| 3rd | 3/5/2018 | 3/6/2018 | 3/7/2018 | 3/8/2018 | 3/9/2018 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Honesty + Matthew 5: 1-14 |
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| Bible | Ex 20:1-17 | Ps 19 | 1 Cor 1:18-31 | Jn 2:13-22 (23-25) | | |
| Math | Math fact assessment.
Math Review 4 pg 80-82 only.
| Math fact practice.
Correct all missed answers from Review 4 in class yesterday. | Math Assessment | Math fact
practice.
Review all concepts your child is struggling with. | Math fact practice | We will begin fractions after spring break. |
| Spelling | Review Step 23. Dictate sentences 4-6. | Review Step 23, card box, Writing Station. Dictate sentences 7 - 9. | Step 23
Dictate sentences 10-12. | Spelling break. | | File spelling sentences under 'Spelling' tab. |
| Grammar | Chapter 19 Test | Grammar time Ch 20 L1 sentences in PB. On notebook paper, complete Ch 20 Practice 2 only. File in 'Grammar' section. | Ch 20 L1 Skill Time. Complete Ch 20 L1 practice. | Review all missed concepts from Ch 19 test on Monday. | |
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| Writing | IEW lesson 18 Louis Braille pg 125. Review. Assignment 1-3. Intro vocab words. | IEW pg 125 assignment 4. Proofread RD. Review vocab. HW 129-131. | Start final draft. Review vocab.
Check handwriting notebooks. | Finish final draft. Oral retell. | | Vocab words: persistent, fluently, ban. |
| Reading | Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 14 + Discussion | Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 15. Oral narration. | Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 16 + Discussion | Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 17.Oral narration. | Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Pages 110-112. Oral narration. | Please put Little Pilgrim's Progress in child's backpack. |
| History | History Card #115 & # 116 Report: Philip
Star Spangled Banner video and poem. | History Card #117 Immigrants Flock to America & 118 The Monroe Doctrine.
Timeline song. | Discuss Monroe Doctrine. Timeline song | History Card #117 & 118. Journal entry: Write 3-5 sentences about something you found interesting this week. | Journal Report for #117 or 118 on 03/19/18: Lucy | We will be watching a documentary on Ellis Island when we come back from spring break. |
| Geography | Former USSR - Due 3/21. Students may assess early if they'd like to. | |
| Science | Paint volcanoes.
Do Scientific Demonstration: Acid-Base Testing. Define pH and indicator. | Read about pH sections and pH and acids in the soil pg 86 in USE. Write two sentence about what you have learned. | Complete Indicator demonstration. Activate volcanoes. | Read about Indicators - sections on indicators and sulfuric acid pg 86-87 in USE. Write two sentence about what you have learned this week. Review Acids and Bases poem. | Complete Acids and Bases week 2 quiz #1-3 only. Review Acids and Bases poem. | |
| Memory Work | Introduce Song of the Settlers quarter 4 Poem Due 5/2. |
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It’s
hard to believe it’s already March! We only have 3 short months left. Where
does the time go? Please continue to send your child with a lunch and water
bottle each school day. We still have a student or 2 who forget their water
bottles and we don’t want to deny them a drink, but it’s challenging when they
want to leave class for a drink and miss out on important instruction.
What’s
happening at Fortis in March:
Christian
worldview book club @ 7pm Monday evenings
3/7
NEST meeting @ 9am
3/9
End of 3rd quarter
3/12-3/16
Spring break
3/21
Mom’s in prayer @9am
3/21
Parent informational @ 10am
3/28
Pizza day
3/28
Mom’s in prayer @ 9am
3/30
Good Friday (no school)
Blog
Abbreviations-
HIG-Singapore
Home Instructor Guide
TB-
Textbook (Math and Shurley Grammar)
WB-
Singapore Math Workbook
MM-Mental
Math (Found in the back of the HIG)
HW-Handwriting
IEW-
Institute for Excellence in Writing
PB-Shurley
English Practice Booklet
USE-Usborne
Science Encyclopedia
Math-
We will be taking 2 math assessments in class this week. Please be sure to look at these to see where your child is struggling. When we come back from spring break, we will begin fractions.
Please
spend no more than 10 minutes on mental math and continue to work on math fact
mastery at home.
Handwriting-
Continue
to watch for proper letter formation of cursive and print letters at home.
Practice the specific letters your child is struggling with. We will be
frequently taking a completion grade for the handwriting assignments. Please
have your child bring their book to and from school each day from here on out.
IEW-
We
begin our lesson on Louis Braille this week, which is part of a larger report
we will be assembling on “Men Who Changed the World” in a couple of weeks. Please proofread their rough draft with a red
pen (if possible) for spelling, punctuation, dress-ups (underlined AND
labeled), paragraph indentation, double spaced, make sure their title reflects
2-3 keywords from the final clincher, etc. They will be writing their final
draft in cursive on Wednesday and Thursday. They should turn their paper in on
Monday 3/19, stapled in this order: checklist, final draft, rough draft.
Students can earn up to 3 points extra credit for using this lessons vocabulary
words in their paper (persistent, fluently, ban). Vocabulary words should be
underlined and labeled “voc” in the right margin. Students may use some creativity in their
story, as long as the theme remains.
Memory-
We are currently working on
Matthew 5:1-9, Song of the Settlers quarter 4 poem, USSR map & song, and
history timeline song. The science poem Acids and Bases is for reinforcement at
home. We will not be assessing science poems for the remainder of the year, but
you may use them at home to discuss the concepts being taught.
Geography-
Many
of our hard-working students have already mastered the geography map and have
asked us to assess them early. We are allowing them to, but if they, or you,
are unsatisfied with their grade, they may re-take it on 3/21.
Enjoy your spring break!
