Friday, March 27, 2009
News From Mrs. Cavoto's Class April 6-April 10th
Things to Remember:
April 7th – Teacher Institute – No School
April 10th – No School
April 13th – Inventions are due
April 16th – Spring Open House
Roller skating permission slips went home. They are due by April 17th. Only 175 students will be able to attend. Please get them in right away!
Family Book Club Night is Wednesday, April 29th @ 6:30 p.m. Simply go to the Center Cass 66 District website, click on "Prairieview", and read more about this great school event! You can then print a registration form and send it in. Please note that registration has been extended.
Spelling- No spelling test this week
Reading - Those students who are reading Riding Freedom should be ready on with their book discussion sheets on chapters "In the Middle" and Chapters 6 & 7. Those students who are reading Behind Rebel Lines should be ready with their book discussion sheets on chapter 6-8. They are due Monday, April 6. We had a couple of days in class the week before break to work on this assignment, so many students probably already have this completed.
Don't forget to keep track of your reading in your folder. The reading that you are doing at home for your literature book can be counted on your reading folder.
English - The students will identify possessive pronouns in sentences and combine pronouns and verbs to write contractions. A test over Unit 6 Pronouns will be on Thursday, April 16th.
We will continue to write our Just Look books this week. Most students are finished with their research and are now organizing and typing up their information.
Science - In science this week the students will learn about other simple machines and how they help people do work. They will investigate inclined planes and explain how screws and wedges change the way work is done.
A test is planned for Tuesday, April 14th over chapter 17.
Things to know:
All vocabulary and essential ideas from the chapter
Be able to give examples of what scientists say that work is
What makes a wheel and axle a simple machine?
Know examples of how or when a pulley can be used
Be able to identify the simple machines - how they work and what they are made up of
Understand how a fulcrum works
Understand how force works
Social Studies The students will finish their Illinois research and writing this week.
Math - In math this week the students will learn about solid figures. They will identify different solid figures and compare the edges, faces and vertices of different solid figures. They will build a pyramid and a cube. A quiz will be on Wednesday over these concepts.
Friday, March 20, 2009
News From Mrs. Cavoto's Class March 23-March 27
Things to Remember:
March 27th - All school Field Trip to Tivoli on Friday (bring lunch if you can since everyone will be eating at the same time the hot lunch lines will be long)
March 30-April 3 - Spring Break
April 7 - Teacher Institute ( no school)
April 10 - No School
Spelling - This week in lesson 25 the students will study words with the ending ture. The spelling test will be on Thursday of this week.
English - The students are working on expository writing. They will research information from the resources that they have found on their topic. They will take notes and organize their information. It would be very helpful for them to print out any information they can find on line about their topic and bring it to school.
We will not have an English test on Thursday of this week as noted earlier. It is postponed until after spring break.
Reading The students have chosen the books they would like to read for book clubs. If they did not get their first choice this time, they will get in next time. They have begun preparing their discussion sheets. They need to finish reading chapters 1-2 and complete the discussion sheet by Monday. We will have our first Book Club on Monday.
Science - In science this week the students will find out how a pulley and a wheel-and-axle help people do work.
Social Studies The students have been learning about Illinois as we continue our tour of the Midwest. They have chosen an important place, person, or thing about Illinois to research and report on.
Math This week the students will continue their study of geometry. The focus will be to review the concepts of congruent and similar figures. They will review how to make a shape flip, turn or slide to match another shape. Symmetry will be studied as well. A quiz over these concepts will be given on Thursday along with a division 6 fact test.
March 27th - All school Field Trip to Tivoli on Friday (bring lunch if you can since everyone will be eating at the same time the hot lunch lines will be long)
March 30-April 3 - Spring Break
April 7 - Teacher Institute ( no school)
April 10 - No School
Spelling - This week in lesson 25 the students will study words with the ending ture. The spelling test will be on Thursday of this week.
English - The students are working on expository writing. They will research information from the resources that they have found on their topic. They will take notes and organize their information. It would be very helpful for them to print out any information they can find on line about their topic and bring it to school.
We will not have an English test on Thursday of this week as noted earlier. It is postponed until after spring break.
Reading The students have chosen the books they would like to read for book clubs. If they did not get their first choice this time, they will get in next time. They have begun preparing their discussion sheets. They need to finish reading chapters 1-2 and complete the discussion sheet by Monday. We will have our first Book Club on Monday.
Science - In science this week the students will find out how a pulley and a wheel-and-axle help people do work.
Social Studies The students have been learning about Illinois as we continue our tour of the Midwest. They have chosen an important place, person, or thing about Illinois to research and report on.
Math This week the students will continue their study of geometry. The focus will be to review the concepts of congruent and similar figures. They will review how to make a shape flip, turn or slide to match another shape. Symmetry will be studied as well. A quiz over these concepts will be given on Thursday along with a division 6 fact test.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
News From Mrs. Cavoto's Room March 16-20
Things to Remember:
Mr. Lee will be in Mrs. Cavoto's Room on Tuesday, March 17
Monday, March 30-Friday, April 3, 2009 Spring Break
Spelling - The pattern this week is in making plurals. When a word ends with sh, ch, x, or s, add es to make the plural. When a word ends with se, ce, ze, or ge, drop the e and add es to make the plural.
Reading - This week the students will be assessed on the strategy of making inferences. We will begin our book clubs this week. The students will choose a book to read for book club. They will prepare their first discussion sheet by Wednesday. I will guide them through this. We will review the types of questions that were discussed in the beginning of the year: Right There, Think and Search and On Your Own. We will also review writing summaries. Their summaries should include the main events told in order using transition words. They should not have too much or too little information, but just enough to get the main idea and events that have happened in that part of the story.
English- The students will identify object and possessive pronouns in sentences. They will use I and me correctly in a sentence. A test is scheduled for Thursday, March 26 on pronouns Chapter 6.
The students will begin a research project this week. The first step in the process is for them to brainstorm any person, animal, or special landmark they would like to learn more about. After that they will find their resources- books, encyclopedias, interenet sites etc. From there they will conduct their research.
Science - This week we will begin a unit on simple machines. Simple machines change the way that work is done to help people accomplish tasks. The Essential question this week is "How do simple machines help people do work?"
Look for the information on "Invention Convention" to come home on Wednesday.
Social Studies - The students will finish their Midwest scrapbook pages this week.
Math The math test over Chapter 19 has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 19 of this week. The children should study the sheets in their binders. They should also study all the homework sheets in their binder over chapter 19. They should bring their books home to review. Please have the children practice their division 5 facts. There will be a test on Friday of this week on their division 5's.
Mr. Lee will be in Mrs. Cavoto's Room on Tuesday, March 17
Monday, March 30-Friday, April 3, 2009 Spring Break
Spelling - The pattern this week is in making plurals. When a word ends with sh, ch, x, or s, add es to make the plural. When a word ends with se, ce, ze, or ge, drop the e and add es to make the plural.
Reading - This week the students will be assessed on the strategy of making inferences. We will begin our book clubs this week. The students will choose a book to read for book club. They will prepare their first discussion sheet by Wednesday. I will guide them through this. We will review the types of questions that were discussed in the beginning of the year: Right There, Think and Search and On Your Own. We will also review writing summaries. Their summaries should include the main events told in order using transition words. They should not have too much or too little information, but just enough to get the main idea and events that have happened in that part of the story.
English- The students will identify object and possessive pronouns in sentences. They will use I and me correctly in a sentence. A test is scheduled for Thursday, March 26 on pronouns Chapter 6.
The students will begin a research project this week. The first step in the process is for them to brainstorm any person, animal, or special landmark they would like to learn more about. After that they will find their resources- books, encyclopedias, interenet sites etc. From there they will conduct their research.
Science - This week we will begin a unit on simple machines. Simple machines change the way that work is done to help people accomplish tasks. The Essential question this week is "How do simple machines help people do work?"
Look for the information on "Invention Convention" to come home on Wednesday.
Social Studies - The students will finish their Midwest scrapbook pages this week.
Math The math test over Chapter 19 has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 19 of this week. The children should study the sheets in their binders. They should also study all the homework sheets in their binder over chapter 19. They should bring their books home to review. Please have the children practice their division 5 facts. There will be a test on Friday of this week on their division 5's.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
News From Cavoto's Room March 9-March 13
Things to Remember:
Monday, march 9 - Confernce week begins
Tuesday, March 10 - Report cards go home
Thursday, March 12 - School Improvement Day 1/2 day of school
Friday, March 13 - No school /Conferences
Spelling - No spelling test this week.
English - We will begin a unit on pronouns this week. The students will identify pronouns in a sentence. They will distinquish between singular and plural pronouns.
Reading We will continue our work with making inferences. We will finish the story Skylark, and the students will listen to and read other stories in which they will have to make inferences about characters actions based on clues from the story and their background knowledge.
Social Studies- There will be a test over Chapter 9 on Thursday of this week.
The students should study:
Things to know:
Monday, march 9 - Confernce week begins
Tuesday, March 10 - Report cards go home
Thursday, March 12 - School Improvement Day 1/2 day of school
Friday, March 13 - No school /Conferences
Spelling - No spelling test this week.
English - We will begin a unit on pronouns this week. The students will identify pronouns in a sentence. They will distinquish between singular and plural pronouns.
Reading We will continue our work with making inferences. We will finish the story Skylark, and the students will listen to and read other stories in which they will have to make inferences about characters actions based on clues from the story and their background knowledge.
Social Studies- There will be a test over Chapter 9 on Thursday of this week.
The students should study:
- All vocabulary
- Early life of the Ojibwa
- Explorers of the Midwest and what they are known for exploring
- John Deere
- How the pioneers survived when they came to the Midwest
- Midwestern cities that were trading posts
- Why a water route to the Midwest was important
- Steamboat purpose
- Compare advantages to shipping by rail vs steamboat
- Why the Ojibwa relied on game instead of farming for their main source of food
- Goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Why Cahokia nd St. Louis were good places for trade
- Compare the two main types of homes that early Midwestern pioneers built. Be ready to describe them and tell where and how they were built Tell the advantages and disadvantages of a sod house.
Things to know:
- All vocabulary
- Measuement of force of gravity on an object
- The force taht resists motion between objects
- What happens when you increase the force on an object
- Understand the concept of gravity
- Two things that are measured to find speed
- Why is the gas pedal in a car called an accelerator?
- Why do we need friction? Give specific reasons. What are examples of friction?
- What things can reduce friction? Explain why.
- Inertia - understand what it is and how it works
- Understand the difference between mass and weight
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