Coming Soon:
10/4 - Moms in prayer @ 9:00
10/6 - Co-teacher training @ 9:00
10/12 - No school for students (Teacher Training)
10/14 - Spirit Day
10/18 - Moms in Prayer @ 9:00 and Co-teacher training @ 2:00
10/22-10/24 - Fall Fortis Camping Trip
10/28 - Historic Dress Up day!/ Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day
10/29 - Fortis Trunk or Treat
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 Thoroughness.
Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts! Start each day with a Facts Practice warm-up of either multiplication or division.
Objectives:
1. Solve multi-step word problems involving division
2. Practice division
3. Cumulative review of content from Ch 1-6
2. Practice division
3. Cumulative review of content from Ch 1-6
Spelling
Objective: Spell words with the sound of /eks/ and /egs/ spelled ex
Reading
We are starting Misty of Chincoteague this week. Please add the Novel Study to your yellow reading journal.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journaObjectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Summarize a passage through written narration.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journaObjectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Summarize a passage through written narration.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Write a 3-paragraph myth that follows the story sequence chart (characters/setting, conflict/problem, climax/resolution)
2. Incorporate dress-ups (ly, who/which, strong verb) and vocabulary words (proud, fasten)
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify possessive noun pronouns in sentences
2. Correctly use possessive noun pronouns in an original sentence.
3. Identify object pronouns in sentences.
4. Review previously learned grammar skills.
History
Objectives:
1. Know that the Suez Canal allowed ships to pass from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea to go East, instead of sailing around Africa.
2. Know that prisoners were sent to Australia instead of prisons in Britain.
3. Understand that free men and women joined the prisoners in Australia because they could own a farm of their own.
Make a Wanted Poster
Ned Kelly and the members of his gang were wanted by the police. The police offered a reward to anyone who could offer information or help in catching Ned Kelly and his gang. They notified people about this reward by making a "Wanted" poster. Make your own wanted poster like the poster used to catch the Iron Outlaw. Draw a picture of Ned Kelly in the center of your poster. Write important details for the public to know, such as what crimes he's accused of and the reward offered for his capture.
Science
1. Review facts about order Lepidoptera
2. Learn about ways to attract butterflies to your yard
2. Identify characteristics of praying mantises and dragonflies
3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Here is a comprehensive booklet about Texas insects that you can print or use for reference and insect identification:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
PoetryOur second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
Geography: We will continue to study Southern Europe 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.
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0043.pdf
Here's a website to help with identification: http://texashighplainsinsects.net/texas-insects-identified
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
PoetryOur second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
Geography: We will continue to study Southern Europe 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.
