Upcoming dates to remember:
September
26 – Spirit/DOGS/Pizza Day!
Friday,
Oct. 4 - End of 1st Quarter
Thursday,
Oct. 10 - Spirit Day
BLOG ABBREVIATION KEY
L – Lesson
Ch. - Chapter
TB – Textbook
WB – Workbook
FP – Facts Practice Sheet
MM – Mental Math
CCC – Complete, check,
correct
NT – New Teaching
DS – Dictate Sentences
IEW – Institute for
Excellence in Writing book
KWO – Key Word Outline
RD – Rough Draft
FD – Final Draft
WDYR – What Do You Remember
NB – Science Notebooking
Journal
Grammar – Shurley English
TM – Teacher’s Manual
SOTW – Story of the World
(History book)
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Discipleship:
Our Character Virtue of the month is Fear of the Lord. Fear
of the Lord is knowing and understanding the glory and majesty of God. Fruit of
the Spirit: Faithfulness.
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Math: Begin math with a 5-minute warm-up of multiplication
practice using Facts Practice H. Strive to memorize multiplication facts
(at least 1-12) ASAP. When you can complete 100 facts in 5 minutes with 97%
accuracy, move on the Division facts. (The binder has a multiplication chart in
it that your student can review for additional help in memorizing. Plus, a
blank one they can fill out. Have them fill it out without help and the ones
they miss, they can rewrite multiple times to help commit to memory.)
Objectives:
1. Multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number.
2. Multiply a three-digit number by a two-digit number.
3. Review and practice multiplication skills.
4. Divide numbers up to three digits using a mental math
method.
5. Continue to memorize multiplication facts 1-12.
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Spelling:
Objective: Spell words ending in sion, words
containing the sound of “th”, and how to add two suffixes to a word.
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Reading
Objectives:
Review each chapter's vocabulary prior to reading.
1. Learn about life during the Civil War.
2. Analyze characterization in literature.
3. Identify similes.
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Writing
Objectives:
1. Write the climax and resolution of a 3-paragraph
narrative story.
2. Incorporate ly adverb, w/w clause, strong verb and 4
vocabulary words (from all previous lessons) in the composition.
3. Edit and write a polished FD of a myth.
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Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know that subjects and verbs must agree in number.
2. Review previously learned skills.
3. Test knowledge in an assessment.
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History
Objectives:
1. Know that the United States still faced multiple problems
after the Civil War.
2. Know that railroads sped travel, took people to new
cities, and took grain and other goods to faraway places.
3. Know that time zones divided the earth into twenty-four
zones, making it the same time inside each zone.
4. Know that electricity made it possible for people to work
after dark.
5. Identify ways that Japan became more modern during the
Meiji Restoration.
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Science
Objectives:
1. Know that monarch butterflies migrate from northern
North America to southern Mexico for the winter.
2. Identify characteristics of ants, bees, and other social
insects.
3. Continue to collect, study, and identify Texas insects.
Notes:
·
Here's a website to help with identification: TRENDING
& MOST COMMON — Texas Insect Identification Tools (texashighplainsinsects.net)
·
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
·
Information on pinning and labeling insects:
https://youtu.be/-Ve5mftxnwk?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/bP726-Zmdqc?feature=shared
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Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day
working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The
Father's Vineyard".
Geography: We are studying Southern Europe. The
song and map can be found on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students
will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided (but I encourage you to push
them to still learn spelling of the country names).
History: Key Dates for 1st quarter (also
found in binder):
1.
The War Between the States 1861 – 1865
2.
World War I
1914
– 1918
3.
Lenin and the Russian Revolution 1917
