Fortis Fifth Grade - Week 17, Dec 9 - Dec 15
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
Just a reminder that The New Colossus Poem recitation is due the Thursday the students come back in January. (1/11/26)
I am so grateful for the opportunity to co-teach your incredible children alongside you this school year and will miss them terribly over our long break! May this Christmas and holiday season be filled with the love and joy God sent down to earth with the birth of Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing everyone again in 2026.
Much love, Mrs. B.
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."
Luke 2:11
Click Here for all documents: 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 17 | Tuesday
12/9/2025 | Wednesday
12/10/2025 | Thursday
12/11/2025 | Friday
12/12/2025 | Monday
12/15/2025 |
| 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 61-62 | Read and discuss Psalms 63-64. Answer questions in booklet. | Psalm 65-66 | Read and discuss Psalms 67-68. Answer questions in booklet. | |
| Math | FP-S. Ch8 (Review 2) -TB p229-231, #7-22 (a selection of problems).
Distribute study guide. | FP-S. WB Ex9, p212-215, #1-8.
Cumulative test over 5A tomorrow. Review study guide. Go back and work problems from the "Practice" pages in the 5A textbook to review any concepts your student is still struggling to master. | Subtraction Facts Test.
Cumulative TEST | FP-X.
Complete
Semester 1 Review Packet. PARENTS please grade using key in documents folder, and have students make all corrections.
NOTES: You may want to wait to complete this a few days before returning to school. Just don't forget! :-) We will begin using the 5B TB and WB after the break, so be sure you pack them in backpacks! | MERRY CHRISTMAS!
NOW GO START YOUR VACATION AND HAVE FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS:)
LOVE, MRS. B. |
| Spelling | | STEP 16: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. | No Spelling Test
Merry Christmas! | |
| Grammar | Ch16, L1 - Indirect objects, pattern 3 | Ch16, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time | Ch16, L3 - pronoun cases | Ch16, L4 - Jingle Time and Test Time for practice only (Skip Ex3&9) | |
Writing | NO NEW VOCAB WORDS THIS WEEK |
Review past perfect dress up.
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Reading | Carry On, Mr. Bowditch |
Declaration of Independence Recitations
| Read Ch21-22. Orally narrate and discuss. | Christmas Party!! Decorate Gingerbread Houses, Watch a Christmas Movie, and Classical Book Exchange | Read Ch23-24. Orally narrate and discuss. | |
| Latin | Ch15 Quiz.
Check all Latin homework for completion | | | |
| History | Compass Rose Art Project | Read Ch18 - Looking West (Daniel Boone). TL Card: Daniel Boone (no timeline card) | HISTORY JOURNAL: On the right-hand page opposite your Daniel Boone timeline card, create a comic about one of Daniel Boone's adventures when he was young. It should be a minimum of 8 frames. Be sure to include a title, color it, and include not just characters, but scenery and dialogue as well. |
| Geography | | | | |
| Science | Read PS packet, p88-91
(Electro-
magnetism and Static Electricity)
Related activity | | | |
| 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:
KEY DATES:
SCIENCE: Simple machines, types of levers/examples Test on 2/4 |
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| Christmas Break Dec 15 - Jan 9 |
"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:
Tuesday, December 9 - Free Dress Day IF you donate $5.00
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 11 - Christmas Break!
Tuesday, January 13 - Classes resume
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
15. Louisiana Purchase - 1803
16. Lewis & Clark Expedition - 1804
17. War of 1812 - 1812-1814
18. Monroe Doctrine - 1823
19. Underground Railroad - Early 1930s
20. Trail of Tears - 1830-1838
21. Fall of the Alamo - 1836
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.
