donations for our Operation Christmas Child boxes on Monday.
2. Don't forget to RSVP as soon as possible for Shadow Day (yea or nay) on Friday, November 21, and to pay for hot lunch that day if your child plans to participate! (Please refer to the email I sent on November 6.)
3. Declaration of Independence recitations are scheduled for Wednesday.
Have a wonderful week!
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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 14 | Monday
11/10/2025 | Tuesday
11/11/2025 | Wednesday
11/12/2025 | Thursday
11/13/2025 | Friday
11/14/2025 |
| 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 39 | Read and discuss Psalm 40-41. Answer questions in booklet. | Psalm 42-43 | Read and discuss Psalm 44-45. Answer questions in booklet. | Complete Virtue Reflection questions in booklet. |
| Math | FP-D. Ch7, L1 (Fractions and Measurement Conversions) - TG p224-226; TB p167-171 | FP-D. Ch7, L1 (Fractions and Measurement Conversions) - WB Ex1, p157, #1, #2-3, #4-9 | FP-D. Ch7, L2 (Fractions and Area) - TG p227-229; TB p172-175; WB Ex2, p161-162, #5-6 only. | FP-D. Ch7, L3 (Practice A) - TG p230; TB p176-177 | Quick Skills Review. Parents, please check (key is in documents folder) and have students make all corrections before turning in. |
| Spelling | | STEP 13: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 13: Quiz | STEP 14: New teaching. Dictate words. | STEP 14: Dictate sentences 1-4. |
| Grammar | Ch13, L1 - fragments | Ch13, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only. Ch13, L3 - Grammar Time only (NOTE: We'll do Skill Time for these lessons tomorrow.) | Ch13, L2 & L3 (Skill Time only)- simple sentences with complex parts; compound sentences | Ch13, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (Skip Ex3&7) | |
Writing/Vocab | VOCAB WORDS: stirring, affirm, tyrant, adept |
Writers' Conferences.
Begin final drafts. | Complete final draft of Ben Franklin paragraph. Parents: Be sure it is properly highlighted and that all dress-ups and openers are underlined and labeled. | L11 - Vocab activities for "stirring" and "affirm" | L11 - Complete the vocab activities for the words "tyrant" and "adept." | |
Reading | Carry On, Mr. Bowditch |
| Read aloud. | Read Ch7-8. Orally narrate and discuss. | Read aloud. | Read Ch9-10. Orally narrate and discuss. | Read Ch11-12. Orally narrate and discuss. |
| Latin | Ch12 Quiz
Ch13 - Complete p93-95 to see how many words you still need to commit to memory. | Ch13 - Complete p96-97. | Ch13 - Review games | Ch13 - Complete review on p98-100. No test/quiz next week, but I will be checking to see that homework has been completed in your books, so make sure you catch up on anything you haven't finished. | |
| History | | Read Ch15 - More Stories of the Revolution. TL Card and jingle: American Revolution
Practice Declaration of Independence recitation for tomorrow's assessment. | Declaration of Independence Recitations | HISTORY JOURNAL: Charleston, S.C., fell to the British in 1780. This was a bad defeat for the Americans. George Washington is hundreds of miles away, but he needs to know what happened. Pretend you are a spy assigned to send him a message in secret code that informs him of the defeat. Create a code, then write the message that includes the important facts in your journal. (Be sure to include the key to decode the message so I can grade it!) And don't forget a title at the top of the page! |
| Geography | | | | Central America | |
| Science | PS Packet 2, p64-67 (physical changes).
Related activity | Read Archimedes, Ch3, p24-29 "Alexandria." Answer questions in homework packet. | PS Packet 2, p68-71 (mixtures and solutions, chemical changes).
Related activity | Read Archimedes, Ch 3, p30-38 "Alexandria." Answer questions in homework packet. | |
| Memory Work | POETRY: The New Colossus, Due for Recitation on 12/8
MATH FACTS: Division Facts Test on 11/19
GEOGRAPHY: Central America Test on 12/4
HISTORY: Declaration of Independence Recitation on 11/12
KEY DATES: 1-14 Quiz on 12/2
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:
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
Friday, November 21 - 6th Grade Shadow Day
Week of November 23 - Thanksgiving Break. No school or homework.
MATH:
- Review measurement concepts.
- Convert measurements of length, weight, liquid volume, or time involving fractions or mixed numbers from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
- Find the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths.
- Practice solving previously learned types of word problems.
- Improve speed and accuracy of addition and division facts.
SPELLING:
- Learn to spell words with the ending sound /ŭl/ spelled IL.
- Assess mastery of words ending in the sound of /cŭl/ spelled CAL.
GRAMMAR:
- Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 2 sentences (SNV-tDO) that include all the parts of speech.
- Identify and correct sentence fragments.
- Know the difference between a simple sentence with compound parts, a compound sentence, and a complex sentence.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to properly use them when writing.
- Write a polished final draft.
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 vocabulary words and maxim.
- Review previously learned material.
HISTORY:
- Be familiar with some of the key players and events of the American Revolution.
SCIENCE:
- Understand the difference between physical and chamical changes.
- Know that everything in the physical universe is made up of matter.
- Know that matter is composed of atoms.
- Know the three subatomic particles and their locations in an atom.
- Know that an element is a group of atoms of all the same type.
- Know that different types of atoms joined together are called molecules.
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...
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.