| 4th | 9/5/2016 | 9/6/2016 | 9/7/2016 | 9/8/2016 | 9/9/2016 |
| Discipleship | Faith + Proverbs 3:1-3 | ||||
| Math | HIG p31-32, TB p36-37 LT 1-2, TB p39 LT 7, TB p37-38 LT3-4, WB Ex 14 CCC | HIG p 33-34, TB p 38-39 LT 5-6 & 8-10, WB EX 15 1(a) & (b) | Review HIG p 33-34, TB p 38-39, WB Ex 15 & 16 CCC | Catch up Day: Drill math facts,Review any unclear concepts and Do Math Buddies for extra practice. See Note below. | |
| Reading | Holiday: Labor Day | Begin reading classical book of your choice. Pace yourself to complete the book in three weeks. | |||
| Composition | (no school) | Read Aloud: The Jay and the Peacock, & The Miser | Writer's Conference, Begin writing final draft. Rubric sent home. | Lesson 2, Part 4: Complete Final Draft using Composition Checklist. FD due Monday. | Please staple in this order: Rubric, Final Draft, Rough Draft. |
| Grammar | Review Jingles 1-6, Do Ch4, L3 Practice Time p65 in TM | Ch 5, L1 Prepositional Phrases | Review Jingles 7-9. Orally list as many prepositions as you can. Review Ref. 17 p18 | ||
| Spelling | Review phonograms: ay, ai, ea, or, ui,ng, ar, wh, aw, au | Step 4 New Teaching. DS 1-3. Send home Phonics Trackers in pg. protectors. Keep behind spelling tab. | Continue to review words and rules through Step 4, checking for mastery. Review 26 Single Phonograms in preparation for assessment Friday. | Administer the Classical Phonics Assessment Tracker Assessment 1. Grade in red pen, have student make corrections, then return to class to record grade. | |
| History | L10* The American Revolution: Part 2 Micah | American Revolution Activities | L11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Abe | *Lesson 10 Key Date #37 | |
| Science | Read pgs. 47-50 | Illustrate Atom Anatomy (pg. 47) and/or Try This! pg. 50 (drawing) | Read pgs. 51-55, stop at Try This! | ||
| Geography | Greenland and Canada Due 9/21 | ||||
| Memory Work | SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 3:1-2 GEOGRAPHY: Greenland and Canada (Test on 9/21) KEY DATES: #37 The American Revolution 1765-1783 POETRY: "The Father's Vineyard" (Recitation on 10/3) | ||||
| Latin | Copybook L3 | Board Wars! Vocabulary through Lesson 3. | Review L3 Words | ||
Monday, September 5 - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, September 7 - Picture Day
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. Who is your hero of faith? They could be a biblical character, a family member, or someone else famous. What is faith? Read Hebrews 11 this week.
Math:
Math Facts: Start each day with a 5 min warm up using the Math Facts Practice sheets. This week we will be continue doing Practice Sheet G (multiplication) at school. Please continue doing facts practice sheets daily at home!
Mental Math: Continue your warm up with 5 minutes of Mental Math. This week work through Mental Math 8 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. Our first math test will be 9/14.
Math Buddies login page
Optional Math Buddies: Multiplying by a Two-Digit Number
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. If you have not watched the bar model training videos on the blog under resources, they will be beneficial in assisting your student.
Optional Math Buddies: Multiplying by a Two-Digit Number
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. If you have not watched the bar model training videos on the blog under resources, they will be beneficial in assisting your student.
Reading
Begin reading a classical book of choice this week. Pace yourself to complete in three weeks.
Begin reading a classical book of choice this week. Pace yourself to complete in three weeks.
Students are to write a short narration on their weekly reading using this form. Reading
Co-Teachers, please score in red pen using the rubric and return to school Monday in your child's binder front pocket.
Composition
Use the rubric sent home on Wednesday as a checklist to make sure your student has all the necessary components for their final draft. Staple the rubric to the paper and return to school for grading.History
NARRATIONS: Students have a choice this week to write a narration over one of the lessons or to choose and write on any two of the American Revolution notebooking pages found here.
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.
History Key Dates:
History Key Dates:
Memorize our first key date this week from Vol. 4: The American Revolution 1765-1783.
Geography: We will begin our study of Greenland and Canada this week. Maps and songs can be found here.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
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 10/3. Additional copies here.
