Week 10 - 5th Grade October 14 - October 20, 2025

 

Fortis 5th Grade- Week 10 (October 14-20, 2025)

Link to Google Folder: 5th Grade Documents

Anything in blue should be turned in as homework on the next school day.

Anything in red is a special note to the co-teacher.

Anything in purple denotes a formal assessment.

Anything in magenta is optional (at the discretion of the co-teacher). 

5th Grade Week 10	Tuesday 10/14/2025	Wednesday 10/15/2025	Thursday 10/16/2025	Friday 10/17/2025	Monday 10/20/2025
Virtues	COMPASSION: “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. (Psalm 103:8) SELF-CONTROL: "Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control." (Proverbs 25:28) PRUDENCE: "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age" Titus 2:11
Bible	Conferences & Teacher Inservice NO SCHOOL OR HOMEWORK	Read and discuss Psalms 12-15. Answer questions in booklet.	Read and discuss Psalm 16-17.	Read and discuss Psalm 18-19. Answer questions in booklet.	Complete Virtue Reflection in booklet.
Math		FP-A. Ch5, L6 (Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction) - TG p165-166; TB p129-131. WB Ex5, p119.	Addition Facts Assessment. FP-A. Ch5, L7 (Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction, Part 2) - TG p167-168; TB p132-134; WB Ex7, p120-122; WB Ex7, p120-122.	FP-A. Ch5, L8 (Multiplying Mixed Numbers) - TG p169-171; TB p135-137. The most important part of this lesson is for students to internalize that they need to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions before multiplying.	Quick Skills Review. Parents, please grade and have students correct. Ch5, L8 (Multiplying Mixed Numbers) - WB Ex8, p123-125, #4-6.
Spelling		STEP 9: Review card box and the I-Before-E booklet. Dictate sentences 9-12.	No quiz this week.	STEP 10, p57-59: New teaching. Dictate words.	STEP 10: Dictate sentences 1-4.
Grammar		Ch9, L3 - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time		Ch9, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only. (Skip Ex5&7)
Writing/Vocab		VOCAB WORDS: persevere, compel, destined, appalled
		L8 - Complete vocab activities	L7 - Teach subordinate/ dependent clauses (www.asia.b)	Complete Final Drafts for Boston Massacre using Final Draft checklist
Reading		Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
		Read Ch3-4. Orally narrate and discuss. Review poem for tomorrow's recitation.	Proverbs 2 Recitations. Introduce "New Colossus" poem.	Read Ch5. Orally narrate and discuss.
Latin		Ch9 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Review the grammar lesson and complete the chapter story, worksheet, and derivatives pages.	Ch9 - Introduce the nominative case and PrN. Practice/review	Ch9 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Study the Ch9 vocab words and maxim and complete the Quiz page to prepare for next week's quiz.
History		Read Ch11 - "Winds of Change in the English Colonies." TL Card & Jingle: Boston Tea Party	"Acts" that led to war journal activity. Finish Struggle for a Continent if not completed last week.	HISTORY JOURNAL: Pretend you are a colonist writing an opinion piece for Ben Franklin's newspaper. Choose one of the "acts" that led to the Revolutionary War (refer to what we did in our history journals yesterday), and in 5-6 sentences minimum, tell whether you support it or oppose it and why. Be sure to always use proper mechanics and include a title/headline at the top of the page.
Geography			Complete 13 colonies map
Science		Read p94-98. (Skip "Try This" activities.) Stop before "Notebooking Activity." Take notes on p68 of your NBJ (we won't do the food pyramid). Answer WDYR questions #7-9 on p66 of your NBJ.	Nutrition label activity.	Read p103-109. Stop before "Trachea Track." Skip Try This Activities. Take notes on p82-83 of your NJ. Answer questions #1-7 on p84.
Memory Work		POETRY: Proverbs 2, Due for Recitation on 10/16 MATH FACTS: Addition Facts Test on 10/16 HISTORY: Declaration of Independence Recitation on 11/13 KEY DATES: 1-14 Quiz on 12/2 SCIENCE: My Plate, Respiratory System Test on 10/30

"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands..." 

Psalm 90:17

IMPORTANT DATES/COMING SOON:

Friday, October 3 - Quarter 1 Ends 

Thursday, October 9 - Spirit Day

Tuesday, October 14 - NO SCHOOL, Parent Teacher Conferences/Teacher In-Service

Friday-Sunday, October 17-19 - Family Camping Trip at Cedar Breaks Park 

Tuesday, October 21 - Fall Picture Retakes

Friday, October 24 - Fall Festival @ Glad Tidings Church

Thursday, October 30 - Historical Dress-up Day, DOGS, Pizza, Spirit Day T/TH

MATH:

• Multiply a fraction by a fraction.
• Multiply a fraction by a fraction by simplifying the calculation first.
• Multiply mixed numbers.
• Improve speed and accuracy of addition and division facts.
• Assess mastery of addition facts.

SPELLING:

• Learn to spell words containing the sound of /m/ spelled "mb."

GRAMMAR:

• Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 1 sentences that include compound parts, conjunctions and interjections.
• Know what a homonym is and recognize the differences between common ones. 
• Know what a subordinate/dependent clause is.
• Be familiar with some common coordinating conjunctions.

WRITING/VOCABULARY:

• Create a key word outline for a narrative story using a story sequence chart.
• Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to correctly use them in a sentence.

READING:

• Be able to summarize a passage through written and oral narration.
• Expand vocabulary.
• Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
• Cultivate a love for quality literature.
• Engage in meaningful discussions.

LATIN:

• Learn ten new vocabulary words and a chapter maxim.
• Continue memorizing the second-declension (neuter) chart.
• Know that the nominative case is used for both the subject noun and the predicate nominative.
• Practice conjugation and declension.

HISTORY:

• Be familiar with some of the events and activities that led up to the Revolutionary War, including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the many taxes and acts that led to discontent among the colonists.
• Know who Patrick Henry is, and understand his role in the Revolution.

SCIENCE:

• Begin memorizing My Plate and the anatomy of the respiratory system.
• Know the purpose of vitamins and minerals in the body.
• Be familiar with the functions of some specific vitamins and minerals in the body and be aware of what the consequences of deficiencies are.

GEOGRAPHY:

• Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
• Assess mastery of the names and locations of the islands in the West Indies.

MEMORY WORK:

Geography: We'll be memorizing the names and locations of some countries in the West Indies for the next few weeks. A hard copy of this map can be found behind the "memory" tab in your child's binder. Additional maps, as well as MP3s of the corresponding song, are available at this link: Geography Resources.

History: Students will memorize a portion of the Declaration of Independence (bolded portion only - recitation on 11/10) and 28 key dates. The key dates have accompanying jingles that do not have to be memorized, but will help students memorize the dates and retain details about the events to which they correspond. 

Key Dates:
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1587
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692

7. First Great Awakening - 1740s

8. French & Indian War - 1754-63

9. Boston Tea Party - 1773

10. Paul Revere's Ride - April 18, 1775

11. Declaration of Independence - July 4, 1776

12. The American Revolution - 1775-83

13. Constitution is Ratified - 1787-88

14. Industrial Revolution Begins - Late 1700s

Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Poetry:  

Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV)

 

My son, if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,
² turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding—
³ indeed, if you call out for insight
    and cry aloud for understanding,
⁴ and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,
⁵ then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.
⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
⁷ He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
⁸ for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.

⁹ Then you will understand what is right and just
    and fair—every good path.
¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
¹¹ Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.