Coming Soon:
March 22-15 Spring Break!
Please check Alma weekly for grades and missing assignments.
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 this month is Loyalty.
Math Please work through Mental Math 8 this week.
Objectives:
1. Divide a decimal number by a 1-digit number where decimal places have to be added to the dividend.
2. Estimate to check whether an answer is reasonable.
3. Round the quotient in a division problem to 1-decimal place.
4. Practice previously learned skills, reteaching where necessary.
5. Assess decimal skills
6. Solve word problems involving division of decimal numbers.
Note: This assignment is for practice and assessment. Your student does not need to complete every single problem in this review if he/she demonstrates
mastery of the skill. You be the judge of how much practice your child needs. Skip or reteach areas as needed.
Spelling
Objective: Spell words with ar in an unaccented syllable
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify and diagram direct objects in sentences.
2 Identify and diagram indirect objects in sentences.
3. Correct sentences with double negatives.
4. Form contractions.
Composition
Objectives:
1. Write a polished FD about the Knights of the Round Table
2. Share stories with classmates, practicing public speaking skills
Reading
Objectives:
1.Spend 30-45 min of independent reading per day
2. Engage in meaningful discussion over assigned text.
3. Learn about nature and surviving in the wild.
Latin
Objectives:
1. Memorize common Latin adjectives.
2. Know that linking verbs tie an adjective to the subject.
3. Review previously learned vocabulary.
History
Objectives:
1. Explore the role the Cold War had on space exploration
2. Learn about the first moonwalk
3. Assess Timeline Song
Science
Objectives:
1. Know that electricity produces magnetism.
2. Identify uses of magnets and electromagnets
3. Know that electricity is a form of energy that can be easily converted to other forms of energy, and transported along cables to provide power.
Definitions:
Magnets-an object that attracts iron or steel and other alloys
Pole-either of the two points on a magnet where the force of attraction or repulsion is strongest
Electromagnetism-the effect that takes place when an electric current flows through a wire, forming a magnetic field.
Electricity-the effect caused by the presence or movement of electrically charged particles
Note: Students will be researching a scientist over the next few weeks. Students can purchase a book, or get a book from their local library and begin
reading it next week or the week after spring break.
Week of 3/18: Students read a short biography book of a scientist such as Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? by Margaret Frith
Here are a few scientists from which to choose. There are many others.
· Isaac Newton—founded the laws of gravity and motion
· Thomas Edison—American inventor
· Albert Einstein—E=mc², plus many other theories
· Niels Bohr—applied quantum theory of physics to the structure of the atom
· William Gilbert—English physicist who founded the study of magnetism
· Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)—established the absolute temperature scale
Week of 3/25 Students complete reading, and begin answering the following questions on a questionnaire:
· Who was the scientist you read about?
· When and where were they born?
· What was their major scientific contribution?
· List the events that surrounded their discovery
· List some other interesting events in the scientist’s life.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
History: Timeline Song minutes 6:20-8:20 Due 3/6
Poetry: Our 4th quarter poem is "The Dentist and the Crocodile". Due 5/1.
Geography: Eastern Europe Due 3/27
All Geography songs and maps are found here. 