Friday, January 16, 2026

Week 19 - January 20 - January 26, 2026

Link to Google Folder5th 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 19
Tuesday
1/20/2026
Wednesday
1/21/2026
Thursday
1/22/2026
Friday
1/23/2026
Monday
1/26/2026
VirtuesSELF-DISCIPLINE: "But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified." I Corinthians 9:27 (ESV)
PATIENCE: "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
JUSTICE: "Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" Isaiah 30:18
BibleRead and discuss Psalm 75-76Read and discuss Psalm 77. Complete questions in booklet.Read and discuss Psalm 78Read and discuss Psalm 79-80. Complete questions in booklet.Virtue Reflection. Complete questions in booklet.
MathFP-M. Ch9, L5 (Practice A) - TG p20-21; TB p24-25FP-S. Ch9, L5 - WB Ex5, p15-17, #1-6.

Parents: We are working on multiplication facts in the classroom, so feel free to either practice the facts listed in the blog or the ones we are working on in class. 
FP-M. Ch9, L6 (Multiply decimals by 10, 100, and 1000) - TG p22-24; TB p26-29; WB Ex6, p18-20FP-A. Ch9, L7 (Divide Decimals by 10, 100, or 1000) - TG p25-27; TB p30-33; WB Ex7, p22-23, #3-7 only.Week 19 Quick Skills Review. Parents: Please grade the review using key in documents folder and have students make all corrections.

Ch9, L8 (Conversion of Measurements) - TG p28-30; TB p34-37; WB Ex8 p26-27 only.
SpellingSTEP 17: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8.STEP 17: QuizSTEP 18: New teaching. Dictate words.STEP 18: Dictate sentences 1-4.
GrammarCh18, L1 - Regular and irregular verbs; simple verb tenses; helping verb tensesCh18, L3* (this lesson is out of order on purpose). Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, and Practice Time (Ex2 & 4 only).Ch18, L2 - Principal parts of verbsCh18, L4 - Jingle Time, Test Time for practice only. Test A (skip Ex. 3) and Test B (skip Ex. 10)
Writing/
Vocabulary
VOCAB WORDS: espouse, adverse, lofty, aspire
L20 - Discuss essay structureL20 - Parents and students: read p198. On a piece of notebook paper, write 4-5 things that you hope to do in the future. Some things to think about: college/trade school? family? career? hobbies? travel? Discuss these ideas and then circle your two favorites. Be sure that you have enough thoughts about the topics you choose to write an entire paragraph about each. Turn in as homework tomorrow.L20 - Complete vocab activities.

L20 - Read p199. Complete topic sentences.

PARENTS: Please carefully check the topic sentences to make sure they tell what the paragraph is about without being too general or too specific.
Reading
The Twenty-One Balloons
Read aloud
Tuck Everlasting
Read Ch V. Orally narrate and discuss.Read aloud
Tuck Everlasting
Read Ch VI. Orally narrate and discuss.Read Ch VII. Orally narrate and discuss.
LatinCh16 Quiz.

Ch 17 - Memory page and grammar lesson (translating the imperfect tense)
Ch17 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Review the grammar lesson and complete the chapter story, worksheet, and derivatives pages.Ch17 - Practice parsing and translatingCh17 - 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.
HistoryContinue working on LA Purchase broadcastsRead Ch20 - Lewis & Clark. TL Card/jingle: Lewis & Clark ExpeditionLewis and ClarkHISTORY JOURNAL: Do some brief internet research about some of the animals Lewis and Clark encountered and described during their expedition. Pretend you were part of the expedition. Draw a picture (or print a picture of their drawings) of two or three new animals you've seen and describe them in detail.
GeographyLocate the Andes Mountains on a world map or globe. Draw them onto the South America map in your binder and label them.Color the map of the Lewis & Clark expedition, and paste it into your journal.
ScienceRead PS packet p94-99. Answer questions.Read Archimedes, Ch9-10 - "Archimedes and Numbers" and "Archimedes and the Centers of Gravity." Answer questions in booklet.Electricity and Magnetism activitiesRead Archimedes, Ch11-12 - "The Sphere and the Cylinder" and "The War Machines of Archimedes." Answer questions in booklet.
Memory WorkPOETRY: Psalm 139:1-18 (NIV), Due for Recitation on 3/5
MATH FACTS: Multiplication Facts Test on 2/3
GEOGRAPHY: South America Test on 2/19
HISTORY: Excerpts from Patrick Henry's speech due for recitation on 4/28
KEY DATES: 1-21 Test on 3/10
SCIENCE: Simple machines, types of levers/examples Test on 2/3

"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:

Thursday, January 29 - DOGS/Pizza/Spirit Day

MATH:
  • Practice concepts related to decimal place value.
  • Multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, or 1000.
  • Express metric measurements given in compound units as decimals and vice versa.
  • Review previously learned skills.
  • Improve speed and accuracy of math facts.
SPELLING:
  • Assess mastery of words with the sound /ŭl/ spelled AL.
  • Learn to spell words with the sound /ŭl/ spelled LE.
GRAMMAR:
  • Classify, compose, and diagram pattern 3 sentences (SNV-tIODO) that include all the parts of speech.
  • Know the principal parts of an English verb.
  • Name and properly use the simple tenses (past, present, future) when writing.
  • Know how to identify the tense of a verb phrase that includes helping verbs.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
  • Learn four new vocabulary words and be able to properly use them when writing. 
  • Know what a thesis is.
  • Begin learning the structure of a five-paragraph essay.
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:
  • Continue memorizing the imperfect-tense verb endings. 
  • Translate sentences that include imperfect tense into English from Latin and vice versa.
HISTORY:
  • Know the key players and the facts surrounding the Lewis & Clark expedition.
  • Be familiar with some of the key discoveries of plants and animals that were made during the expedition.
  • Understand how the expedition contributed to American prosperity and Westward Expansion.

SCIENCE:

  • Gain a rudimentary understanding of the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
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 South America.
MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll be memorizing the names and locations of the countries in South 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
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


Psalm 139:1-18

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me, Lord,
    and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
    too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you.