Weekly Memo (November 11-15)

Learning Responsibility


We did it! We made it through our first week of lockers, and what a ride it was! The first day was a mixture of excitement, some anxiety, and a little frustration. By Friday, the excitement was still there, but the anxiety and frustration had just about left.

Before we moved into the lockers, we practice our combinations and we walked through how to organize a locker (i.e., books should be vertical, spines facing out, books grouped together). Since then, we’ve worked mainly on the social aspects (i.e., not shouting, waiting for the person above/below to finish, not pushing, etc.) and being quick.
It’s been fun watching this whole process knowing how developing these skills now will help them at the secondary campus. When we went to the secondary campus for the matinee on Friday, I saw our kids eyeing the purple lockers in the hallway, and several asked me about them. The locker thing is a big deal for many of our kids, and I love that by practicing now, much of their anxiety will be lessened.

Practically, do we need to have lockers this year? No, not really.

Should we have lockers this year? Absolutely!

Even with a week of practice under our belts, I’m curious how many combinations I’ll have to look up tomorrow morning. But I guess that’s why we’re practicing, right?



What We’re Learning This Week (if all goes as planned)

I’ll mark each thing we get finished, and you can check back each day to see what we were able to get accomplished (and what we didn’t quite make it to).

Monday (Veterans Day Programs— PV & Secondary Campus; Computers; PE)
  • Bible
    • Journal
    • Memory Verse Practice
    • Moses Fears God
  • English
    • Daily Language Review
    • Veterans Day Writing
  • Math
    • (No math set today— Veterans’ Day performances)
  • Science
    • The Kelp Forest Food Web
  • Spelling
    • List 14 (p. 70)
  • Reading
    • Independent Reading (100,000 AR Words due December 19)

Tuesday (Computers; Music)
  • Bible
    • Journal
    • Memory Verse Practice
    • Moses Fears God
  • English
    • Diagramming Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs
    • Adjectives (Voyages 3.1 & 3.2)
    • Descriptive Writing
  • Math
    • Lesson 40
  • Science
    • Kelp Forest Food Web
    • Predators & Prey
    • Web of Life: Life in the Sea
  • Spelling
    • List 14 Practice (p. 71)
  • Reading
    • Journeys story— "Everglades Forever"
    • Vocabulary Review
    • Independent Reading (100,000 AR Words due December 19)

Wednesday (Computers; Music)
  • Bible
    • Journal
    • Memory Verse Practice
    • Moses Fears God
  • English
    • Daily Language Review
    • Diagramming Practice (compound subjects)
    • Adjectives (Voyages 3.3)
  • Math
    • Grade Lesson 40
    • Pre-Test
  • Science
    • Food & Nutrients
  • Spelling
    • List 14 Practice (p. 72-73)
  • Reading
    • Journeys story— "Everglades Forever"
    • Focus: Cause & Effect; Author’s Purpose
    • Independent Reading (100,000 AR Words due December 19)


Thursday (Art; Computers; PE/Taekwonastics)
  • Bible
    • Journal
    • Practice Memory Verse
    • Moses Fears God
  • English
    • Daily Language Review
    • Diagramming Practice (compound subjects)
    • Adjectives (Voyages 3.2)
  • Math
    • Test (Lessons 1-40)
  • Science
    • Food & Nutrients
  • Spelling
    • List 14 Pre-Test
  • Reading
    • Journeys story— "Everglades Forever"
    • Independent Reading (100,000 AR Words due December 19)

Friday (Book Buddies; Library)
  • Bible
    • Memory Verse Test
    • Moses Fears God
  • English
    • Journeys Comprehension & Vocabulary Quizzes
    • Adjectives Review
  • Math
    • Go over Test
    • Lesson 41
  • Science
    • Food & Nutrients
  • Spelling
    • Test (if necessary)
  • Reading
    • Independent Reading (100,000 AR Words due December 19)


This Week’s Memory Verse
"The Lord trains the one he loves.
He corrects everyone he accepts as his son."

Hebrews 12:6


This Week’s Spelling List
List 14 (p. 70)
  1. judge
  2. major
  3. subject
  4. legend
  5. general
  6. character
  7. chorus
  8. occur
  9. accurate
  10. occasion
  11. junior
  12. lodge
  13. ridge
  14. ledge
  15. Georgia
  16. orchestra
  17. mechanic
  18. chord
  19. accuse
  20. raccoon

This Week’s Tests & Quizzes
  • Thursday
    • Spelling Pre-Test
    • Math Test (Lessons 1-40)
  • Friday
    • Spelling Test (if necessary)
    • Memory Verse Test
    • Bible Test
    • Journeys Comprehension & Vocabulary Quizzes

Upcoming Projects
  • Monday, November 11-Monday, November 18— Thanksgiving Food Drive; 5th Grade— Cake Mix & Icing
  • 2nd Nine Weeks AR Guidelines (100,000 words by December 19)— Download PDF

Chapel This Friday
Song— Aidan Stair
Song— Luke Custer
Prayer— Connor Mann
Scripture— Austin Headley


Safety Patrol Rotation




Important Dates & Upcoming Events
  • Monday, November 11
    • PV Elementary Veterans Day Assembly (8:10-9:00 AM) *DATE CHANGE*
    • Secondary Campus Veterans Day Assembly (5th grade will perform; 10:15)
    • Students should wear a red, white, or blue polo. No out-of-uniform passes allowed.



Resource of the Week

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Helpful Links

Classroom Resource Page (for class schedule, safety patrol rotation, textbooks, etc.)


Google Classroom (students may access this from their Google drive account)


Class ShowMe Page (video tutorials)