Don't forget to be practicing memory work--including Patrick Henry's Speech, the poem, and the key dates--every day. Those assessment dates will be here before you know it!
We will begin working on our Junk Journals each afternoon until the end of the year. Please send your students with any "junk" they have in their rooms that they would like to keep as a memento of their 5th grade year at Fortis. I have a new journal for each of them and brought in a bunch of stuff they can use as well. Some of the girls brought home their journals this weekend because they wanted to make special covers for them. If you want ideas, just search junk journal covers and you will find a ton of examples.
Love, Mrs. B.
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 30 | Tuesday
4/14/2026 | Wednesday
4/15/2026 | Thursday
4/16/2026 | Friday
4/17/2026 | Monday
4/20/2026 |
| Virtues | WONDER: "Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!" Psalm 33:8 - ESV
ORDERLINESS: "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way." I Cor. 14:40
JUSTICE: " Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him." Isaiah 30:18 |
| Bible | Read and discuss Ecclesiastes 4. | Read and discuss Ecclesiastes 5. Answer questions in homework packet. | Read and discuss Ecclesiastes 6. | Read and discuss Ecclesiastes 7. Answer questions in homework packet. | |
| Math | FP-S. Ch 13, L3 (Finding a Quantity) - TG p186-187; TB p169-171; WB Ex3, p140-142. | FP-M. Ch 13, L4 (Comparing Three Quantities) - TG p188-190; TB p172-176; WB Ex3, p143-145. | FP-S. Ch13, L5 (Word Problems) - TG p191-192; TB p177-180; WB Ex5, p146-149 | FP-A. Ch13, L6 (Practice) - TG p193-194; TB p181-182 | FP-D. Ch13, L6 (Practice) - WB Ex6, p150-153. |
| Spelling | | STEP 28: Review new teaching. Dictate sentences 5-8. | STEP 28: TEST | STEP 29: Dictate new words. Dictate sentences 1-4. | |
Vocabulary | VOCAB WORDS: narrative, intrigue, recount, triumph |
| L28 - Complete vocab activities for "narrative" and "intrigue." | | L15 - Complete vocab activities for "recount" and "triumph." | | |
| Grammar/Writing | RESEARCH PAPER: Review formal outlining
CLT Preparation/Practice | RESEARCH PAPER: Write outline for research paper. If you haven't already done so, plan out the costume you will wear for the living history museum. | RESEARCH PAPER: Students should write topic sentences with good transitions. Check them.
| RESEARCH PAPER: Begin writing your body paragraphs. You will finish these on Wednesday. | |
Reading | Little Britches |
| Read aloud | Read Ch7-8. Answer questions on homework sheet. | Read aloud | Read Ch9-10. Answer questions on homework sheet. | Read Ch11. Complete homework sheet. |
| Latin | Ch27 - Teach grammar lesson (irregular verb EO, IRE | Ch27 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Review the grammar lesson and complete the chapter story, worksheet, and derivatives pages. | Ch27 - Practice | Ch27 - 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. | |
| Geography | | Review for States/Capitals test. See note below and practice with the map and answer sheet that was sent home a long time ago:) | U.S. States and Capitals TEST | | |
| History | Texas timeline.
Work on skit, props | Read Make Way for Sam Houston, Ch4. HISTORY JOURNAL: Write a narration (7-10 sentences) that tells what happened in this chapter. You must utilize proper mechanics. Parents, please check all work and have student make corrections. | Texas Timeline.
Practice skit with props.
Review key dates. | Read Make Way for Sam Houston, Ch5. HISTORY JOURNAL: Write a narration (7-10 sentences) that tells what happened in this chapter. You must utilize proper mechanics. Parents, please check all work and have student make corrections. | |
| Science | L11&12 Test | Read TB p215-219 (stop before "Lymphatic System"). Take notes on p172 of the NBJ. Answer questions #1-3 on p171. | Discuss types of pathogens.
Begin bacteria experiment. | Read TB p219-221. Take notes on p172 of the NJ. Answer WDYR #4 on p171. | |
| Memory Work |
GEOGRAPHY: U.S. States and Capitals test on 4/16
POEM: A Day of Sunshine Recitation on 4/30
HISTORY: Excerpts from Patrick Henry's Speech Recitation on 4/28
KEY DATES #1-28: Test on 5/12
SCIENCE: 5 Taste sensations, the integumentary system - Test on 4/14 |
IMPORTANT DATES/COMING SOON:
April 14 - Bring Junk Journal bags and supplies to class.
April 22/23- Spirit/Pizza/D.O.G.S
Week of April 27 - CLT Testing
Tuesday, May 12 - Living History Museum @ 1:30 P.M. (Sanctuary)
Wednesday, May 13 - Promotion for BOTH classes (3:30 P.M.) Woohoo!
Thursday, May 14 - Six Flags Skit (11:00 a.m. - tentative time)
MEMORY WORK:
Geography:
Students will memorize the 50 States and Capitals and where they are located on a map of the United States.
To help with this, we are learning a fun and crazy song to remember them all! I promised the class I would share it with you here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4r51cjLeM
Also, here is a practice answer sheet for the blank USA map in the documents folder in case you want to start studying the location of the states as well. I sent a numbered map home on Tuesday that might make it easier to study.
STATES/CAPITALS TEST: Students will be given a U.S map numbered 1-50. They will also have two word banks: one for the states and one for the capitals. If Alaska is labeled as #1, for example, they will need to fill in the blanks for number 1 on the answer sheet with Alaska and Juneau. (The test will be the same map and answer key I sent home for practice.)
History:
- Know that for ten years, Texas was an independent nation.
- Know the basic outline of the events that took place at Fort Parker.
- Know that Sam Houston was the first president of the Republic of Texas and that Mirabeau was the second.
- Know the cause of the "Pig War" and what the outcome was.
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. Jamestown Settled - 1607
5. Pilgrims land 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 1830s
20. Trail of Tears - 1830-1838
21. Fall of the Alamo - 1836
22. Republic of Texas - 1836-1846
23. Texas Becomes a State - 1845
24. Mexican War - 1846-1848
25. California Gold Rush - 1849
26. Texas Cattle Boom - 1865-1890
27. Galveston Hurricane - 1900
28. Spindletop Gusher - 1901
Poetry: (For recitation)
A Day of Sunshine
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O gift of God! O perfect day:
Whereon shall no man work, but play;
Whereon it is enough for me,
Not to be doing, but to be!
Through every fibre of my brain,
Through every nerve, through every vein,
I feel the electric thrill, the touch
Of life, that seems almost too much.
I hear the wind among the trees
Playing celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.
And over me unrolls on high
The splendid scenery of the sky,
Where through a sapphire sea the sun
Sails like a golden galleon,
Towards yonder cloud-land in the West,
Towards yonder Islands of the Blest,
Whose steep sierra far uplifts
Its craggy summits white with drifts.
Blow, winds! and waft through all the rooms
The snow-flakes of the cherry-blooms!
Blow, winds! and bend within my reach
The fiery blossoms of the peach!
O Life and Love! O happy throng
Of thoughts, whose only speech is song!
O heart of man! canst thou not be
Blithe as the air is, and as free?
