| 4th | 9/26/2016 | 9/27/2016 | 9/28/2016 | 9/29/2016 | 9/30/2016 |
| Discipleship | Faith + Proverbs 3:1-6 | ||||
| Math | Facts Practice, MM 13, HIG p47 LT 5-10, TB p48-49. Fraction Bingo. | Facts Practice, MM 13, Review HIG p 47-48, TB p48-49. CCC WB Ex 20. | Facts Practice, MM 13 & 14, HIG p49-50, WB Ex 21 | Facts Practice, MM 14, CCC WB Ex 21. HIG p51 TB p 50 CCC Practice 3A. See note below | MM 14, TB p 51 Practice 3B. CCC and return to school for homework grade. |
| Reading | Early Thunder--Read Ch 1 in class | Early Thunder: Read Chapters 2-5 this week. Please bring book to school each day. | Narration Break! No reading narration due for this week. | ||
| Composition | L4, P3 Begin writing RD in class | Lesson 4, Part 3: Complete Rough Draft following composition checklist. Co-teachers, check for proper spelling and punctuation. Read Aloud: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing | Milkmaid RD due. Writer's Conference, Begin writing FD. Rubric sent home. | Lesson 4, Part 4: Write Final Draft. Due Wed. 10/5 Stapled: Rubric, FD,RD | Review Poem 1 for Recitation on Monday |
| Grammar | Ch 6, L3 Subject/Verb Agreement | Review Subject & Possessive Pronouns- Ref. 19 & 21. Can you name them all? Chapter 6 Test: Do Exercises 3 & 5 only. For practice only--no grade | Ch 7 L1: Possessive Nouns | Ch 7, L2: Classify Sentences, Make Practice Sentence | |
| Spelling | Review Phonograms: kn, gn, nk, ough, ew. Step 6: Review New Teaching and Tips. Dictate sentences 4-6 on the same paper started Thurs. | Review phonograms, Step 6: Review card box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Writing Station words. | Step 6 Spelling Test | Step 7: New teaching, Dictate 10 words & sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 7 Practice". | |
| History | Discuss William Wilberforce and the slave trade | L16 Ludwig van Beethoven Finley | Beethoven Activities | L17 The Mexican War of Independence Tyler | Complete and score one history narration. Use red pen to score. Due Monday. |
| Science | Try This! pg. 76 | Read pgs. 76 - 79, start at Chemical Chaos | What Do You Remember? and Notebooking Activities (writing fascinating Facts) pg. 79 | Read pgs. 82-85 | |
| Geography | South America Due 10/19 | ||||
| Memory Work | Quarter 1 Poem Due 10/3, Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America Due 11/2, Key dates #37-38 | ||||
| Latin | Review Lesson 1 (L1-5) | Copybook Review Lesson 1, pg. 15-16 | Board Wars | Practice saying the Latin prayer in Copybook Review Lesson 1. Can you translate it? | |
Wednesday, Sept. 28th - Pizza Day! Students may wear Fortis Spirit shirts!
Monday, Oct. 3rd - Poem 1 Recitation
***Please check Teacher Ease for updated information on your student's progress. We are soon to finish the first 9 weeks! Please check for any zeros, missing, or blank items in the grade book. Chances are your student has these in their binder, having not turned them in. Please note, at the end of each quarter, all such items become zeros, and may affect the final grade for the 9 weeks.***
HIG- Home Instructor Guide | KWO-Key Word Outline | Grammar- Shurley English |
| LT- Learning Task | RD- Rough Draft | Composition-Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | FD- Final Draft | |
TB- Textbook (oral) | CC- Copy cursive book | NT- New Teaching |
WB- Workbook | TM (S)- Teacher's Manual (Supp) | DS - Dictate Sentences |
MM- Mental Math | L- Lesson |
Discipleship
Start your home school day with prayer and Bible reading. Our Character Virtue of the month is: Faith. Read James 2:14-22 How do faith and actions work together?
Math:
We'll continue working with fractions this week, learning to solve word problems involving fractions. Practice 3A (Thurs) provides practice on adding/subtracting like fractions. If your student has a good handle on this, you may skip some of the problems. Please do all of Practice 3B and return to school Monday for a homework grade.
Math Facts: Start each day with a 5 min warm up using the Math Facts Practice sheets. This week we will do Practice Sheet H (multiplication) at school. Please continue doing facts practice sheets daily at home until all facts are completely mastered.
Mental Math: Continue your warm up with 5 minutes of Mental Math. This week work through Mental Math 12-14 in the HIG appendix.
Workbook Exercises: Please check these daily and have students make corrections.
Math Buddies: We encourage you to regularly use this web site to help you better understand how to teach a lesson and to provide opportunities for your child to practice new skills or review previously learned concepts that they may need extra practice with.
Math Buddies login page
Optional Math Buddies: Subtracting Fractions Using Equivalent Fractions
Bar Modeling: Bar modeling is a key component of problem solving. We will now do a practice "Bar Model of the Day" each day at school along with our normal math facts and mental math warm-ups. Encourage your student to use bar models for all word problems, even if they can solve without one, as it's good practice for the more difficult word problems.
Optional Math Buddies: Subtracting Fractions Using Equivalent Fractions
Bar Modeling: Bar modeling is a key component of problem solving. We will now do a practice "Bar Model of the Day" each day at school along with our normal math facts and mental math warm-ups. Encourage your student to use bar models for all word problems, even if they can solve without one, as it's good practice for the more difficult word problems.
Composition
The "Milkmaid" final draft is not due until Wed. Oct. 5th, when students will be presenting their pieces to classmates during our Fable Fest. We will be reciting Poem 1 during our IEW time on Mon, Oct. 3.
Reading
We will begin reading Early Thunder this week. Please bring book to school each day, as we will be reading and discussing it in class.
No Narration this week! Reading
Spelling Continue to review phonogram cards.
Students who are due to create a timeline figure are listed in red in the above table after the lesson number. The following class day, they will show the class the figure, tell 2-3 important points about the lesson, and place their figure on the classroom timeline.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
History: Memorize Key Dates from Vol. 4:
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
History: Memorize Key Dates from Vol. 4:
The American Revolution 1765-1783
The French Revolution 1789-1799
Last week, we introduced our first piece of history memory work for the year, the Preamble to the Constitution. A copy has been placed in your child's binder behind the "memory" tab. Please add this to your daily memory work practice. If you'd like a song to help with memorization, here's a link to the YouTube Schoolhouse Rock version: Preamble Video, or if you prefer lyrics only: Preamble
Geography: We will introduce South America on Monday. All maps and songs can be found here.
Scripture: We will be memorizing Proverbs 3:1-23 over the course of this year. A copy of the passage was placed in your student's binder on Monday. Additional copies may be found here.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard" to be recited on Monday, 10/3. Additional copies here.
Scripture: We will be memorizing Proverbs 3:1-23 over the course of this year. A copy of the passage was placed in your student's binder on Monday. Additional copies may be found here.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard" to be recited on Monday, 10/3. Additional copies here.
