Exam Questions
Bible
1. Tell me about either Creation or the Flood.
2. What is something from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount that truly stuck with you?
Copywork
Copy the following quote:
"He who knows best knows how little he knows." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Handwriting
Write your name in perfect formation, with perfect spacing between letters.
Day 1: Teddy
Day 2: David
Day 3: Morris
(**My son has dysgraphia/dyslexia and he struggles with writing, creating the need to work on basic handwriting in a remedial fashion, combining it with copywork. Many students by this age will not need both, and you can simply assign copywork.)
Composition : Personal Narrative
Tell me about your favorite school lesson, trip, book, activity, or nature outing this term.
Biography
Tell me about the character that Teacher displayed in the life of Helen Keller.
Nature Lore
Tell me what you think makes a naturalist (like Jane Goodall) love their research or their work.
Literature
1. Choose a child or Mamsie from Five Little Peppers to describe.
2. Choose an event from Star of Light to describe.
3. What do you know so far about what Pilgrim's journey represents and what we can learn from the story of Pilgrim's Progress?
4.What do you think Pilgrim's journey still has to come?
American History
1.What was life like for explorers of the New World?
2. Choose two explorers of the New World and compare or contrast them, or their journeys.
Ancient History
1. What did you find interesting about the Gladiators?
2. Tell me about the first Christians in Rome?
3. Describe the structures of the Mound Builders and why they were an incredible feat.
Geography
1. Describe one of Paddle's adventures.
2. What ONE word would you use to describe Paddle's journey, and why?
Geography: Mapping
Construct, draw, correct, and finalize plans for the room that we are in.
Picture Study
1.Which Whistler paining did you enjoy the most, and why?
2. Describe Whistler's style of painting.
3. What did you find interesting about Whistler's life?
Zoology
1.What is life like on an African savannah?
2.What African animal did you find most fascinating, and why?
Natural History
1.Choose a bird from our readings to tell me about, and describe his life and habits to me.
2.Choose either the Old Orchard or the Smiling Brook and tell me what has been happening there.
Citizenship
1. Tell me what you learned about life as a Massai.
2. Choose one of the African countries that we explored and describe the life of a typical family.
Math
1. Choose a concept from your Math Notebook to tell me about.
2. Make a table or chart to record the square, blue, and green items in the room.
3. Tell me about the data on your table.
Dictation
Day 1: AND
Sh Words
Day 2: FROM
Ch Words
Day 3: SHE
Th Words
(**My son's dyslexia means that we are still learning to read, and could be for several more years. Our exams look differently, as a result, and yours can just include reading aloud for this age.)
Reading
Choose a word family from your Super Speller (word notebook) to read and write it here.
Composer Study
1. Choose either The Messiah or Water Music to tell me about.
2. What did you find interesting about the life of Handel?
Nature Study
1.Choose something from your nature journal entries this term to tell me about.
2. Tell me about a walk, observation, or exploration that you have had this term.
Shakespeare
1.What character in The Tempest did you find most surprising, and why?
2. If you could rewrite the ending of The Tempest, how would the story conclude or resolve?
Hymn Study
1.Why do you think Amazing Grace is such an enduring, well-loved hymn?
2. How can we see how amazing God's grace truly is in the life of John Newton?
Folk Song
Describe the interesting history of The Crabfish.
Architecture
Describe the columns of greek architecture.
Word of the Day
Choose a word from your personal Dictionary, tell me what it means and write it in a sentence here.
(Repeat on days 2 and 3)
Recitation/Memory Work
1. Recite Calico Pie
2. Recite Psalm 100
3. Recite "Spring"
4. Recite Colossians 3:23
5. Answer catechism questions #s 1-15.
Music/ Solfa
Sing Amazing Grace
Sing And Can It Be
Sing A Tisket, A Tasket
Sing and Use Solfa Hand Motions for Star Light, Star Bright
Drawing
Repeat and improve upon a drawing project completed this term.
Painting
Paint anything that you believe will display your painting skills.
ASL
1.Show me some finger spelling and sign some word learned this term.
2. Tell me the difference between ASL and exact signed English.
French
1. Sing B.A.N.J.O
2. Speak some words learned this term.
(**Because of dyslexia, language instruction of all types must be taken extremely slowly. Your questions might look different or be more difficult.)
Handicrafts
Complete your Heart soap carving and give it away.
Exam Week Schedule
Day 1
Bible
Copywork
Biography
Recitation
Word of the Day
Singing
Geography
Handwriting
American History
Ancient History
Picture Study
Zoology (2)
Citizenship
Math
Composer
Nature Study
Dictation
Folk Song
ASL
Day 2
Handwriting
Personal Narrative
Recitation
Word of Day
Singing
Nature Lore
Literature
American History
Ancient History
Picture Study
Geography
Citizenship
Math
Composer Study
Nature Study
Dictation
Hymn Study
French
Day 3
Bible
Handwriting
Literature
Word of the Day
Recitation
Singing
Ancient History
Mapping
Picture Study
Natural History (2)
Reading
Architecture
Shakespeare
Dictation
Drawing
ASL
Painting
Handicrafts
May Your Day be Spent...Delightfully Feasting,
Crystin <3
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