Please check Alma weekly for grades and missing work.
HIG- Home Instructor Guide | KWO-Key Word Outline | NB-Science Notebook |
LT- Learning Task | RD- Rough Draft | SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4 |
TB- Textbook | FD- Final Draft | |
WB- Workbook | Grammar- Shurley English | NT- New Teaching |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | TM - Teacher's Manual | DS - Dictate Sentences |
MM- Mental Math FP - Math Facts Practice Sheet | L- Lesson |
Wednesday, Sept 11 - 9:00am Co-Teacher Training
Monday, Sept 16 - 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 virtue this month is Orderliness
Math
Objectives:
1. Multiply tens, hundreds, and thousands with each other.
2. Multiply a 2-digit and 3-digit number by a 2-digit number.
3. Practice concepts involving multiplication and division
4. Review all previously learned skills, reteaching where necessary
Start with 5 min of addition practice using Facts Practice B (subtraction) or FP-G (multiplication).
Do 5 min of Mental Math using MM 7 in the HIG appendix. Don't strive to finish all problems in this time. The goal is to be able to calculate answers mentally.
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.
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 during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.
1. Learn about the life during the Civil War.
2. Engage in discussion, sharing ideas, meaning, & information from the reading.
Spelling
Objective: Learn more words ending in tion
Writing
Objectives:
1 Write a polished final draft of "The Milkmaid" including -ly dress-up and vocab words.
2.Create a KWO from a source text.
3.Write a rough draft of fable using KWO and composition checklist.
4.Correctly insert a who/which clause into a complete sentence.
5.Incorporate new vocabulary
Objectives:
1. Identify predicate words located in the complete subject.
2. Practice writing sentences containing a subject noun, verb, adjectives and adverbs.
3. Assess previously learned skills.
Latin
Review Chants and flashcards daily
For Tuesday's assignment, listen to a rendition of , "My Country Tis of Thee". You can find it here
or listen to one of your choosing.
History
Objectives:
1. Identify problems leading up to the war & major battles during the Civil War.
2. Know key figures of The War between the States.
2. Know key figures of The War between the States.
3. Present findings about a Civil War hero to classmates.
ScienceObjectives:
1. Understand complete and incomplete metamorphosis in insects.
2. Assess memory work
3. Identify insect defenses.
Note: If your student would like more information on pinning and labeling insects, here are a couple YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Here is a great resource for identifying your insects:
http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
Here is more information on collecting and labeling insects for your collection.
https://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/bug_club/ent-events/collecting101.shtml#label
Here is a great resource for identifying your insects:
http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
Here is more information on collecting and labeling insects for your collection.
https://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/bug_club/ent-events/collecting101.shtml#label
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects which you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here.
Geography: Continue memorizing the countries of Southern Europe.
The Southern Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. History: Key Dates for 1st quarter:
The War Between the States 1861-1865World War I 1914-1918
Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917
Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Label an insect: head, thorax, abdomen, mouthparts, eye, antennae, forewing, hindwing, 6 legs, and know functions of each part.
