These will be Weeks 11 & 12 for Miss Thing (Days 51-60).
(For guidelines about how we break Miss Thing’s schedule down daily, please check out our “5th Grade Daily Schedule”. For more information about our homeschooling ‘style’, check out “How We Homeschool.” For a complete list of curriculum used this year in 5th grade, see “Curriculum Choices- Upper Grammar”) – coming soon, I promise!
These are listed in the order she likes to do them (which is how I write them in my assignment book).
Bible
Read the gospel of John. (21 chapters at 2-3 chapters per day)
Health
Read Beautiful Girlhood for assigned time each day. Write a five sentence paragraph to summarize each chapter read. (Introduction + Chapters 1-7)
Spelling
Mondays- Pretest + Write words three times each.
Tuesdays- Pretest + Use words in sentences.
Wednesdays- Pretest + Alphabetize words.
Thursdays- Test! (Write missed words three times each.)
Fridays- FREE if 100% on test -or- Test
WORDS #1: minute, monthly, January, seasonal, genesis, Wednesday, daily, yearly, December, October, occasionally, autumn, Exodus, Tuesday, August, November, February, September, Saturday, ancient.
WORDS #2: patio, mirror, vacuum, microwave oven, numbers, appliances, disposal, telephone, refrigerator, gauge, faucet, mantel, décor, utensil, furniture, comforter, recliner, curtain, Leviticus, chandelier
WORDS #2: patio, mirror, vacuum, microwave oven, numbers, appliances, disposal, telephone, refrigerator, gauge, faucet, mantel, décor, utensil, furniture, comforter, recliner, curtain, Leviticus, chandelier
Vocabulary
Mondays- Create flash cards.
Tuesdays- Review cards + Use words in sentences.
Wednesdays- Review cards + Write list of synonyms and antonyms.
Thursdays- Review cards + Test + Review any missed definitions.
Fridays- FREE if 100% on test -or- Test
WORDS: settler, mill, brewery, pasture, orchard, blacksmith, breeches, admiral, pelt, monopoly
Writing
Work in textbook for allotted time each day. (May do more than one “day” if time allows.)Reading & Literature
Read at least 1-2 chapters of assigned book (s ) each day for allotted time. Choose narration option.
Age of Fable: Ch 15, Ch 16
Little Women: Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 4, Ch 5, Ch 6
Oliver Twist: Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 4
Math
Work in textbook for allotted time each day. (Aim for 1-2 pages in textbook each day + applicable speed drills.)
Poetry
Read assigned poem each day.
Mondays: Read aloud to someone.
Tuesdays: Read + Define any unknown words.
Wednesdays: Read + Copy one stanza.
Thursdays: Read + Choose narration option.
Fridays: Read aloud to someone.
POEMS: The Children’s Song by Rudyard Kipling, If by Rudyard Kipling
Grammar
Work in workbook for allotted time each day. (Complete assignments in First Language Lessons first, then work in purple English book.)
Science
Read in assigned books daily. Choose narration option. Complete any experiments in chapters.
Madam How and Lady Why: Ch 8
Burgess Bird Book: Ch 3, Ch 4, Ch 5
Wild Animals I Have Known: Lobo
Christian Kids Explore Earth and Space: Lesson 12, Lesson 13
History
Read in assigned book (s ) daily. Choose narration/ discussion option.This Country of Ours: Chapters XIX, XX, XXI, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLII, XLV
Our Island Story: Chapters LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIII, LXXXIV, LXXXV
Geography
Read in assigned book (s ) daily. Tuesdays and Thursdays- work on map work and map drills- Identify, define, and label this month’s geography terms. Study map of United States as time allows.
Great Astronomers: Ptolemy, Copernicus
Around the World in 80 Days: Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 4
TERMS TO LEARN: continent, island, mountain, hill, isthmus, mainland, peninsula, cape, plain, prairie, shore, forest, field, tundra, desert, oasis, brook, creek, stream, river, pond, lake, inlet, outlet, sea, ocean, cove, bay, gulf, strait.
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