Coming Soon:
Wednesday, Aug 30 - D.O.G.S. Day, Pizza Day and Spirit Day! Students may wear spirit shirts with jeans.
Monday, Sept 4 - Labor Day NO SCHOOL
Discipleship:
Objective: Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence.
Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading.
Our Character Virtue of the month is Dependability.
Math
Begin math with a 5-minute warm-up of addition practice using Facts Practice A or B When your child can complete the page correctly in 5 min, move on to subtraction, multiplication, or division.
Note: Textbook Lesson 6 provides additional practice for your student. The goal is mastery. Some students need more practice, some less. You decide how many problems your student needs to complete based on their mastery of the skills.
Objectives:
1. Subtract 5-digit numbers.
2. Use mental math to add and subtract up to 5-digit numbers
3. Solve multi-step word problems with addition and subtraction
4. Practice previously learned skills
Spelling
Objective: Spell words with the sound of /kt/ spelled ct
Reading
Objectives:
1. Identify virtues in characters
2. Summarize a passage through oral narration
3. Interact with the text through discussion and activities
4. Increase vocabulary
Writing
Objectives:
1. Create a KWO from a source text.
2. Write a rough draft of a fable using KWO and a composition checklist.
3. Incorporate new vocabulary
4. Correctly incorporate “ly” words into the composition.
5. Write a polished final draft of a fable
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Recognize and identify adjectives and article adjectives.
2. Identify adverbs that modify adjectives and adverbs.
3. Identify nouns as "common" or proper" and "singular" or "plural."
4. Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence.
Latin
Objective: Learn Latin vocabulary, derivatives, and prayers
History
Objectives:
1. Know that David Livingstone went to Africa to care for the sick and preach Christianity
2. Recognize problems facing China in the mid-1800s: corrupt government and opium addiction
Science
Objectives:
1. Know how to collect and identify insects.
2. Understand different types of insect eyes, mouths, legs, and wings
3. Create an insect zoo or collection for observation
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our first quarter poem is "The Father's Vineyard". Additional copies here.
Geography: Continents & Oceans test is next Monday. Students are responsible for labeling seven continents and five oceans. A word bank will be provided. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page.
Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Blog Abbreviations:
L-Lesson | KWO-Key Word Outline | NB-Science Notebook |
TB- Textbook | RD- Rough Draft | SOTW-Story of the World Vol 4 |
WB- Workbook | FD- Final Draft | |
CCC-Complete, check, correct | Grammar- Shurley English | NT- New Teaching |
MM- Mental Math | TM - Teacher's Manual | DS - Dictate Sentences |
FP-Facts Practice Sheet |
