Thursday, Nov 10 - Spirit Day and Pizza 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 Gratitude. Kids of Integrity has some great ideas to help develop this virtue in your child. https://www.kidsofintegrity.com/lessons/gratitude
Math
Objectives:
1. Simplify before multiplying a fraction by a whole number.
2. Express the number of a objects in part of a set as a fraction of the total number of objects in the set.
3. Find the fraction of a quantity.
4. Multiply a fraction by a whole number.
5. Multiply a whole number by a fraction where the product is greater than 1.
Spelling
Objective: Analyze nine ways to spell the sound of /e/
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn about the Wright Brothers and the invention of the airplane
3. Engage in meaningful discussion.
4. Summarize a passage through oral narration.
Grammar
Objective:
1. Correctly capitalize and punctuate a friendly letter 2. Review & practice capitalization and punctuation skills
3. Assessment
Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO using the "Summarizing a Reference" structural model 2. Correctly use the topic/clincher rule 3. Write a 1-paragraph report on the Brothers Grimm 4. Correctly use new vocabulary words: devoted, publish 5. Incorporate the www.asia clause (when, while, where, as, since, if, although)
History
Objectives:
1. Know that the American West was changed as settlers moved west, railroads were built, Native Americans were pushed off their land, and territories became states.
2. Know that factories produced goods faster and cheaper as factory owners borrowed money from investors.
Science
1. Review Order Coleoptera
2. Identify characteristics of flies, mosquitos and true bugs
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
Geography: We are studying Western Europe this week. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided.
History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help
with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/5/21
Key Dates for 2nd quarter:
1. The War Between the States 1861-1865
2. World War I 1914-1918
3. Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917
4. The Great Depression 1929-1939
5. World War II 1939-1945
6. The Cold War 1945-1991
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