4th 6 Weeks of 5th Grade

Ginny started week 19 on Feb 27 and finished week 24 at the end of April. Nate started his sabbatical on Feb 22nd so he and I tried out splitting up some of the school work. He did most of Ginny’s work and reading with her for this unit.

In bible, we are working through some Stars material as our devotional content. For school, we have a book called Starting Strong and daily bible selections. We also read about and pray for a native group each week using American Indian Prayer Guide. And we have a weekly memory selection of a scripture.

In history/social studies, our spines are American History: A Visual Encyclopedia and Landmark History of the American People. We do timeline once a week and current events on Fridays with World Kids.

Read Alouds were Across Five Aprils and we started Caddie Woodlawn. Our poetry book for the year is How to Eat a Poem.

In Reading / LA we have Sequential Spelling 1 for spelling, Wordly Wise 3000 Book 4 for vocabulary, and Grammar Ace for grammar. She has a weekly creative assignment or project. We do a cursive activity each week.

Ginny read Turn Homeward Hannalee, Shades of Gray, and Old Yeller.

For Science we are working through the Discover and Do Science A science videos and experiments with Joel. This unit we read sections from Did you Know? Science. She read all of Magic School Bus and the Electric Trip, Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World, and What Makes a Magnet? She also had a weekly reading from The Story of Inventions.

Math is Horizons 4. She is still working Prodigy for some supplemental practice to help her with her multiplication/division facts. We will move straight into 5 when she is finished.

Ginny’s extras were pretty exciting! We had a week of VBS during McGregor spring break and the very next day we headed off to Israel for a mission trip and tour. This was Ginny’s first international trip. Ginny and Joel participated in the McGregor Easter Egg hunt as well as a passover seder and cross walk. We got some baby chicks which are always fun to play with. Nate and the kids spent a week in Boca Chica trying to get a chance to watch Starship launch, and it did! Most of Nate’s family met down there as well so it was a good visit. She has been doing a volleyball clinic on Saturdays but has missed a lot of them due to all of our travels. Thinking she might try to play in the fall.