History Journals are due on Monday, September 28 for the first quarter. I will grade and return Wednesday. Science Quiz 3 - Mercury should also be returned to school on the 28th for grading.
HIG-Singapore Home Instructor's Guide
TB-Singapore Textbook
WB-Singapore Workbook
AAS-All About Spelling
OPG-Ordinary Parents Guide to Reading
NAC-New American Cursive
SOTW-Story of the World
Math-Please continue to review mental math strategies (found on pg. 16-17 in HIG). When MM (mental math) is assigned, you can make a copy of it and use it as a warm up. Please don’t spend more than 10-15 minutes on MM. If MM is not assigned, use the math facts sheet found in the Math section of binder as a warm-up. All word problems need bar models, equations, and statement sentences.
Spelling-Please continue practicing phonograms and sound cards (dictating the sound and having them write them down). The students added a phonogram assessment tracker to the spelling portion of their binder. We’ll do assessment 1 first quarter, 2 second quarter, etc. so you can use that as a guide when looking at which phonograms they are responsible for knowing.
Reading-Your child should be reading 20-30 minutes every home school day. If OPG only takes 10 minutes, they may supplement that time with a classical book of their choosing.
History-All History journal entries should have a title and the date. When they answer the question, the entry should be in 2-4 complete sentences. Please encourage them to use correct grammar and spelling. One way to do this is to have them dictate to you what they want to say and you copy it with correct grammar and spelling, then have them copy it into their journals. This will stay at home but I will collect once a quarter for a homework grade.
Memory Work/Geography-Please spend 5-10 minutes every homeschool day reviewing our map and poem. We will also work on this during class. Geography songs are found on the Fortis home page under curriculum. Tests consist of students pointing and singing/saying locations from a word bank orally to the teacher. Students will recite poems in front of the class without notes.
Oral History Narrations - Once a semester each child will present what they learned the last week in History to the class. I will designate when it is their turn on the blog. They may have a card with notes on it (no complete sentences), but have them practice it enough that they are not reading from the card. Feel free to make it longer, but think in the range of 3-5 facts. We will utilize speaking in front of the class in several different subjects. When it comes time to recite, please have them practice reciting at home for different types of audiences (siblings, stuffed animals, parents). Work on fluency, not fidgeting and eye contact.
Grammar-You only need to complete the assigned sections of the grammar lesson. If you are unsure of how the question/answer flow works, there are oral examples at the end of the cd with the jingles.
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| Discipleship | Responsibility: “The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.” Proverbs 13:4 |
| Geography | Middle East - Due 11/4 |
Math
| HIG p47: Renaming Tens in 3-Digit Subtraction
TB p44-45, Warm-up: Math Facts & Problem Solving Journal
| HIG p48:Renaming Hundreds
TB p45-46
WB Ex20 #2 only p52 (complete any unfinished word problems on pg. 53)
Mental Math #17 (10-15 minutes) | HIG p48: Renaming Hundreds
TB p45-46
WB Ex21, p54-55; Warm-up: Mental Math 16
| HIG p49: Renaming Tens and Hundreds
TB p46-47
WB Ex22, p56 (Do #1 only)
Mental Math #17 (10-15 minutes) | HIG 49: Renaming Tens and Hundreds
TB p46-47
WB Ex 22, p56 (Do #2 today) |
| Spelling | Step 5: Review NT; dictate sentences 4-6 on spelling paper; tactile w/ "more words" p36
| Review card box; Dictate sentences 7-9 on spelling paper in binder and the word "gentleman" p36 | Step 5 Test: Title page, 10 words + 1 sentence, p36 | Step 6: NT, p37-41; Dictate words 21-30, p41
| Dictate sentences 1-3, p42 |
Grammar
| CH4L2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time. | CH4L2 Jingle Time, & Practice Time. WB pg 37-38 Ch4L2 Practice 1-3. | Ch4L3 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time. | Ch4L3 Jingle Time & Practice Time. WB pg 38-39 Ch 4L3 Practice 1-4. | |
Read Aloud
| Surprise Island by Gertrude Warner |
| Reading | OPG L173 & L 174: Sight Words
"A Bargain for Frances"
Discuss Leif the Lucky | OPG L175: Slightly Changed Vowel Sounds
Read Leif the Lucky p28-33. Oral retell. | OPG 176: R-changed vowels review
"A Bargain for Frances"
Students read Leif the Lucky, p35 in partners | OPG 177: Review
Students read Leif the Lucky p36-41. Discuss. | Read Leif the Lucky, p42-45 |
Handwriting/
Copy Work | Introduce Cursive Uppercase G; CW July/August from "The Months" | Students complete p31-32 of NAC | Practice cursive G in class; CW: September/Oct. from "The Months" | Students complete p33 of NAC | |
Bible
| Discuss Daniel 6: 1-14 ; Min-plays | Responsible and Reliable Servants
Matthew 24:42-51 | Discuss Matthew 24; Mini-plays; Review Memory verse | A hardworking young man
1 Kings 11:27-37 | |
| Science | | "Read, ""How to Find Mercury in the Sky"" + ""Spacecraft to Mercury"" p48-51.
Add 2 facts & illustration to p.79 of NJ. | Add facts to Big Board; Students complete Mercury mini-books, p83-85 in EC journal. Do Activity 3.2 "Make a Model of Mercury," p51 in EC textbook. Add Mercury to Mobile.
Coloring page, p89-90 | Complete Mercury Crossword puzzle, p86 in NJ as review for quiz. Parents administer Quiz 3 and return to school on Monday in binder. Please review before, but do not assist during quiz. | |
History
| Caden to share history journal; 5 things you need to know about Muhammad; Logic Question & Defense; The Birthplace of Islam Map work; Make an Oasis craft | Read, "Muhammad's Vision" p50-53 in SOTW. Oral retell.
| | Read, "Muhammad Flees to Medina" p69-71 in SOTW. Students answer in their journals, "What were the followers of Muhammad's teachings called? What did Muhammed tell the people of Mecca when he preached to them? Noah to share history journal next week | History Journals due Monday- please have students bring to class |
| Memory Work | Poem: "The Months" Due 9/30 |
