4th | 8/14/2017 | 8/15/2017 | 8/16/2017 | 8/17/2017 | 8/18/2017 |
Discipleship | Love (Compassion) | ||||
Bible | Job 38:4-18 | Ps 18:1-6 (7-16) | Rom 10:5-17 | Matt 14:22-33 | |
Math | FP A, HIG p9, TB p17, LT 8-11, WB Ex 7 | TB page 18 Practice 1A: Complete on lined paper. CoTeacher please correct in red pen and have students make corrections. Due Wednesday | FP A, HIG p 12-13, TB p19-20 Learning tasks 1-4, WB Exercise 8 | FP A, Review HIG p12, Do HIG p 14-16, TB p21-22, Learning Tasks 5-13 | Review math facts & previously learned material as needed. Do WB Ex 9 |
Spelling | Step 1 New Teaching, DS 6-9 on same paper started Friday | Review New Teaching (p18-19) & Dictate Sentences 10-14 | Step 1 DS 15-20 | Step 2 New Teaching p21-24, Dictate 10 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 2 Practice" |
Grammar | Chap 2, Lessons 1 & 2 | Chap 2, Lesson 2, Review Jingles 1-3, Memorize the 5 rules of a sentence | Chap 2, Lessons 3 & 4 | Ch 2, L4 Review adverbs: Can you name the adverb questions?, Classify sentences, review jingles 4-6 | |
Writing | Lesson 1, Part 2: KWO | L1, Pt 2: Complete KWO if not finished yesterday. Retell The Eagle and the Jackdaw fable to two family members using only the KWO. | L1, Part 2 Banned Words, Read Aloud: The Goose with the Golden Eggs. | Lesson 1, Part 3 The Lion & the Mouse. Make a KWO, and retell. Read Aloud: How You Look at Things | |
Reading | Discuss The Perilous Road Chaps 2-3, Begin reading Ch 4 in class. | Finish reading Ch 4 if not completed in class & Read Ch 5 | Discuss Ch 4-5 | The Perilous Road: Read Ch 6 | |
Latin | Ch2 - Memory page, teach grammar lesson | Ch2 - Recite memory page & review Grammar pages | Ch2 - Worksheets. Recite memory charts | Ch2 - Recite Ch 1 & 2 memory charts, Complete Ch 2 quiz and activities | |
History | The War Between the States discussion and timeline | Read Card #128 Reconstruction of the Southern States | Reconstruction of the Southern States Activities | Journal Entry for Card #128 | Audrey & Eris will share journal entries on 8/21 |
Geography | Continents and Oceans - Due 9/6 | ||||
Science | Week 1 Review & Read USE p62-63 Write 2-4 sentence summary of what you learned. | Experiment: "Some surprises about air pressure" Directions in note below. Review states of matter poem | Hovercraft Project: Step 3 | Read USE p64-65 Air (cont) Add summary & definition of "air pressure" to journal | |
Memory Work | POEM: "The Father's Vineyard" - Due for recitation on 9/27 GEOGRAPHY: Continents and Oceans - Test on 9/6 HISTORY SONG: First four minutes - due on 10/25 SCIENCE: Matter Poem due 9/6 | ||||
Blog Abbreviations:
HIG- Home Instructor Guide | L- Lesson | Grammar- Shurley English |
LT- Learning Task | KWO-Key Word Outline | USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | RD- Rough Draft | |
TB- Textbook | FD- Final Draft | NT- New Teaching |
WB- Workbook | FP-Math Facts Practice Sheet | DS - Dictate Sentences |
MM- Mental Math |
Coming Soon:
Monday, August 28 - Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 30 - Pizza Day. Students may wear Fortis spirit shirts with uniform bottoms.
Monday, September 4 - Labor Day. NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, September 6 - Picture Day
Discipleship:
Objective: Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.
Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading. Our Character Virtue of the month is Love, this week focusing on Compassion. What is compassion? Did Jesus have it? Does He ask His people to have it? Try a quick word search of "compassion" on a Bible website and see how many times it appears in Scripture.
Math:
A packet of math fact practice sheets was sent home in your child's binder on Monday.
Please make copies and start each day doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned sheet. If your child has mastered the current fact sheet, move on the next one.
Objectives:
1. Estimate the answers in addition and subtraction of large numbers.
2. Practice concepts involving place value and rounding.
3. Understand factors
4. Determine if a 1-digit number is a factor of a given whole number
Please complete all the work assigned for home days, including workbook and practice exercises, as well as math facts practice. Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance.
Reading
Objectives:
1. Learn about the life a soldier during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.
3. Write a reading narration using rubric.
Please bring your Perilous Road book to class each day as we will continue reading and discussing the book this week.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know that a noun is a person, place, thing or idea
2. Know that a verb shows action or state of being
3. Name the five requirements of a sentence
4. Know that an adverb answers how? when? where?
5. Know the four kinds of sentences and corresponding end-marks
Latin:
1. Memorize Present tense verb endings
2. Memorize new vocabulary
History
Objectives:
1. Identify challenges faced during the Reconstruction of the Southern States
2. Identify progress made for former slaves & freedmen during the Reconstruction
Science
Objectives:
1. Know that air is a mixture of gases that form the Earth's atmosphere
2. Know that air pressure is the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
3. Examine how different types of containers affect a "hovercraft"
Directions for Tuesday: Some surprises about Air Pressure
1. Place two books 4 or 5 inches apart, and lay a sheet of paper over the books to cover the space between them. Blow through the space under the paper.
You will see that: the paper sinks between the books.
2. Hang two balloons (if you have them) a few inches apart and blow between them.
You will see that: The balloons move together.
Explanation: By causing air to move, you lessen the air pressure. The faster air moves, the less pressure it has. Airplanes can rise from the ground because of this.
Your student will be making their own dictionary of terms through the course of this study. Most definitions can be found in the Usborne Science Encylopedia's glossary, all are in the readings. It's up to you how you want your student to obtain the definition: you can choose to dictate the definition or you can have them look up the terms in a dictionary. They are to write out each definition on the vocabulary page of their science journal.
Here are this week's terms. These are a guide. Your student's definitions don't need to be word for word.
Air Pressure: the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". A copy was placed in your student's binder. Additional copies here.
History Timeline:
You can find the timeline song here.
Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History Card timeline-motions.
Geography: We will continue memorizing the ocean and continents this week. Here is a short video that demonstrates blobbing of a world map.
Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.
