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 28Tue, Mar 26Wed, Mar 27Thu, Mar 28Fri, Mar 29Mon, Apr 1
Math
Ch 11 Assessment: FractionsMF + Ch 12 Ex 1 TB p98-102, WB p111-114Ch 12 Ex 2 TB p103-106Campus ClosedMF + Ch 12 Ex 2 WB p115-119
SpellingStep 23: Review NT 121-124Phonograms warm up; Dictate sentences 4-6 p125. CCC.Step 23 Test: 3 sentences, p125Sounds warm up; Step 24: NT, p127-129. Dictate sentences 1-3, p130. CCC.
GrammarCh 16 L 3 Grammar Time (sentences and practice sentence) p244Ch 16 L 3 Practice Time (#1-2) WB p60Ch 16 L 5 Sentence TimeCh 17 L 1 Grammar Time PB p16
ReadingReading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Chapter 5Boxcar Children Ch 5, CG p 23Reading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Chapter 6Boxcar Children Ch 6, CG p 25
Poetry"Whole Duty of Children" by Robert Louis Stevenson + any five previous poems
EnrichmentLiterature 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 AloudThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
BibleCaptives in a Strange Land p 309Daniel in the King's Court p 311Daniel and the King's Dream p 312The Fiery Furnace p 316
ScienceRead p 71-71 in EC.Pollination Tab Books in journals; game w/ clothes pin, pom poms, & cupcake liner 
HistoryRead Columbus by D'Aulaire + Columbus journal entryReview Timeline; Read, "Vespucci and Magellan" p 286-289 in SOTW. History Journal Week 28
Memory WorkSoutheast 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 27Tue, Mar 19Wed, Mar 20Thu, Mar 21Fri, Mar 22Mon, Mar 25
Math
Ch 11 Ex 5, TB p89, WB 97-98 onlyMF + Ch 11 Ex 6 Practice Only (Ex. 6 Workbook will be done in class tomorrow) TB p92-93Ch 11 Ex 6 WB p101-103MF + Start Review 3 TB p94-96MF + Finish Review 3 TB p94-96
SpellingSparkle!Phonograms warm upReview of Key CardsSounds warm up; Step 23: NT, p121-124.Dictate sentences 1-3, p125. CCC.
GrammarCh 15 L 5 Sentence Time p236 + sentences from Test Time p232Ch 16 L 1 Grammar Time PB p15Ch 16 L 1 Practice Time p 239Ch 16 L 2 Skill Time (just review chart on p242) + Practice Time (#1-2) WB p59-60Contractions should be reviewed as we covered them in OPG last semester
ReadingReading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 3Boxcar Children Ch 3, CG p 18Reading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 4Boxcar Children Ch 4, CG p 21
Poetry"Jonathan Bing" by Beatrice Curtis Brown (all stanzas) + any 5 previous poems
EnrichmentWriting With Ease
Read AloudThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
BibleJeremiah Answers God's Call p 302Jeremiah Warms the People p 303Jeremiah Writes God's Words in a Book p 304Jeremiah in the Dungeon p 305
ScienceRead p 67-70 in EC.Exploding Seed Pods + Exploding seed pods video + journal results
HistoryVideo: Hagia Sophia (TED Ed) + Mosaic Bean CraftReview Timeline; Read, "Columbus" p 281-286 in SOTW. History Journal Week 27
Memory WorkSoutheast 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 26Tue, Mar 5Wed, Mar 6Thu, Mar 7Fri, Mar 8Mon, Mar 11Co-Teacher Notes
Math
Chapter 10 AssessmentMF + Ch 11 L 1 TB p77-80; WB p85-86Ch 11 L 2 TB p81-83 WB p87-89MF + Ch 11 L 3 TB p84-86 WB p91-93MF + Ch 11 L 4 TB p87-88, WB p95-96
SpellingStep 22: Review NT, p118Phonograms warm up; Dictate sentences 4-6 p119. CCCStep 22 Test: 3 sentences p119Sounds warm up
GrammarCh 15 L 2 Grammar Time p224Ch 15 L 2 Skill Time + Practice Time, WB p58 (students don't need to know rule numbers)Ch 15 L 3 Practice Sentence p228Ch 15 L 3 Practice Time (#2 only) WB p58 +Ex 5 in Ch 15 Test WB p94
ReadingReading Groups OPG L 230Boxcar Children Ch 1Reading Groups OPG L 230Boxcar Children Ch 2
Poetry"Jonathan Bing" by Beatrice Curtis Brown (1st-3rd stanzas) + any 5 previous poems
EnrichmentReading Assessments
Read AloudThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
BibleGood King Hezekiah p 295God Spares Hezekiah's Life p 297Josiah and the Forgotten Book p 298Five Other Prophets p 301
ScienceRead 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
History5 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 WorkAsia 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)

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