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Discipleship:
Our Character Virtue of the month is Respect. Practicing good manners and honoring others in both words and actions.
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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 here. 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 1-4 for 1st quarter (found in binder).
