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 26 | MONDAY
3/9/2026 | TUESDAY
3/10//2026 | WEDNESDAY
3/11/2026 | THURSDAY
3/12/2026 | FRIDAY
3/13/2026 |
| Virtues | OBEDIENCE: "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." John 14:15
PERSEVERANCE: "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9
HOPE: "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" Jeremiah 29:11 |
| Bible | Read and discuss Psalm 119:145-176. | Read and discuss Psalms 120-124. Answer questions in booklet. | Read and discuss Psalms 125-128. | Read and discuss Psalms 129-134. Answer questions in booklet. | Virtue Reflection. Answer questions in booklet. |
| Math | FP-D. Ch11, L10 (Practice) TB p124-127 | FP-S. Ch11, L10 (Practice) - WB Ex10, p99-101, (#1 & #3a only). All other problems are optional. | FP-D. Begin the Geometry Review Packet | FP-M. If not finished in class yesterday, complete the Geometry Review Packet sent home in binders. Be sure to read the information in each section before working the problems. Parents: Please check using key in documents folder, and have student make ALL corrections, or full credit will not be given. | FP-M. Geometry Take-home Quiz. Due Monday.
Students must complete this without parental help, but it is considered an open-note quiz. They may use the resources in their binders, as well as the geometry review packet they completed yesterday, to help them. |
| Spelling | | STEP 24: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 24: Quiz | STEP 25. Dictate all 25 words | STEP 25: Dictate sentences 1-4. |
| Grammar | Ch26, L2 - Teach parts of a book and parts of a library. NOTE: Skip classifying sentences. | Ch25, L2 & 3 - Jingle TIme and Grammar Time Only
Parents: Be sure to check these carefully, because the students are now doing mixed-practice sentences and may struggle to classify them correctly. | Library field trip | Ch25, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (skip Ex 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, and 11) | |
Writing/
Vocabulary | RESEARCH PAPER: Assign research projects. | Continue working on Tuck Essay using checklist and essay planning guide. | RESEARCH PAPER: Begin acquiring source texts. See notes sent home about the requirement for books vs. online sources. You must have them all by the Tuesday after Spring Break. | |
Distribute and review checklist.
Begin Tuck Essay | Complete Tuck Essay using checklist and essay planning guide. Due the Monday after Spring Break. | |
Reading | Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| Read aloud | Read Ch21-24. Orally narrate and discuss. | Library field trip | Read Ch25-end. Orally narrate and discuss. | |
| Latin | Ch22 Quiz.
Ch23 - Complete memory page. | Ch23 - Translate the sentences at the bottom of page 172. (Translation Exercise). Pay close attention to the endings to determine tense!
Make sure books are packed! I'll be checking to see that this quarter's homework was completed. | Ch23 - Complete the Grammar Review on p173 and 174. No quiz or test on the Monday after the break. | |
| History | Key Dates #1-21 Test | Read Story of Texas, Part 1 - p22-54. Answer questions #5-19 in the Texas Timeline packet. | Read Ch25 of the history textbook - "The Battle of the Alamo." TL Card and Jingle: The Battle of the Alamo | |
| Geography | | Listen to the songs linked in the blog notes to help you learn all the states and capitals. | Listen to the songs linked in the blog notes to help you learn all the states and capitals. | |
| Science |
The reflex arc.
Distribute and review study guide. | Use study guide to prepare for tomorrow's test. | L9&10 Test | Read p175-181. Skip Try This activities. Stop before "Now Hear This." Take notes on p141 of the NJ. Answer questions 1-4 on p142. | |
| Memory Work | MATH FACTS: Division Facts Test on 4/8
GEOGRAPHY: U.S. States and Capitals test on 4/16
POEM: A Day of Sunshine Recitation on 4/29
HISTORY: Excerpts from Patrick Henry's Speech Recitation on 4/27
KEY DATES #1-21: Test on 3/9
SCIENCE: Parts of the brain and what they do; neuron anatomy - Test on 3/11 |
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:
Monday, March 9 - Uniform-Free Fundraiser
Wednesday, March 11 - Library Field Trip
Friday, March 11 - End of 3rd Quarter
Week of March 15 - Spring Break
Wednesday, March 25 - Pizza/DOGS/Spirit Day
MATH:
- Practice concepts related to angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals.
- Assess mastery of concepts related to angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals.
- Improve speed and accuracy of math facts.
SPELLING:
- Assess mastery of how to spell words with the sound of /ĭbl/ spelled ABLE.
- Analyze the two ways to spell the sound of /ĭbl/.
GRAMMAR:
- Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 1, 2, 3, 4, and/or 5 sentences.
- Be familiar with the parts of a non-fiction book and use those parts to find specific information.
- Know the parts of a library and be familiar with the resources available for conducting research.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Write a 4-paragraph essay that is well-suipported with details and examples.
READING:- Be able to summarize a passage through oral and written 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.
- Continue memorizing the imperfect tense of the irregular verb SUM.
- Know that the accusative case includes both direct objects and objects of the preposition.
HISTORY:
- Know that the Gold Rush compelled thousands of people to flock to California in search of riches
- Be familiar with the modes of transportation people used to travel and relocate west.
- Identify key facts in a non-fiction reading passage.
- Know the anatomy and physiology of neurons.
- Know the difference between the somatic and autonomic nervous systems.
- Know the purpose of the endocrine system.
- Know the names of the lobes of the brain, and begin learning what each lobe specializes in.
- Know the strengths of each hemisphere of the brain.
- Know what the reflex arc is, and understand how it protects the body.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Continue memorizing the names and locations of the U.S. states and capitals.
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll be memorizing the names and locations of the states and learning the capitals for the next severeal 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.
Some additional fun songs to help with memorizing the states and capitals:
History: Students will memorize 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
15. Louisiana Purchase - 1803
16. Lewis & Clark Expedition - 1804
17. War of 1812 - 1812-1814
18. Monroe Doctrine - 1823
19. Underground Railroad - Early 1830s
20. Trail of Tears - 1830-1838
21. Fall of the Alamo - 1836
Poetry:
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?