Mrs. Ray’s Weekly Update – 2/10/2020

Weekly Update for 2/10 -2/14

Art of Words

Bible Verse: Review Psalm 19 (Due 2/14)

Grammar: Pattern 3 Sentence – Indirect Objects; Capitalization and Punctuation

Literature: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Vocabulary Test – 2/14)

Geography: Mexico, Central America, and South America

Spelling list and formatted PDF: Weekly Update 2.10-2.14_pdf

Art of Numbers

Science: Heat conduction

Math:

Fact Families
Distributive property with Multiplication
Money Subtraction
Solving for n with Multiplication

Events:

Tea with Tumnus – Wednesday, February 12^th
South America Presentations – Wednesday, February 19^th
Presidents Presentation – Wednesday March 18^th
- We will be starting out President’s Study the week after Valentine’s Day so please begin having your students send in the three presidents in which they would like to complete research about with a reason for each of them. Once all of them are in, I will give them which president they will present.
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