4th | 11/27/2017 | 11/28/2017 | 11/29/2017 | 11/30/2017 | 12/1/2017 |
Discipleship | Joy (Enthusiasm) + Matthew 5: 1-9 | ||||
Bible | Ezek 34:11-16, 20-24 | Ps 95:1-7a | 1 Cor 15:20-28 | Matt 25:31-46 | |
Math | FP I, HIG p 93, TB p 84-86, WB Ex 49 | FP I, HIG p 96, TB 87-88, LT 1 & 2, WB Ex 50 | FP I, HIG p 97, TB p 89, LT 3 & 4, WB Ex 51 | FP I, HIG p 98, TB p 90, WB Ex 52 | TB Practice 7A CCC, Due Mon for homework grade |
Spelling | Step 14: Review New Teaching, review phonograms, DS 4-6, Play Sparkle! | Rewrite misspelled words from Step 13, Review Card Box, Dictate sentences 7-9. Complete Reinforcement and Writing Station words if present. | Step 14 Spelling Test | Step 15: New teaching, Dictate 10 words | Dictate sentences 1-3 on paper titled "Step 15 Practice". |
Grammar | Ch 13, L1 | Ch 13, L1 Classify sentences & do Practice Time 1 & 2 | Ch 13, L2: Ref 42 & Ch 13, L3 Ref 44-46 | Ch 13, L3 Classify Sentences, Practice Time 1,2, & 3 on p74 | |
Writing | Lesson 10, Part 1 & Part 2 Topic Sentence and Clincher | Lesson 10, Part 3: Read Source Text, and choose key words for topic sentence, 3-4 facts, and repeat/reflect words for Clincher in your KWO | Poem 2 Recitations. | Focus on writing and editing a quality paragraph from the history card using the skills you have learned in IEW and grammar. | |
Reading | Discuss Number the Stars Ch 9-11, Read Ch 12 | Read Ch 13-14 | Discuss Ch 13-14, Read Ch 15 | Read Number the Stars Ch 16-end | Choose a classical book of choice to begin reading next week. |
Latin | Ch12 - Memory page, teach grammar lesson | Ch12 - Recite memory chart, review new teaching | Ch12 - Worksheets. Recite memory chart. | Ch12 - Recite memory chart , Complete quiz | |
History | The United Nations Formed #143 Discuss & outline | The Cold War-Discuss and outline | Using your KWO, write a summary paragraph about the Cold War in your journal | ||
Geography | Western Europe - Due 1/31 | ||||
Science | Assess Gravity Poem, Introduce Light Memory work, Experiment: Making Rainbows p85 | Read USE p214-215 Light & Shadow, Write 2-4 sentence summary in your journal | Project: Kaleidoscope Steps 1-7 | Read USE p 216-217, Add to summary, Define "Light" | Memorize Colors of the Rainbow (Roy G. Biv) |
Memory Work | Quarter 2 Poem Due 11/29, Light Unit Memory Work Due 12/6 | ||||
Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Nov 29 - 2nd Quarter Poem Recitations
Wednesday, Nov 29 - Pizza Day! Students may wear Spirit shirts.
Thursday, Nov 30 - Fortis Theater Class Play "The Ransom of Emily Jane" 7:00 pm
Wednesday, Dec 6 - Classical Book Exchange & Christmas Party!
Dec 11- Jan 5 - Christmas Break!
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 Joy, this week focusing on Enthusiasm.
Math:
Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet. If your child has mastered the current fact sheet, move on the next one. Do 5 min of Mental Math daily working through any of MM 1-18 this week.
Objectives:
1. Find one dimension of a rectangle when given its perimeter and the other dimension.
2. Find one dimension of a rectangle when given its area and the other dimension.
3. Find the perimeter of a figure made up of rectangles and/or squares.
4. Find the area of a figure make up of rectangles and/or squares.
5. Find the area of a path around a rectangle.
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
Composition:
Objectives:
1. Take notes from facts.
2. Write a topic sentence.
3. Limit details by choosing only interesting facts.
4. Write a final clincher which repeats or reflects key words from the topic sentence.
Reading: We will complete our reading Number the Stars this week. Bring your book to class each day. Next week begin reading a classical book of choice.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify complete sentences & sentence fragments.
2. Identify simple sentences & sentences with compound subjects and verbs.
3. Correctly write a compound sentence.
3. Identify and correct compound sentence mistakes.
Spelling
Objective: Know more ways to spell words with Silent E.
Step 13 spelling test was returned on Monday. Please have your student correctly rewrite any misspelled words five times and return it to school on Wed. Continue to review phonogram cards.
Latin:
Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.
History
Objectives:
1. Know that the United Nations was formed in 1945 as an international community with a mission to uphold peace.
2. Know that the Cold War was between superpowers USSR and the United States.
3. Identify ways the two countries were at odds with one another.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
We are continuing our memorization of the US Presidents. For assessment, students will write all the presidents' first and last names. Due 2/21/18. If you'd like to make flashcards, here are some president picture memory cards.
Science Memory Work: Light Unit
Colors of the Rainbow (Roy G. Biv)
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Recitations are Wednesday. Additional copies here.
History: All US Presidents There are several YouTube video songs. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" US Presidents
Timeline: You can find a YouTube video of the timeline song with pictures of the cards and dates on here.
Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History
Card timeline-motions
All Geography songs and maps are found here.
