Mrs. Ray’s Weekly Update – 2/17 – 2/21

Weekly Update for 2/10 -2/14

Art of Words

Bible Verse: Joshua 24:14-15 (Due 2/21)

Grammar: Pattern 3 Sentence – Indirect Objects; Quotation Marks and Editing Skills

Literature: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Vocabulary Test – 2/25)

History: Presidents

Spelling: Presidents

Spelling list and formatted PDF: Weekly Update 2.17-2.21

Art of Numbers

Science: Heat conduction

Math:

Cross Multiplication
Solving for n with multiplication
Fact Families
Equivalent Fractions (comparing equal and non-equal fractions)
Distributive property with multiplication

Events:

South America Presentations – Wednesday, February 19^th
Presidents Presentation – Wednesday, March 18^th
- We will be starting out President’s Study this coming week so students need to send in the three presidents in which they would like to complete research about with a reason for each of them by Wednesday, February 19^th. Once all of them are in, I will give them which president they will present.

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