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 virtue this month is Determination
Math
Note: Start each day with a facts practice warm-up sheet. Do whichever page your child is currently working on. Set the timer for 5 minutes, circle the last problem completed, then complete the rest of the page. Correct and return to school for a completion grade. (Two sheets due per week.)
Objectives:
1. Add, subtract, & multiply metric units of measurement
2. Express inches, feet, yards, and miles in compound units and single units
3. Express ounces & pounds in compound units and single units
4. Express gallons, quarts, pints, cups, & ounces in compound units and single units.
5. Express measurements of time in compound units & single units.
6. Multiply time expressed in compound units.
Spelling
Objective: Review four patterns for making words plural.
Reading
Please bring your book to class each day.
Objectives:
1. Engage in meaningful Socratic dialogue
2. Summarize a passage
3. Identify virtues in characters in Number the Stars.
4. Identify personification in a passage
5. Make predictions concerning the plot
Grammar
Objective:
1. Identify and correct sentence fragments.
2. Identify simple sentences, compound parts, and complex sentences.
3. Correctly write a compound sentence.
4. Correct run-on sentences.
Writing
Objectives:
1. Introduce Unit 5: Writing from Pictures
2. Create a KWO from a series of three pictures
3. Create a central fact or topic sentence for each picture, stating what is happening in the picture
3. Ask questions to get ideas for writing details about each picture.
History
Objectives:
1. Know that world leaders met in Versailles and formed the League of Nations in an attempt to ensure peace after WW I
2. Know that Mohandas Gandhi promoted nonviolent resistance to British rule in India
3. Know that under Joseph Stalin, Russia became the USSR and millions of Russians died.
Questions:
1. What is a totalitarian state?
2. Under Stalin, what happened to the smaller countries around Russia?
3. What were collective farms? Give two reasons why didn't farmers like them.
4. What was the "Gulag Archipelago"? How many Russians were sent there?
5. Why did Solzhenitsyn write that revolution cannot solve a country's problems?
Science
1. Identify the physical characteristics of birds
2. Learn ways to identify birds through field markings, behavior, habitat, and songs.
3. Correctly color birds in order to make a field guide.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our third quarter poem is "In Christ Alone". These lyrics are set to music and you can find numerous renditions online. Here is one. In Christ Alone. Additional copies here.
Geography: We are continuing our study of Southern Europe this week. The song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling countries on a map. A word bank is provided.
Sheppard's software practice game: Southern Europe and Southeastern Europe
History: We are beginning our memorization of the US Presidents. There are several YouTube video songs to help
with this. Here are two: US Presidents to "America" and US Presidents. For assessment, students will write or sing all the presidents' first and last names. Due 5/6/23.
Key Dates for 3rd quarter:
1. The War Between the States 1861-1865
2. World War I 1914-1918
3. Lenin & the Russian Revolution 1917
4. The Great Depression 1929-1939
5. World War II 1939-1945
6. The Cold War 1945-1991
7. The Formation of Israel 1948
8. Mao & Communist Victory in China 1949
9. Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement 1950-1968
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 |
FP-Facts Practice Sheet | TM - Teacher's Manual | DS - Dictate Sentences |
| CB- Latin Copybook
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