Windsor T/TH 08/22-08/28

3rd week 3	Tue, Aug 22	Wed, Aug 23	Thu, Aug 24	Fri, Aug 25	Mon, Aug 28	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Dependability- "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23
Bible	Jesus Is Tempted pg 371. Prayer time.	Jesus Makes Five New Friends pg 373. Pray for your classmate.	The Wedding at Cana pg 376. Prayer time.	Jesus Keeps the Passover pg 377. Pray for your classmate.	Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
Math	Fact practice. Ch 1 Lesson 11 TG - pg 32-33, WB pg 33-36	Fact Practice Ch 2 Lesson 1 TG - pg 54-55, TB pg 42-43, WB pg 37-40,	Chapter 1 Test	Fact Practice Ch 2 Lesson 2 TG - pg 56-57, TB pg 44-45, WB pg 41-42. Make test corrections to turn in on Tuesday.	Fact Practice, turn in on Tuesday. Ch 2 Lesson 3 TG - pg 58-59, TB pg 46-47, WB pg 43-46	Extra Practice: TB pg 38-40 Complete test B sent home on Tuesday.
Writing	Vocab - chorus, lurch, venture					The IEW checklist for "Belling the Cat" can be found in the communication pocket in the campus binder. There is an IEW example page under the writing tab in the campus binder.
	IEW Lesson 3 Writing from outlines. Belling The Cat Dress-Ups - Strong verbs and banned words. Assignment 1. Write KWO and oral retell. Introduce new vocab words.	IEW pg 20 assignment 2. Complete pg 24 Brainstorming Strong Verbs. Review banned words pg 19. Oral Retell, if you are having trouble rework KWO. Review vocab words.	IEW pg 20 assignment 4 & 5. Introduce Quotation marks pg 21. Use KWO to start writing your own version of Belling the Cat. Review banned words pg 19. Review vocab words.	Finish writing rough draft(RD) of Belling the Cat if not completed in class yesterday (assignment 4 & 5 on pg. 20). Proofread rough draft. Make 3x5 cards of the vocab words. See notes for details.
Grammar	Ch 2 L 3 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Activity/ Assignment Time.	Ch 2 L 3 Jingle Time, Grammar Time. PB pg 1 Ch 2 L3	Ch 2 L4 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Activity/ Assignment Time.	Ch 2 L4 Jingle Time, Grammar Time. PB pg 1 Ch 2 L4. WB pg 61 Ch2 L4 P1-2.
Spelling	Review step 1. Dictate sentences 6-10	Review step 1, Dictate sentences 11-15	Review step 1. Dictate sentences 16-20	Step 2 pg 21-25. Consonant Team TCH. Students copy 10 words. Dictate sentences 1-3		Proper dictation instructions found on pg. 20 Spelling step sheet behind spelling tab.
Reading	Reading Discussion	Read aloud "Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England" pg 1-10.	Reading Discussion	Read aloud "Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England" pg 11-18. Answer questions in reading journal.
Read aloud	Magician's Nephew
History	Ch3 - James, King of Two Countries					Please use journal rubric to complete the journal entry.
	Share journal entry. Read and discuss Psalm 23. Watch video. Turn in history journal for grading.	Read James and His Enemies and narrate.		Read King James's Town and narrate.	Journal entry: Describe what you think life would have been like during that first year at the Jamestown colony?
Science		Read The Abyss, Abyssal Animals, The Bottom pg 13-16 Narrate what you read today.	Writing Prompt, You are a wave that is rushing toward the shore. What are you thinking about as you feel the power pushing you forward? Turn in science journal for grading.	Ocean Box pg 17		Please use journal rubric to complete the journal entry.
Key Dates	Key Dates - 1-3 - Due 9/28
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/7
Poetry	Poetry - Review Poems from 2nd Grade

If you need anything or have questions, please email me at jwindsor@fortisacademy.net

Important Dates

8/22 - Picture Day

8/31 - Dogs Day/ Spirit Day/Pizza Day

9/5 - Labor Day Holiday - No school

9/14 - Spirit Day/No Pizza

BLOG KEY

General:

Ch – Chapter

Ex – Exercise

L – Lesson

pg – Page(s)

Math:

TG – Teacher’s Guide

TB – Textbook

WB – Workbook

FP – Facts Practice 

Writing:
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline

RD - Rough Draft

FD - Final Draft

Math:
WORKBOOK AND TEXTBOOK EXERCISES:
Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance. Initial the top when all problems have been completed correctly. 

Fact Practices: Fact practice (FP) will be completed daily.  The previous week's completed sheets will be collected every Tuesday for a homework grade.  You will need to set a timer for 5 min.  If not finished, draw a line where they have completed to and have them finish the math fact practice page for that day. 

IEW:
We will be writing our first story over the next week and a half. We start each new lesson with a KWO, and then write the story in our own words.

Vocabulary Cards

Students will be completing 3 vocabulary cards most weeks. On one side, they should write the vocabulary word. The definition and sample sentence should be written on the back. These are to be kept at home for review.

Spelling:

Review spelling and syllable division rules.

Review phonograms.

This week, we'll review phonograms and syllable division rules from previous levels.

Reading:
We are starting "Good Queen Bess" this week. Please note that there are no written assignments on Wednesdays the weeks I collect journals for grading. I collect journals on  designatedTuesdays and return on them on the following Thursdays.

Science:
Please bring the science textbook and journal to school on Thursday only.  

Geography:
Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for pointing to the continents and oceans on a map.