* Minstrel in the Tower does not have questions for students to answer and turn in. Instead, you'll be using the discussion guide found in the binder to review vocabulary and content. You'll also be working through the project sent home in the Fortis Folders. (Directions can be found on the back.) Please pace help your students work on pacing themselves with the project. There are some parts that can't be completed until the book is finished but it shouldn't all be kept until the end. Projects are due on the last day before Christmas break. On this day students will be taking a multiple choice test over the book. To prepare, you can review the questions on the discussion guide.
| 2nd week 15 | 11/18/2025 | 11/19/2025 | 11/20/2025 | 11/21/2025 | 11/24/2025 |
Math
| Ch 7 L 11 TB p179-181 | MF:4 + Ch 7 L 11 WB p177-179 (Review TB problems from yesterday if student can't complete independently) | Chapter 7 Assessment (Remaining exercises are all review) | MF: 4 + Ch 7 L 12 Exercise 12 WB p181-184 (Skip #2-4) | MF:4 + Review 2 TB p182-184 |
| Spelling | Lesson 14: Practice dividing words on board with syllable types p 147 | Lesson 14: Dictate Sentences #4-6 p 147, CCC | Lesson 14 Test | Review all learned phonogram, sound, and rule cards | |
| Grammar | Ch 9 L 2 Practice Sentence (A, Adj, SN, V, ADV, P A OP) + Practice Time WB p 46 #1 | Ch 9 L 3 Jingle Time & Grammar Time PB p 8 + Practice Time: WB p46 #1 | Quiz: Prepositions & Object of the Prepositions | Ch 9 L 4 Test Time WB p 88 #1-3, 5 | |
| Reading | Reading Groups OPG L 198 + Minstrel in the Tower Ch 1 Discussion Guide (found in binder) | OPG L 198 + Minstrel in the Tower Ch 2 Discussion Guide + Begin Projects (template sent home in folders) | Reading Groups OPG L 199; UFLI 97-98; no chapter reading | OPG L 200 + Minstrel in the Tower Ch 3 Discussion Guide | OPG L 199-200 + Minstrel in the Tower Ch 4 Discussion Guide |
| Poetry | "The Yak" by Hilaire Belloc (stanzas 1-3) + all previous poems |
| Enrichment | Literature Study: One Morning in Maine; Art Study: Universalis Cosmographia; Music Study: "The Infernal Dance of King Katschei" from The Firebird; Poetry Study: "Ferry Me Across the Water" |
| Read Aloud | Burgess Animal Book for Children |
| Bible | David's Sin p227 | Absalom Tries to Become King p228 | Absalom Loses His Life p230 | David Counts His Soldiers p232 | |
Science
| | Read p 35-36 in EC. | Activity 5.3 Split a Squash + roast pumpkin seeds | | |
| History | Read "Robin Hood" in SOTW (p 180-185); Robin Hood hat craft | | | Review Timeline; Read, "John Lackland and the Magna Carta" p177-180 in SOTW. History Journal Week 15 | |
| Memory Work | Scandinavia Due 12/4 Parts of a Flower Due 12/9 History Timeline Qtr. 1 & 2 Due 12/9 Prayer 2 2, 5 & 10 Multiplication & Division Facts |
