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Monday, Aug. 26 - Picture Day
Wednesday, Aug. 28 - DOGS Day/ Spirit Day/Pizza Day!
Monday, Sept. 2 - Labor Day - No school
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 |
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 Prudence. Prudence is the ability to discern what is good and right and act
accordingly.
Math
Begin math with a 5 minute warm-up of addition or subtraction practice using Facts Practice A or B When your child can complete FP-A correctly in 5 min, move on to FP-B (subtraction).
You may also want to use flashcards or games as needed for practicing math facts.
Objectives:
1. Round a 6-digit number to the nearest hundred-thousand, ten thousand, or thousand.
2. Use place value concepts in mental math computations.
3. Practice concepts learned
4. Review and assess
5. Investigate addition and subtraction of 5-digit numbers.
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
1. Create a KWO by taking notes from a source text
2. Retell fable in own words using KWO
3. Write a 1-paragraph fable about "The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner"
4. Correctly use vocabulary words: trumpet and inspire
Grammar
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify nouns and action verbs in a sentence.
2. Know the 5 parts of a complete sentence: subject, verb, capital letter, end mark, makes sense
3. Know and identify the four kinds of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory
4. Know that adverbs modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb and answer How, When, or Where?
5. Know that adjectives modify nouns and answer Which one? What kind? or How many?
History
Objectives:
1. Know the measures Japan took to keep out Western Influence until Matthew Perry gained access.
2. Identify some differences between West and East during the 1850's.
3. Know that Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Crimean War and introduced many new practices to the nursing field.
Science
Objectives:
1. Identify several benefits of insects.
2. Identify characteristics of insects.
3. Identify the parts of an insect.
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: We will continue to study the Continents & Oceans. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling continents and oceans on a map.
Science: Classification of Life: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
