Week 5 (Sept 8 - Sept 14)

 Week 5, 5th Grade, T/TH, Mrs. Beeuwsaert (Beezert) 

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 5	Tuesday 9/8/2026	Wednesday 9/9/2026	Thursday 9/10/2026	Friday 9/11/2026	Monday 9/14/2026
Virtues	Labor Day No School or Homework	COURAGE: "The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1 RESPECT: "Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor." I Peter 2:17
Bible		Read & discuss Proverbs 17. Answer questions in booklet.	Read and discuss Proverbs 18	Read & discuss Proverbs 19. Answer questions in booklet.	Complete Courage Virtue Reflection in homework booklet.
Math		FP-M (Begin new fact sheet) Ch3, L9 Practice B - TG p90; TB p74, #1 (first column only), #2-4. WB Ex 9, p69-71, #2-6 only (#1 is optional for extra practice). Multiplication facts assessment and Ch3 quiz tomorrow	Multiplication Facts Assessment Multiplication & Division Quiz	FP-10 Ch1-2 Spiral Review. PARENTS: As always with these reviews, please check all answers using the key in the documents folder, and have your student make all corrections before turning in.	FP-10. Complete 5th Grade Fraction Warm-Up Exercises available via the documents link. Parents, please check all work using key in documents folder and have students make corrections.
Spelling		STEP 4: Review card box. Dictate sentences 5-8. Review words.	STEP 4: Quiz	STEP 5: New teaching. Dictate new words.	STEP 5: Dictate sentences 1-4.
Grammar		Copy the prepositions (not the other words; just the prepositions themselves) from the preposition flow jingle (Jingle 9) onto a piece of notebook paper. Place it in a page protector behind your writing tab to refer to when adding prepositional openers to compositions.	Preposition/ Object of the Preposition Activity Ch5, L1 - Adding the prepositional phrase to the Q&A flow; adding the object of the preposition to the noun check.	Ch5, L2 - Jingle Time and Grammar Time.
Writing/ Vocabulary		VOCAB WORDS: perilously, imprudently, subside, vehemently
		L4 - Complete vocab activities for "subside" and "vehemently." on the form you started last week (in your writing tab pocket).	L4 - The Mayflower Mishap, p34-38 - Complete KWO and brainstorming pages Distribute and review the checklist.	L4 - Write Rough Draft of Mayflower Mishap paper using only the KWO and checklist. Parents: Please have the students read it aloud to catch any fragments or sentences that don't make sense. Use checklist to ensure that all dress-ups are included, underlined, and labeled in the correct margin. This will be a 2-paragraph story.
Reading		A Wrinkle in Time
		Read Ch4.Orally narrate and discuss.	Read George Muller aloud.	Read Ch5. Orally narrate and discuss.
Latin		Ch4 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Read the grammar lesson and complete the worksheet and derivatives pages.	Ch4 - Review grammar lesson	Ch4 - Listen to CD/audio twice and recite memory page. Study the Ch1 vocab words and maxim and complete the Quiz to prepare for next week's quiz.
History		Read Ch5 - Pilgrimage to Freedom. TL Card and jingle: Pilgrims	Puritans vs. Pilgrims Activity and Venn Diagram	HISTORY JOURNAL: Pretend you are a Pilgrim child. Write a properly formatted letter to a friend or family member back in England. Tell him or her about the difficulties you had on the journey and the trouble you've had in the New World. (see Grammar Ch23, L1, for proper formatting)
Geography		Listen to song; review large islands in the West Indies.	West Indies Day: history, culture, climate, and architecture	Follow the instructions for the Mayflower map, and then paste it into your journal.
Science		Use study guide sent home in binders (also in documents folder) to prepare for next week's test. Be sure NJ have been thoroughly completed and it is packed. I will be grading it during tomorrow's test.	L1&2 TEST	Read p55-58. Stop before "Tendons." Take notes on p40-41 of the NBJ. Answer WDYR questions #1-3 on p42.	Read p58-62. Take notes on p40-41 of the NBJ. Answer WDYR questions #4-6, 8 on p42.
Memory Work (review and practice daily)	GEOGRAPHY: West Indies Test on 10/12 MATH FACTS: Multiplication Facts Test on 9/7 SCIENCE: Cell anatomy, classification of life, and major bones, Test on 9/7 KEY DATES #1-7: Quiz on 9/30 POETRY: Proverbs 2, Due for Recitation on 10/14

BLOG KEY

General:

Act – Activity

Ch – Chapter

Ex – Exercise

L – Lesson

p – Page(s)

Math:

TG – Teacher’s Guide

TB – Textbook

WB – Workbook

FP – Facts Practice (A, S, M, D, etc. denotes which sheet to use)

Language Arts:
AAS - All About Spelling

IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline

History: 
TL - Timeline Card(s)

Science:

PS - Physical Science

TB – Human Anatomy Textbook

NJ – Notebooking Journal

WDYR - What Do You Remember? 

 

                             This year's biblical theme: BE TRANSFORMED

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

Romans 12:2

IMPORTANT DATES/COMING SOON:

Tuesday, September 8 - Labor Day. No school or homework.

MATH:

• Assess multiplication math facts (100 in 5 minutes) to obtain a baseline.
• Understand the value and beauty of studying math.
• Recognize the hand of God in mathematics.
• Explore really large numbers.
• Read and accurately write numbers up to the billions place in both digits and words.
• Multiply and divide by 10, 100, or 1000.
• Multiply or divide by tens, hundreds or thousands.
• Improve speed and accuracy of multiplication facts.

SPELLING:

• Review phonograms
• Review concepts from previous All About Spelling levels

GRAMMAR:

• Know what synonyms and antonyms are and understand their value in good writing.
• Know what nouns and verbs are and be able to identify them in sentences.
• Name the four types of sentences and be able to identify them.

WRITING/VOCABULARY:

• Learn the definitions of the four vocabulary words and be able to correctly use each word in an original sentence.
• Practice dictionary skills.
• Identify key words in a sentence and use them create key word outlines.
• Know what banned words are and why we avoid using them when writing.
• Understand the importance of using good structure and style when writing.

READING:

• Learn about the lifestyles of Native Americans prior to the arrival of the Europeans.
• Expand vocabulary.
• Identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.

LATIN:

• Begin to learn ten vocabulary words and the chapter maxim.
• Understand the value of the Latin language .

HISTORY:

• Know the theories on how Native Americans came to populate the Americas.
• Understand that native peoples had diverse cultures, lifestyles, and languages, that were dictated by where they lived.

SCIENCE: 

• Know the definitions of "anatomy" and "physiology."
• Learn some basic history of anatomy and physiology and understand what different cultures have contributed to our modern understanding of the body.
• Know that cells have organelles and be familiar with the basic anatomy of an animal cell: that it contains organelles that have specific functions within the cell and that the nucleus contains DNA.
• Know that DNA contains the instructions that determine a person's physical traits. 
• Identify key facts from a reading passage. 

GEOGRAPHY:

• Develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
• Know the names and locations of the world’s seven continents and five oceans.
• Understand how the northern and southern hemispheres are different, and how they work together to keep the planet in balance.
• Know the terms "equator," "prime meridian," "tropics of Cancer and Capricorn" and "Arctic and Antarctic circles."
• Know some characteristics of the tropics and the polar regions.

MEMORY WORK:

Geography: We'll be working on the continents and oceans for the first few weeks. A hard copy of the map can be found behind the "memory" tab in your child's binder. Additional maps, as well as MP3s of the 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 21 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. We will test over the first six dates on 9/29:
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1583
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692

7. First Great Awakening - 1740s

Poetry: This quarter, we'll work on memorizing and reciting Proverbs 2:1-11 (NIV). Recitation will be on 10/6.

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.