Week 28 3/26/24 - 4/1/24

 

** All Fortis Students will have Good Friday off (Fri, Mar 29) and the first school day after Easter off (Tues. April 2) for T/Th students. Monday April 1st is a regular home day for T/Th students.  You may, of course, complete those assignments on a different day if you'd like to take advantage of a long weekend over Easter. Just make sure that everything is caught up by the time students are back at school again on Thursday, April 4th. 

Ch. 12 Assessment is Thursday April 4

Week 28	Tue, Mar 26	Wed, Mar 27	Thu, Mar 28	Fri, Mar 29	Mon, Apr 1
Math	Ch 11 Assessment: Fractions	MF + Ch 12 Ex 1 TB p98-102, WB p111-114	Ch 12 Ex 2 TB p103-106	Campus Closed	MF + Ch 12 Ex 2 WB p115-119
Spelling	Step 23: Review NT 121-124	Phonograms warm up; Dictate sentences 4-6 p125. CCC.	Step 23 Test: 3 sentences, p125		Sounds warm up; Step 24: NT, p127-129. Dictate sentences 1-3, p130. CCC.
Grammar	Ch 16 L 3 Grammar Time (sentences and practice sentence) p244	Ch 16 L 3 Practice Time (#1-2) WB p60	Ch 16 L 5 Sentence Time		Ch 17 L 1 Grammar Time PB p16
Reading	Reading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Chapter 5	Boxcar Children Ch 5, CG p 23	Reading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Chapter 6		Boxcar Children Ch 6, CG p 25
Poetry	"Whole Duty of Children" by Robert Louis Stevenson + any five previous poems
Enrichment	Literature Study: The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop; Art Study: I and the Village by Marc Chagall; Music Study: "Sabre Dance" from Gayane by Aram Khatchaturian; Poetry Study: "The Mountain and the Squirrel" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read Aloud	The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Bible	Captives in a Strange Land p 309	Daniel in the King's Court p 311	Daniel and the King's Dream p 312		The Fiery Furnace p 316
Science		Read p 71-71 in EC.	Pollination Tab Books in journals; game w/ clothes pin, pom poms, & cupcake liner
History	Read Columbus by D'Aulaire + Columbus journal entry				Review Timeline; Read, "Vespucci and Magellan" p 286-289 in SOTW. History Journal Week 28
Memory Work	Southeast Asia Due 4/25 History Timeline Qtr. 1-4 Due 5/7 Prayer 4 Bee Anatomy Due 4/4 The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi (due by end of semester)

Week 27 3/19/24 - 3/25/24

 Math - Chapter 11 Assessment is on Tuesday March 26th.

I will start asking the students if they want to recite the St. Francis of Assisi prayer this week. They have until the end of the semester to recite. 

2nd week 27	Tue, Mar 19	Wed, Mar 20	Thu, Mar 21	Fri, Mar 22	Mon, Mar 25
Math	Ch 11 Ex 5, TB p89, WB 97-98 only	MF + Ch 11 Ex 6 Practice Only (Ex. 6 Workbook will be done in class tomorrow) TB p92-93	Ch 11 Ex 6 WB p101-103	MF + Start Review 3 TB p94-96	MF + Finish Review 3 TB p94-96
Spelling	Sparkle!	Phonograms warm up	Review of Key Cards	Sounds warm up; Step 23: NT, p121-124.	Dictate sentences 1-3, p125. CCC.
Grammar	Ch 15 L 5 Sentence Time p236 + sentences from Test Time p232	Ch 16 L 1 Grammar Time PB p15	Ch 16 L 1 Practice Time p 239	Ch 16 L 2 Skill Time (just review chart on p242) + Practice Time (#1-2) WB p59-60	Contractions should be reviewed as we covered them in OPG last semester
Reading	Reading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 3	Boxcar Children Ch 3, CG p 18	Reading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 4	Boxcar Children Ch 4, CG p 21
Poetry	"Jonathan Bing" by Beatrice Curtis Brown (all stanzas) + any 5 previous poems
Enrichment	Writing With Ease
Read Aloud	The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Bible	Jeremiah Answers God's Call p 302	Jeremiah Warms the People p 303	Jeremiah Writes God's Words in a Book p 304	Jeremiah in the Dungeon p 305
Science		Read p 67-70 in EC.	Exploding Seed Pods + Exploding seed pods video + journal results
History	Video: Hagia Sophia (TED Ed) + Mosaic Bean Craft			Review Timeline; Read, "Columbus" p 281-286 in SOTW. History Journal Week 27
Memory Work	Southeast Asia Due 4/2 History Timeline Qtr. 1-4 Due 5/7 Prayer 4 Bee Anatomy Due 4/4 The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi (due by end of semester)

Week 26 3/5/24 - 3/11/24

 Note about Boxcar Children:

*Please just have students write directly in the comprehension guide (it will be good practice for starting to write smaller) and then place it in the front pocket of the Fortis Folder, like you've been doing with the questions.  

• There is a page in the front of the guide that lists out virtues-I highly encourage you to read this through with your student before starting the book.  
• Also it might be helpful to look at the questions before reading, but wait until they are through with the chapter to actually answer the questions.  
• The questions thus far have been content questions; for this book, some of the questions won't be found directly in the text but will be asking the student to infer or make connections.  Please help them with this process by encouraging them to look beyond just the obvious answer or the first one they come to in the chapter.  For instance, if they are supposed to be looking for an example of courage, many students are tempted to find the first one, quickly write that and move on.  Even if they've already found one, at the end you can ask them if there was a greater act of courage or why they thought that was a courageous act.  The answers to these questions should be a compilation of a discussion you have had with the student, not just the first answer they can come up with.  This is our chance to challenge them!  They've been discussing literature with me all year and can definitely do it with you.  You might get some push back on that, especially if they've been in the habit of just quickly writing an answer and moving on to the next one.  We are finished with OPG so this should allow some extra time to spend on the reading/discussion and writing.  That being said, the expectations will definitely increase both in quality of answer expected, neatness and depth of understanding of concepts (examples from text).  They are very capable and have shown me their brilliance all year!

2nd week 26	Tue, Mar 5	Wed, Mar 6	Thu, Mar 7	Fri, Mar 8	Mon, Mar 11	Co-Teacher Notes
Math	Chapter 10 Assessment	MF + Ch 11 L 1 TB p77-80; WB p85-86	Ch 11 L 2 TB p81-83 WB p87-89	MF + Ch 11 L 3 TB p84-86 WB p91-93	MF + Ch 11 L 4 TB p87-88, WB p95-96
Spelling	Step 22: Review NT, p118	Phonograms warm up; Dictate sentences 4-6 p119. CCC	Step 22 Test: 3 sentences p119	Sounds warm up
Grammar	Ch 15 L 2 Grammar Time p224	Ch 15 L 2 Skill Time + Practice Time, WB p58 (students don't need to know rule numbers)	Ch 15 L 3 Practice Sentence p228	Ch 15 L 3 Practice Time (#2 only) WB p58 +Ex 5 in Ch 15 Test WB p94
Reading	Reading Groups OPG L 230	Boxcar Children Ch 1	Reading Groups OPG L 230	Boxcar Children Ch 2
Poetry	"Jonathan Bing" by Beatrice Curtis Brown (1st-3rd stanzas) + any 5 previous poems
Enrichment	Reading Assessments
Read Aloud	The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Bible	Good King Hezekiah p 295	God Spares Hezekiah's Life p 297	Josiah and the Forgotten Book p 298	Five Other Prophets p 301
Science		Read p 62-64 in EC "Pollination - Bees"	Busy Bees Pollinator Picture Pack (identifying bees through their body parts); Head, Thorax, Abdomen song, Bee Anatomy in Journals, Bee to Honey by Sarah Ridley
History	5 Things about the Capture of Constantinople + Constantinople Journal Entry + video: The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire (TED-Ed)			Review Timeline; Read, "The Church in the East" p 38-42 in SOTW. History Journal Week 26
Memory Work	Asia Due 3/7 History Timeline Qtr. 1-4 Due 5/7 Prayer 4 Bee Anatomy Due 4/4 The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi (due by end of semester)