Week 3: Please bring to class Thursday, September 3: Homework Folder w/ Assignments Bible Journal Skinny Shurley Workbook Morning Snack, Water Bottle, Lunch, Afternoon Science Snack IEW (Fables, Myths, Fairy Tales) Workbook Abe Lincoln Book, Yellow Lit Folder History Narration Journal Science Notebooking Journal and Blue Science Folder Supplies and Watercolors (if you did not leave at school last week) Sketchbook

Veritas Classical Schools 3rd/4th Grade

Assignment Sheet #3 September 3, 2020

Due: September 10, 2020 Nicole Richardson Nicole.vcsnashville@gmail.com 615-848-8123 Grammar: Shurley English

In your large Shurley workbook review Jingles 1-4 (pages 2-3). Practice singing these jingles each day.

Review reference 7 on page 14 in your large Shurley workbook.

Complete the Shurley Grammar Worksheet. We completed number 5 in class as an example. I have also included a Question and Answer Flow example in the homework folder. You may file this in your reference binder after completing your homework. Place the completed Shurley Worksheet in your homework folder.

Complete Grammar Worksheet page 90. You may use abbreviations to label sentences (D, Imp, Int, E).

Complete Grammar Worksheet page 186. Review the rules at the top of the page with a parent.

Writing: Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales

Parents, today we continued learning how to write a Key Word Outline (KWO). Please review “Key Word Outlines” on page 13, as well as the work we completed today in class on pages 16-17.

Review with your parent the symbols that can be used (Symbols page is in Reference Binder). The symbols do not count toward our “three word” rule (3 words per line on the KWO).

Using only the KWO on page 17, try retelling the fable to a parent in your own words.

Vocabulary: Wordly Wise

Study the meanings of the words in Lesson 2.

You will have a vocabulary test in 2 weeks.

Complete 2A and 2B in your workbook. Spelling: Spelling Workout

Parents please administer a practice test to your child. Include spelling words, a dictation sentence, and the optional challenge words. Our test next week will only cover the first 10 words on the spelling list in the workbook, as well as 1 dictation sentence and the 3 optional challenge words. Place the practice test in the homework folder.

Complete Lesson 3, pages 13-15 in your Spelling workbook.

Optional: Complete page 16 in your Spelling workbook.

Challenge Words: answered petition monarchy

Be prepared to take a Spelling Test next week. Literature: God’s Leader for a Nation Abraham Lincoln

Read Chapter 5 and 6.

Summarize each chapter to a parent orally.

3rd Grade: Write one fact from each chapter on a separate sheet of notebook paper (2 facts total). We will share facts during our class discussion next week. OPTIONAL: 3rd Grade you may write two facts from each chapter if you wish.

4th Grade: Write two facts from each chapter on a separate sheet of notebook paper. (4 facts total). We will share facts during our class discussion next week.

Place completed literature work in your Yellow Literature Folder. History: Story of the World, Volume 4

Read Chapter 3 “British Invasions” with a parent.

3rd Grade: Narrate and Illustrate 1 section of the chapter.

4th Grade: Narrate and Illustrate both sections of the chapter.

Map: Complete Map 3: “Wandering Through Africa” using the directions listed below: 1. The Dutch, English, and other Europeans were already living and trading in a busy town in the south of Africa. Label this town on the line provided. This is the town that Livingstone wanted to move away from. Draw an arrow from this town toward the next city, Kuruman, in South Africa. 2. Robert Moffat, the missionary who inspired Livingstone, had been living in the town of Kuruman. Label this city on your map. 3. Draw an arrow from Kuruman toward the city of Mabotsa. Label the town of Mabotsa on your map. (Remember, this is the town in which Livingstone was mauled by a lion.) 4. Label the Kalahari Desert on your map.

5. Livingstone went home to England to publish his book, Missionary Travels, in 1857. Some of his later travels began at the town of Mikindani, which is on the eastern coast of Africa. His travels ended up at Ujiji. Label Ujiji on your map.

Parents, I will attach a map answer key to the parent email this week. Geography: Maps, Charts and Graphs

Complete Lesson 3 in your workbook. Critical Thinking: 3rd Grade:

Primary Analogies: Compete pages 5-6.

4th Grade:

Creative Thinking Puzzlers: Complete page 3.

Think Analogies: Complete pages 5-6. Handwriting/Copy Work: 3rd Grade:

We are starting Unit 3. Complete the first three pages of the unit, “Writing Undercurve Cursive Letters: undercurve letters, downcurve letters and undercurve letters.” As my email previously stated, many students have workbooks with varying page numbers. The book and content are the same, but the page numbers are not. I am attaching an image of the pages to the PDF file on the website this week, so you may double check that you are completing the correct pages.

Parents, please monitor your child while the copy work is being completed. This is very important, especially as the students are still learning letter formation. If you see a letter that is being formed incorrectly, point it out right away and have your child fix it immediately. Do the same with misspelled words.

Remove your completed work, staple the pages, and place this in your homework folder.

Be sure your name is on your paper. 4th Grade:

Complete Lesson 3.

Use any blank page from the back of the book to complete the Day Four copy work.

Remove all of the pages for Lesson 3 and place them in your homework folder. Be sure your name is on your paper.

Parents, please monitor your child while the copy work is being completed. This is very important, especially as the students are still learning letter formation. If you see a letter that is being formed incorrectly, point it out right away and have your child fix it immediately. Do the same with misspelled words.

I have checked all of my child’s work and he/she has all of the assignments completed for this week. Please initial all of your child’s assignments. Thank you! ____________________ Parent Signature I have completed all of my assignments for this week. _____________________ Student Signature Notes to teacher:

Veritas Classical Schools-Nashville

Week 3

September 3, 2020

Bible/Character Study: o Respect: Showing regard for the worth of someone or something.

o Memorize the Ten Commandments by October 1st (Week 7). The Ten Commandments are found in

Exodus 20:3-17. Parents, you may want to use the key words to help your child learn the commandments. They can say the commandments to me with or without the key words. (Very few believers can name the Ten Commandments. These go along with respecting God and law and authority.) Students do not have to memorize Exodus 20:3-17, but instead just memorize the commandments (as written below.) They should know that the commandments are found in Exodus 20. Memorize Commandments 1 and 2 by September 10th

1. gods You shall have no other gods before me. 2. idol You shall not make for yourself an idol. 3. name You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. 4. Sabbath Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 5. honor Honor your father and your mother. 6. murder You shall not murder. 7. adultery You shall not commit adultery. 8. steal You shall not steal. 9. false testimony You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

10. covet You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. o Family Activity: Watch this video and try to sing along! We’ll be practicing this song in class too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2q32Q9dtOM Students may sing the Ten Commandments (not the whole song) instead of reciting them if they prefer.

o Project: Due October 1st (Week 7). Make clay tablets. See the attached sheet for the directions for making the clay tablets. If you would like to do a different art form to make the tablets, you may do so. I have seen some great tablets made out of cardboard! Be creative!

o Family Discussion: We will be discussing Moses in class, how he received the Ten Commandments and how he showed respect to God. Read a story about Joseph and his family so your child can understand how the Israelite people came to be in Egypt. You may choose to read about him in the Bible in Genesis chapter 37 thru chapter 50 or in a Bible story book. As you read, discuss ways that Joseph honored God.

o Sing 10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman a few times this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtwIT8JjddM

NameCAP ITALIZATION

Date

Rule 8: CaPitalize daYs and months'

Examples: TuesdaY January

Rule 9: Capitalize holidays and special days'

Examples: Thanksgiving Independence Day

Rule 10: Capitalize the name of special events'

Examples:TampaArtsFestivalArizonaSeniorolympicsKingsdaleCarnivalPhoenixopenGolfTournamentFour Seasons Rodeo Orange Bowl Parade'

AllstateHorseShowBarrettJacksonAutoAuction

Do not capitalize the event unless a specific name is given'

Jan PlaYed in a golf tournament'

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1. My favorite daY of the week is

2. Do you like Thanksgiving or Christmas better?

3. My favorite holidaY is

4. My favorite sPecial daY is

5. My birlhdaY is in the month of

6. Another month that I like is because

7. A special event I attended this year was

8. A special event I would like to attend is

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Shurley Grammar Worksheet Name:________________

Week 3 Date: _________________

Classify the following sentences:

1. Kittens sleep peacefully.

2. Balloons floated upward.

3. Rain fell softly today.

4. Horses run swiftly away.

5. Children played quietly yesterday.