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Anything in magenta is optional (at the discretion of the co-teacher).
5th Grade
Week 3 | Monday
8/24/2026 | Tuesday
8/25/2026 | Wednesday
8/26/2026 | Thursday
8/27/2026 | Friday
8/28/2026 |
| Virtues | WISDOM: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." Proverbs 9:10
RESPONSIBILITY: "Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry his own load." Galatians 6:4-5
OBEDIENCE: "But be doers of the word, and not just hearers only, deceiving yourselves." James 1:22 |
| Bible | Read and discuss Proverbs 9 | Proverbs 10. Answer questions in booklet. | Read and discuss Proverbs 11 | Proverbs 12. Answer questions in booklet. | Complete Responsibility Virtue Reflection in booklet. |
| Math | FP-M. Ch2, L5 (Multi-Step Word Problems) - TG p46-48; TB p38-40; WB Ex5, p31-35. Do TB problems as a class, then have students work TWO of the WB problems in groups. | FP-M. Ch2, L7* Practice - TG p52; TB p44-46, #1-5, 7 only; WB Ex7 - p41 only. *NOTE: We are skipping Ch2, L4&6. | FP-M. Order of Operations Quiz.
Ch3, L1&2 (Multiplying) - TG p70-76; TB p48-55 (select problems); WB Ex1-2, p45-48 (select problems) | FP-M. Ch3, L3 Practice A - TG p77; TB, p56, #1 (first column only), 2-4. HINT: Use graph paper for multiplication problems in order to help keep digits aligned! | FP-M. Ch3, L3 - TG p93; WB Ex3, p52-53, #1 only (including crossnumber puzzle). |
| Spelling | | STEP 2: Review words and card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 2 Quiz | STEP 3: New teaching. Dictate new words. | STEP 3: Dictate sentences 1-4. |
| Grammar | Ch3, L2 (adverb exception, parts of speech) | Ch3, L3 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time only. | Grammar Quiz
Ch3, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time (for practice only) - Skip Ex 5&6. | On a blank piece of paper, diagram all the sentences in Ch3, L4. Parents, please check and have students make corrections. Key available in documents folder. | |
Writing/Vocab | VOCAB WORDS: audaciously, inevitably, endeavor, eerily |
L3 - Complete vocab activities for "audaciously" and "inevitably."
L4 - Teach who/which clauses | L3 - Complete vocab activities for "endeavor" and "eerily." | L3- Lost Colony, p28-29 (swap in source text from earlier version). Complete brainstorming page. Write KWO. Retell.
Distribute rough checklist. | L3 - Write rough draft of The Lost Colony paragraph using only KWO and checklist. Students should not refer back to the source text when writing. PARENTS: Please make sure 1) student reads the paper aloud to you to self-check for any fragments or awkward wording, 2) all dress-ups and openers are included, underlined, and labeled in the correct margins, and 3) checklist is stapled to the front of the draft. | |
Reading | First Voyage to America |
Introduce First Voyage. Read/discuss introductory materials, p1-16
| Read p17-39 | Read George Muller aloud | Read p 40-70 | Read p71-end
Pack A Wrinkle in Time in backpacks. |
| Latin | Ch1 - Vocab & Maxim QUIZ.
Ch2 - Memory page, teach grammar lesson | Ch2 - Listen to CD/audio and recite memory page twice. Review the grammar lesson and complete the chapter story, worksheet and derivatives pages. | Ch2 - Practice exercises | Ch2 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Study the Ch1 vocab words and maxim and complete the Quiz section to prepare for next week's quiz. | |
| History |
Play game of telephone to highlight/discuss the importance of primary sources in history (tie in to First Voyage book) | Read Ch3. Columbus TL Card and jingle. Remember to follow the same process you did last week. | | HISTORY JOURNAL: Pretend you are a sailor traveling with Columbus. Write a "dear journal" entry, at least five sentences long, about what you are feeling before you finally make it to the West Indies. |
| Geography | Discuss differences between Greenland and Iceland.
| Study for tomorrow's Continents and Oceans test. (Students will have a word bank, so they must correctly spell and capitalize everything to get full credit.) | Continents and Oceans TEST | HISTORY JOURNAL MAPS: 1. Columbus's route 2. Islands Columbus explored in the West Indies | |
| Science | Benefits of bones.
"Which type of bone breaks easiest?" experiment. | Read p41-44. Take notes on p29. Answer questions #2-6, on p30 of the NJ.
| Skeleton sketch (TB p45-50).
Answer questions #7, 8, 10, 11 on p30.
Complete mummification lab write-up. | Read p46 "Ligaments" and p51-52 "Joint Venture" and "Kinds of Joints" (Skip "Try This" Activities.) Take notes on p29. Answer questions #9 and #12 on p30. | |
| Memory Work (review and practice daily) | GEOGRAPHY: Continents and Oceans Test on 8/26
MATH FACTS: Multiplication Facts Test on 9/9
SCIENCE: Cell anatomy, classification of life, and major bones, Test on 9/9
KEY DATES #1-7: Quiz on 9/30
POETRY: Proverbs 2, Due for Recitation on 10/14 |
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:
Monday, August 24 - Picture Day
Wednesday, August 26 - DOGS/Pizza/Spirit Day. Students may wear a Fortis spirit shirt with jeans or uniform bottoms.
Monday, August 31 - Moms in Prayer, 9 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Monday, September 7 - Labor Day: No school or homework!
BIBLE/VIRTUES:
This month, we'll be focusing on the virtues of wisdom and responsibility in our classroom. (Obedience is the schoolwide virtue.) As we study the Proverbs, we will gain an understanding of the value of wisdom for bringing blessing into our lives and the lives of those around us. Being responsible means doing the things you are expected to do and accepting the consequences--good or bad-- that result from your actions. The beginning of the school year is a great time to set an expectation for responsibility: for our choices, our assignments, our homework, our behaviors, and more! Additionally, our read-aloud for the first six weeks of school is a biography of George Muller, who relied solely on prayer to care for thousands of orphans in Bristol, England. The story of his conversion is one that always resonates with the students, as George goes from mocking God, making a series of terrible life choices, and refusing to take responsibility for any of them, to wholeheartedly repenting, trusting God to provide for his every need, and taking full responsibility for the thousands of children he rescued, nurtured, and taught about Jesus. He exemplifies wisdom, responsibility, and attentiveness!
MATH:
- Solve multi-step word problems involving whole numbers.
- Review use of bar models to solve word problems.
- Practice concepts related to order of operations.
- Assess mastery of concepts related to order of operations.
- Review multiplication of two-digit and three-digit numbers.
- Multiply up to a five-digit number by a two-digit number.
- Practice multiplying by a two-digit number.
- Improve speed and accuracy of multiplication facts.
SPELLING:
- Learn to spell words containing the sound of /k/ spelled "ch."
- Assess mastery of words spelled with the sound of /ŭ/ spelled “a."
GRAMMAR:
- Know that adverbs do not always follow the verb and can be located in other parts of a sentence.
- Write sentences from labels.
- Classify and diagram pattern 1 sentences that include inverted word order and adverb exceptions.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- Learn the definitions of the four vocabulary words and be able to correctly use each word in an original sentence.
- Practice dictionary skills.
- Know what a who/which clause is, and be able to correctly use and punctuate one when writing.
- Write a paragraph from a key word outline.
READING:
- Be able to summarize a passage through oral narration.
- Expand vocabulary.
- Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
LATIN:
- Assess mastery of previously learned vocabulary words and maxims.
- Learn ten new vocabulary words.
- Memorize the first conjugation "amo" chart and be able to use the chart to conjugate a verb.
- Practice verb conjugation.
- Begin memorizing the four principal parts of a Latin verb.
HISTORY:
- Understand that the entire world changed as a result of Columbus's discovery of the Americas.
- Gain an understanding of Columbus's mixed legacy and the controversy that surrounds it today.
- Know the basic facts surrounding the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
- Begin learning about what life was like in the English colonies.
SCIENCE:
- Know the purpose of ligaments.
- Be familiar with different types of joints in the body.
- Continue memorizing the names of the major bones.
- Identify key facts from a reading passage.
GEOGRAPHY:
- Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- Begin learning the names and locations of the islands of the West Indies.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll be working on the continents and oceans for the first few weeks. A hard copy of the map can be found behind the "memory" tab in your child's binder. Additional maps, as well as MP3s of the song, are available at this link: Geography Resources.
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.
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1583
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692
7. First Great Awakening - 1740s
Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV).
Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV)
My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9 Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.