Things to Remember:
Monday, Dec. 1 - Yearbook money is due
Monday - Wednesday, Dec. 1-Dec. 3 parent teacher conferences
Wednesday, Dec. 3 Field trip to Drury Lane Theater (Dress nicely)
Thursday, Dec. 4 John Lynn - Appalachian Trail Assembly
Friday, Dec. 5 No school
Holiday Service Project: Every year Prairiview School has a service project around the holiday season to help children and families in need. This year our efforts will benefit two organizations: Families of cancer patients who struggle financially and a family shelter service that supports victims of domestic violence. A note went home earlier explaining the details. If you would like another notice, please let me know.
Our class is responsible in providing for a family of four- a boy 14 years old, a boy 4 years old, and a mother and father. The children in our class have volunteered already for who they would like to provide a gift for. Some children chose the family of the cancer patient who struggle financially and other chose to provide a gift for the shelter. Some even volunteered to provide something for both. You may want to ask your child who they chose to provide for. If you would just like to send in gift certificates for the shelter, or as gifts for the family that is always welcome too.
Thank you so much for your generosity.
Reading This week we will continue our study of A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. The strategy focus is sequencing and summarization. The students will also continue their vocabulary development as they use context clues as well as synonmys and antonyms to help them understand words in the text.
English - This week we will begin a unit on verbs. The students will identify and use action verbs in sentences. The will also identfy the main and helping verb in a sentence.
Math - The students will be responsble for knowing all their multiplication facts through 11. They should practice their 12 x's tables as well. They will write and solve multiplication and division equations. They will also learn the problem solving strategy, predict and test to help them solve problems.
Social Studies We will begin a unit on the people and events that shaped the Southeast Region. The students will learn about the culture of the Cherokee who lived in the Southeast before the Europeans came to America and compare that to their lives after they came. They will also learn about the important explorers of the region and the areas they explored.
Science - Adaptations is the subject of the new chapter we will be studying. The "Big Idea" for this first part is "Living things are adapted for survival in their environment." We begin this chapter by investigating the adaptations of birds to their environment, by comparing the way they get their food to the different shapes of their beaks. We will also look at the behavior of animals and how their behaviors help them meet their needs.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
News From Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 17-21st
Important dates to Remember:
Nov. 18 - Roller Skating Party 4:00-6:45
Nov. 21- End of first trimester
Nov. 26-28 No school
2008-2009 Year book order forms will go home with the students on Friday, Nov. 14th. Usually the students really enjoy getting these at the end of the year. The year books have to be ordered by December 1, 2008. No orders will be taken after that date. Parents just a reminder -- Prairieview yearbooks are not paid for at registration, so please place your order now. They are $10.00 and checks are made payable to Lifetouch.
Thank you to all who contributed to the Book Worm drive. We collected over 200 books from our classroom.
Spelling- The pattern this week is consonant + y words with the endings ing and ed. The students should write their spelling words one time each evening and turn them in the next day.
The students will not have a spelling test this Friday.
English - This week the students will go over singular and possessive nouns. This is a difficult concept to learn, so any extra help you can give your child on this skill will be appreciated. The English test is on Wednesday of this week over nouns. There will be an English assignment each night to help them practice for the skills from this unit.
Reading We will finish writing our response to the reading prompt: "How does E.B. White show that Charlotte's Web is a book about friendship?" The reading strategy focus will be on problem solving this week. The students will read stories and discuss the problems and solutions throughout the story. Reading skills will focus on synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.
Remember Our Reading party is on November 21. All folders are due by Thursday, November 20th.
Math This week the students will identify and apply the multiplication properties: Zero Property, Identity Property, Commutiative Property, Associative Property, and the Distributive Property. They will also write and evaluate multiplication and division expressions. They should study their 6 times tables this week. A timed test over 6's will be on Friday.
Social Studies The test over chapter 6 is on Tuesday of this week. We will review on Monday of this week.
Things to know and study:
vocabulary
all sheets in their binder landforms of the Southeast and the characteristics of each
climate of the Southeast
What is a hurricane? (4 details)
How can a hurricane be destructive? (3 details)
reasons for lighthouses in the Southeast
animals of the Southeast (from the coastal plains and the Appalachian Mountain areas)
crops/products of the Southeast( Should be able to tell at least two main resources (renewable/nonrenewable) and where there are found in the Southeast. Tell about two crops and where they are mostly grown)
What is a product of the logging industry
power plants of the Southeast (What product do they need to run their machines?)
Science A test is planned for Thursday of this week. The students should study the information from chapter 2, Life Cycles, in their science books. They should know all the information on the sheets in their binders.
Things to know:
all vocabulary
Where do genes come from?
parts of the plant that feed the embryo
How do ferns, mosses reproduce?
tubers
life cycles of different animals
life cycles of a seed producing plant and a spore producing plant
Nov. 18 - Roller Skating Party 4:00-6:45
Nov. 21- End of first trimester
Nov. 26-28 No school
2008-2009 Year book order forms will go home with the students on Friday, Nov. 14th. Usually the students really enjoy getting these at the end of the year. The year books have to be ordered by December 1, 2008. No orders will be taken after that date. Parents just a reminder -- Prairieview yearbooks are not paid for at registration, so please place your order now. They are $10.00 and checks are made payable to Lifetouch.
Thank you to all who contributed to the Book Worm drive. We collected over 200 books from our classroom.
Spelling- The pattern this week is consonant + y words with the endings ing and ed. The students should write their spelling words one time each evening and turn them in the next day.
The students will not have a spelling test this Friday.
English - This week the students will go over singular and possessive nouns. This is a difficult concept to learn, so any extra help you can give your child on this skill will be appreciated. The English test is on Wednesday of this week over nouns. There will be an English assignment each night to help them practice for the skills from this unit.
Reading We will finish writing our response to the reading prompt: "How does E.B. White show that Charlotte's Web is a book about friendship?" The reading strategy focus will be on problem solving this week. The students will read stories and discuss the problems and solutions throughout the story. Reading skills will focus on synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.
Remember Our Reading party is on November 21. All folders are due by Thursday, November 20th.
Math This week the students will identify and apply the multiplication properties: Zero Property, Identity Property, Commutiative Property, Associative Property, and the Distributive Property. They will also write and evaluate multiplication and division expressions. They should study their 6 times tables this week. A timed test over 6's will be on Friday.
Social Studies The test over chapter 6 is on Tuesday of this week. We will review on Monday of this week.
Things to know and study:
vocabulary
all sheets in their binder landforms of the Southeast and the characteristics of each
climate of the Southeast
What is a hurricane? (4 details)
How can a hurricane be destructive? (3 details)
reasons for lighthouses in the Southeast
animals of the Southeast (from the coastal plains and the Appalachian Mountain areas)
crops/products of the Southeast( Should be able to tell at least two main resources (renewable/nonrenewable) and where there are found in the Southeast. Tell about two crops and where they are mostly grown)
What is a product of the logging industry
power plants of the Southeast (What product do they need to run their machines?)
Science A test is planned for Thursday of this week. The students should study the information from chapter 2, Life Cycles, in their science books. They should know all the information on the sheets in their binders.
Things to know:
all vocabulary
Where do genes come from?
parts of the plant that feed the embryo
How do ferns, mosses reproduce?
tubers
life cycles of different animals
life cycles of a seed producing plant and a spore producing plant
Friday, November 7, 2008
News From Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 10 - 14
Things to Remember :
Monday, November 10 - poinsettia order forms due
Tuesday, November 11 - No School Veteran's Day
Tuesday, Novemer 18 - Roller Skating party 4-6:45
Friday, November 21 - First trimester ends
Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday, November 26-November 28.
Week of Dec. 1 - Parent/teacher conferences
Tuesday, December 2 - Report cards will be sent home
We are still collecting new and gently used books for Book Worm Angels. They are due November 14th.
Spelling- This week's spelling pattern is to make the er and est form of a noun that ends in y. This week the students will be asked to write their spelling words once each. They will need to do this every day.
English - We will continue our work with nouns. The students will review singular and plural nouns. They will also practice writing nouns ending in y.
**A test is planned for Wednesday of next week over nouns.
Reading - This week we will wrap up our Charlotte's Web unit. The students will share their character webs with the class. Together we will write a response to the question: How does the author show that Charlotte's Web is a story of friendship? The students will use text references and add their own ideas to write an answer to the question. We will watch the movie Charlotte's Web as a culminating activity.
Don't Forget: Reading folders should be turned in by November 19th. The reading party is November 21.
Math - This week the students will work on problem solving. They will choose the correct operation to solve the problems. They may have to add, subtract, multiply or divided. They will also work on their 4 times tables. Please work on the facts that go home this week with them.
**A test is planned for Friday of this week on chapter 4. There is also a timed test on Friday on their 4 times tables.
Social Studies A map quiz will be given on Wednesday of this week. The students should be able to write the names of the states in the Southeast Region where they belong on the map. They should be able to write the names of the bodies of water (Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean) in the correct places. I will give extra points for the capitals written correctly on the map.
Questions to think about: What are the major landforms in the Southeast and describe them. What is a hurricane and how can it be destructive? Be able to tell at least three ways that it can be destructive.
**At test is planned for Tuesday, November 18th over chapter 6.
Science This week we will investigate animal life cycles. The students will look for similarites and differences in animal life cycles. They will learn about direct development. Direct development describes the way an organism grows and matures. The offspring closely resemble the adults when they are born - they are just smaller in size. A metamorphosis is a different way that an organism grows and matures. In this way, the young offspring do not look like the adult. Offspring must undergo changes in shape or characteristics to look like the adult form.
A test is planned for Thursday, November 20 over chapter 2.
Monday, November 10 - poinsettia order forms due
Tuesday, November 11 - No School Veteran's Day
Tuesday, Novemer 18 - Roller Skating party 4-6:45
Friday, November 21 - First trimester ends
Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday, November 26-November 28.
Week of Dec. 1 - Parent/teacher conferences
Tuesday, December 2 - Report cards will be sent home
We are still collecting new and gently used books for Book Worm Angels. They are due November 14th.
Spelling- This week's spelling pattern is to make the er and est form of a noun that ends in y. This week the students will be asked to write their spelling words once each. They will need to do this every day.
English - We will continue our work with nouns. The students will review singular and plural nouns. They will also practice writing nouns ending in y.
**A test is planned for Wednesday of next week over nouns.
Reading - This week we will wrap up our Charlotte's Web unit. The students will share their character webs with the class. Together we will write a response to the question: How does the author show that Charlotte's Web is a story of friendship? The students will use text references and add their own ideas to write an answer to the question. We will watch the movie Charlotte's Web as a culminating activity.
Don't Forget: Reading folders should be turned in by November 19th. The reading party is November 21.
Math - This week the students will work on problem solving. They will choose the correct operation to solve the problems. They may have to add, subtract, multiply or divided. They will also work on their 4 times tables. Please work on the facts that go home this week with them.
**A test is planned for Friday of this week on chapter 4. There is also a timed test on Friday on their 4 times tables.
Social Studies A map quiz will be given on Wednesday of this week. The students should be able to write the names of the states in the Southeast Region where they belong on the map. They should be able to write the names of the bodies of water (Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean) in the correct places. I will give extra points for the capitals written correctly on the map.
Questions to think about: What are the major landforms in the Southeast and describe them. What is a hurricane and how can it be destructive? Be able to tell at least three ways that it can be destructive.
**At test is planned for Tuesday, November 18th over chapter 6.
Science This week we will investigate animal life cycles. The students will look for similarites and differences in animal life cycles. They will learn about direct development. Direct development describes the way an organism grows and matures. The offspring closely resemble the adults when they are born - they are just smaller in size. A metamorphosis is a different way that an organism grows and matures. In this way, the young offspring do not look like the adult. Offspring must undergo changes in shape or characteristics to look like the adult form.
A test is planned for Thursday, November 20 over chapter 2.
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