Friday, Oct 7 - End of the first quarter
Tuesday, Oct 11 - Parent/Teacher Conferences, No school for students
Wednesday, Oct 12 - Falcon Moms Lunch @ Mainstreet Social 11:30am
Thursday, Oct 13 - Spirit Day
Saturday, Oct. 15 - Fortis Lap-A-Thon 9:00 a.m.
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 Diligence.
Math
Continue working on memorizing multiplication/division facts until mastered. 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. Identify equivalent fractions
2. Practice division
3. Identify equivalent fractions
4. 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 journal.
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading and complete the assigned questions in your journal.
Objectives:
1. Increase reading comprehension and fluency.
2. Learn new vocabulary
3. Summarize a passage through written narration.
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. Set up a butterfly habitat for Monarch larvae
3. Learn about ways to attract butterflies to your yard
4. Identify characteristics of praying mantises and dragonflies
5. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.
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.
History: Memorize Key Dates 1-6
Key Dates for the 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
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
