Fortis 5th Grade - Week 13 (November 3-9, 2026)
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).
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
AAS - All About Spelling
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline
KWO - Key word outline
History:
TL - Timeline Card(s)
TL - Timeline Card(s)
Science:
PS - Physical Science
TB – Human Anatomy Textbook
NJ – Notebooking Journal
WDYR - What Do You Remember?
"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:
Thursday, November 19 - Pizza/Spirit/DOGS Day
Week of November 22 - Thanksgiving Break
MATH:
- To divide a whole number by a unit fraction.
- To divide a whole number by a fraction.
- To solve multi-step word problems involving division of a fraction by a whole number or a whole number by a fraction.
- To practice multiplication and division of fractions.
- To assess mastery of division facts.
- To improve speed and accuracy of subtraction facts.
SPELLING:
- To learn the most common way to spell the word ending /cŭl/: CAL.
- To assess mastery of words ending in the sound of /cŭl/.
GRAMMAR:
- To classify, compose, and diagram pattern 2 sentences (SNV-tDO) that include all the parts of speech.
- To recognize direct objects in sentences and know that they are always paired with a transitive verb.
- To recognize a direct object as a noun job.
WRITING/VOCABULARY:
- To write strong topic sentences and clinchers.
- To choose a topic from a given source text.
- To select relevant facts and details from a source text to support a specific topic.
- To be able to summarize a passage through written and oral narration.
- To expand vocabulary.
- To identify virtues, as well as elements of truth, beauty and goodness, in reading passages.
- To cultivate a love for quality literature.
- To engage in meaningful discussions.
LATIN:
- To assess mastery of previously learned vocab words and maxim.
- To learn ten new vocabulary words.
- To translate sentences that include adjectives from Latin to English.
- Recognize, classify, and diagram Latin sentences that include linking verbs and predicate adjectives.
HISTORY:
- To be familiar with some of the key players and events of the American Revolution.
- To identify, compare, and contrast the virtues and vices of key American leaders such as Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
- To memorize a portion of the Declaration of Independence and describe its purpose, meaning, and significance on the world stage.
SCIENCE:
- To describe the importance of having a standardized system of measurement.
- To describe the difference between mass and weight.
- To identify the boiling and freezing points of water, as well as average human body temperatures, on both the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.
- To know that everything in the physical universe is composed of matter.
- To describe the characteristics of matter.
GEOGRAPHY:
- To develop a heart of compassion for the peoples of the world who don't yet know Christ.
- To identify the names and locations of the countries of Central America.
- To describe geographical and cultural features of the countries of Central America. (Banana Republic, Panama Canal; 125 miles from the ocean maximum, rain forests, Spanish speaking except for Belize, etc.)
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 a portion of the Declaration of Independence (bolded portion only - recitation on 11/10) and 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
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.
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
