Week 16 (December 2 - December 8)

 

Fortis Fifth Grade - Week 16, Dec 2 - Dec 8

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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). 

Christmas Gift Exchange:

During our Christmas party on December 11th, we will be having a book exchange. Please have your student bring a new, wrapped, classical book for the exchange. Please do not label the book. We will play Left Right Center to see who gets which book:) Here is a link to a list of Classical Books you may want to consider:  

https://heartandsoulhomeschooling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/classics-reading-list-2021.pdf

More information about the party will be coming after Thanksgiving Break.  ~ Mrs. B.

5th Grade Week 16	Tuesday 12/2/2025	Wednesday 12/3/2025	Thursday 12/4/2025	Friday 12/5/2025	Monday 12/8/2025
Virtues	JOY: "You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:11 PATIENCE: "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!" Psalm 37:7
Bible	Psalms 53-54	Read and discuss Psalms 55-56. Answer questions in booklet.	Psalms 57-58	Read and discuss Psalms 59-60. Answer questions in booklet.	Complete Virtue Reflection in booklet.
Math	Area Quiz. Ch8, L3 (Find the length of an edge) - TG p265-267; TB p205-208; WB Ex3 p192-194.	FP-S. Ch8, L4 (Practice A) - TG p265-269; TB p209-210 #1-4 only; WB Ex4 p194-198.	Ch8, L6&7 (Volume and Capacity) - TG p273-279; TB p216-224 NOTE: (Complete with science lesson below)	FP-S. Ch8, L8 (Practice B) - TB p223-224.	FP-S. Ch8 (Review) - TB p225-227, #1-2 (every other problem), #3 (first column only) #4-6 (every other problem). Feel free to skip some problems in areas where students are demonstrating mastery.
Spelling		STEP 15: Review Card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. Review for test tomorrow.	STEP 15: Quiz	STEP 16: New teaching. Dictate words.	STEP 16: Dictate sentences 1-4.
Grammar	Ch15, L1 - Possessive nouns. Jingle, grammar, and practice time.	Ch15, L2 - Jingle Time, Grammar Time, and Practice Time	Ch15, L3 - Review possessive nouns. Practice Time	Ch 15, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (skip Ex3&6)
Writing/Vocab	VOCAB WORDS: grueling, stupendous, extensive, formidable
	Teach past perfect dress-up. Introduce "Writing from Pictures" using L14. Work as a class to create KWO and write a story.	L12 - Complete vocab activities for "grueling" and "stupendous."	Read biblical accounts of the birth of Jesus to prepare for next week's Writing from Pictures Assignment.	L12 - Complete vocab activities for "extensive" and "formidable."
Reading	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
	Read aloud.	Read Ch17-18. Orally narrate and discuss.	Read Archimedes, Ch5 - "King Hiero's Crown"	Read Ch19-20. Orally narrate and discuss.	Answer questions from this week's reading.
Latin	Ch14 Quiz. Ch15 - Introduce words and teach grammar lesson	Ch15 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Review the grammar lesson and complete the chapter story, worksheet, and derivatives pages.	Ch15 - Practice exercises	Ch15 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Study the vocab words and maxim and complete the Quiz section to prepare for next week's quiz.
History	Key Dates #1-14 Test. Present Founding Fathers posters.	Read Ch17 - First in the Hearts of His Countrymen. TL Card: George Washington (no jingle).	Finish sharing Founding Fathers posters.	HISTORY JOURNAL: For assignment, see the note below.
Geography		Study for tomorrow's Central America Test	Central America Test
Science	Read PS packet p82-87 (Simple Machines, Types of Levers, Advantages of Machines). Answer questions. Related activity.	Read Archimedes, Ch4, p39-45 - "Archimedes and His Lever." Answer questions in homework packet. NOTE: We will be reading some of Archimedes in class tomorrow, so please be sure it is in your backpack.	Read PS Packet p60-63 (Density and Buoyancy). Answer questions. Do activities in Archimedes, Ch5.	Read Archimedes, Ch 4, p46-53 - "Archimedes and His Lever." Answer questions in homework packet.
Memory Work	POETRY: The New Colossus, Due for Recitation on 1/15 HISTORY: Declaration of Independence Recitation on 12/9 MATH FACTS: Subtraction Facts Test on 12/11 GEOGRAPHY: Central America Test on 12/5 KEY DATES: 1-14 Test on 12/3 SCIENCE: Simple machines, types of levers/examples Test on 2/4

IMPORTANT DATES/COMING SOON:

Week of November 23 - Thanksgiving Break. No school or homework.
Wednesday, December 3 - Fundraiser at Crust Pizza Company in Leander, 3:00-7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 6 - A Christmas Carol; Theater Performance, 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 7 - Monthly Mom's Meet-Up: Wrapping Party at Sara Tollefsrud's house, 2:00-4:30 
Thursday, December 11 - Ugly Christmas Sweater/Spirit Day (no pizza) and Class Christmas Party
Saturday, December 13 - Liberty Hill Christmas Festival and Parade
December 15-January 9 - Christmas Break!

MATH:

 Assess mastery of finding the area of a triangle.

 Find the length of a missing edge of a cuboid given the volume and the length of the other two sides, or

the area of the corresponding base.

 Practice volume concepts.

 Relate volume to capacity.

 Find the capacity of a container, or the volume of water in a cuboid-shaped container, and express it in

liters and milliliters.

 Find the volume of a solid by displacement.

 Practice finding the volume of solids.

 Review 5A concepts.

 Improve speed and accuracy of subtraction facts.

SPELLING:

 Learn to spell words with the ending sound /ŭl/ spelled EL.

 Assess mastery of words with the ending sound /ŭl/ spelled IL.

GRAMMAR:

 Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 2 sentences (SNV-tDO) that include all the parts of speech.

 Make nouns possessive.

 Know what the past-perfect tense is and be able to use it when writing.

WRITING/VOCABULARY:

 Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to properly use them when writing. 

 Make a key word outline from pictures to develop a story that includes characters/setting, conflict/plot,

and climax/resolution.

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:

 Assess mastery of previously learned words and maxim.

 Learn ten new vocabulary words and maxim.

 Continue memorizing the second-conjugation verb endings.

HISTORY:

 Have an appreciation for the global significance of the Constitution.

HISTORY JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT: Neatly copy the following quotes by George Washington into your journal:

1. "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company." 

2. "I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." 

3. "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." Be sure that ALL words are spelled and capitalized correctly.

 (Yes, there is a grammatical error in this sentence, but that is what he originally wrote, so copy it as written.) 

Be sure that ALL words are spelled and capitalized correctly.    

SCIENCE:

• Know what a simple machine is, understand its value and importance, and be able to provide at least one example of each type.
• Know there are three different types of levers, and be able to give examples of each kind.
• Understand the concepts of density and buoyancy.

GEOGRAPHY:

 Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.

 Continue memorizing the names and locations of the countries of Central America.

MEMORY WORK:

Geography: We'll continue memorizing the names and locations of the countries in Central America 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 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...

Poetry: For a link to a woman reading the poem, click here.

The New Colossus

Written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she

With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

NOTE: This sonnet was included as part of an art and literature auction that was designed to raise money to fund the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, a plaque bearing the poem was placed on the interior wall of the pedestal. The original “colossus” was the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.