IMPORTANT DATES:
November 30-Dec 2 Conferences
Dec. 1 Year book orders due
December 4 -No School
December 1st – report cards handed out
December 4th – No School
December 8th - Field Trip to Drury Lane
December 8th – Last day to turn in gifts for our holiday service project
Service Project -Each year Prairieview School adopts needy families of cancer patients who struggle financially. This year we have a special family which includes a 10 year old boy who is struggling with cancer. I will send a letter home with more information. The economy is difficult right now, but if you are able to brighten Christmas for this family in any way, it would be greatly appreciated!
YEARBOOKS: Now’s the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $10.00 and the deadline for your order is Tuesday, December 1, 2009. No orders will be accepted after that date. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level are marked on the order form. If you have multiple students, please fill out one for each child. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 12th. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level, along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $10.00. It is very important that you put this information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child’s teacher is. Prairieview Yearbook orders were not paid at registration!
Math - We will review the predict and test problem solving strategy. The students will then write, solve and graph inequalities that include variables. They will also find a rule for a number relationship and write an equation fo the rule- Lesson 5.6 & 5.7. On Wednesday, December 1, there will be a test over chapter 5. The students should bring their books home so that they can review and study the skills throughout the chapter. They will bring home a pretest, which will help them review for the test as well.
I will be giving timed test for multiplication every week. Students should continue to study their facts.
Spelling – There will be no spelling this week! The week of November 30th there will be a test on Thursday of that week. The rule for that week is that letters aw are found in many one-syllable words. They may come at the end of the word or just beefore l or n.
Reading - Over the next couple of weeks the studens will be working on sequencing and summarizing. We will begin reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The children will understand Charles Dicken's motivation for writing the story. They will study character traits, and see how the main character changes throughout the story. They will compare the clothes and homes of the rich and poor today to those in England in the 1800's. They will understand the effect that A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens had on how people celebrated Christmas throughout the world.
English - We will review writing plural nouns that end in y and irregular plural nouns. The students will also review singular and plural possessive nouns.
**There is an English test scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 3 over chapter 2 Nouns. The students should bring home their textbooks to review the lessons at the end of the chapter for extra practie.
Social Studies - Test on Tuesday, Nov. 24th.
The students should know:
All vocabularystudy all sheets in their
did the Europeans trade with the Native Americans?
Cause of the American Revolutionfirst capital of the U.S.
Where is Ellis Island and what happened there?
What are reasons for immigrants coming to America?
Women's rights reformer
Why do women want the right to vote?
Which cities began as ports?
What do Philadelphia, New York City and Boston have in common?
Important people of the Northeast and why they are famous
Thirteenth Amendment & Nineteenth Amendment
differences between Philadelphia today and in the past
Science This week in science the students will study the life cycles of some plants. They will observe how seeds germinate and describe the life cycle of a flowering plants. They will describe how plants reproduce using only spores.
Please bring in a tuber, a potatoe, to class on Tuesday, November 24th. The more eyes it has the better.
We will also study the life cycles of some animals. They will observe the stages of a animal's life cycle and describe the stages. They will also understand how some animals grow and develop.
A test is planned for Wednesday, December 9th over chapter 2.
The students should know all vocabulary and study all sheets in their folders.
They should be able to indentify a plant that produces seeds and one that produces spores.
What does a seed contain that a spore does not? (food that helps the embryo grow until the new plant can make its own food)
Understand and know the Life cycle of a flowering plant, butterfy and sea horse
examples of direct development
tubers
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room November 16-20
IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday, November 17th – Rollerskating Party
Thursday, November 19th – Picture retakes (child must have their picture packet with them)
Holiday Service Project - We are once again going to be involved with the holiday service project helping families who have a child with cancer. Information will be coming home very soon.
YEARBOOKS: Now’s the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $10.00 and the deadline for your order is Tuesday, December 1, 2009. No orders will be accepted after that date. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level are marked on the order form. If you have multiple students, please fill out one for each child. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 12th. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level, along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $10.00. It is very important that you put this information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child’s teacher is. Prairieview Yearbook orders were not paid at registration!
Math - This week in math the students will write and evaluate division and multiplication expressions and equations. They will also learn the order of operations to help them solve problems. I will teach them the saying "Please Meet Dear Aunt Sally" to help them remember the order parenthesis, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. We should be covering lessons 2-4 in chapter 5 this week.
Spelling This week the rule is when an ending is added to a verb that ends with consonant + y, change the y to an i unless the ending ing.
Reading Reading folders should be turned in by Wednesday of this week. Our Reading Club party will be on Friday.
In reading this week, we will continue to study problem and solution in both fiction and nonfiction passages. The students will be assessed on this. They will also work on vocabulary words and finding the synonyms and antonyms of words.
All students need to have their silent reading books that I have approved finished by Monday and in class on Monday. We will begin a project with them on Monday.
English -The students will review nouns this week. They will understand the difference between common and proper nouns. There will be a short quiz on nouns and identifying common and proper nouns.
Science This week the students will continue to study about heredity. They will also learn about the life cycles of plants.
Social Studies - The students will learn about abolitionists from Philadelphia who met to form the American Anti-Slavery Society. They will learn about the thirteenth ammendment that made slavery illegal in th U.S. The students will explain similarities and differences between the abolitionist movement and the women's rights movement.
The test scheduled for Friday has been changed. It will now be on Tuesday, November 24.
The students should know:
All vocabulary
study all sheets in their folders
understand the Iroquois Confederacy
What did the Europeans trade with the Native Americans?
Cause of the American Revolution
first capital of the U.S.
Where is Ellis Island and what happened there?
What are reasons for immigrants coming to America?
Women's rights reformer
Why do women want the right to vote?
Which cities began as ports?
What do Philadelphia, New York City and Boston have in common?
Important people of the Northeast and why they are famous
Thirteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
What are the differences between Philadelphia today and in the past?
Tuesday, November 17th – Rollerskating Party
Thursday, November 19th – Picture retakes (child must have their picture packet with them)
Holiday Service Project - We are once again going to be involved with the holiday service project helping families who have a child with cancer. Information will be coming home very soon.
YEARBOOKS: Now’s the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $10.00 and the deadline for your order is Tuesday, December 1, 2009. No orders will be accepted after that date. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level are marked on the order form. If you have multiple students, please fill out one for each child. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 12th. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level, along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $10.00. It is very important that you put this information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child’s teacher is. Prairieview Yearbook orders were not paid at registration!
Math - This week in math the students will write and evaluate division and multiplication expressions and equations. They will also learn the order of operations to help them solve problems. I will teach them the saying "Please Meet Dear Aunt Sally" to help them remember the order parenthesis, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. We should be covering lessons 2-4 in chapter 5 this week.
Spelling This week the rule is when an ending is added to a verb that ends with consonant + y, change the y to an i unless the ending ing.
Reading Reading folders should be turned in by Wednesday of this week. Our Reading Club party will be on Friday.
In reading this week, we will continue to study problem and solution in both fiction and nonfiction passages. The students will be assessed on this. They will also work on vocabulary words and finding the synonyms and antonyms of words.
All students need to have their silent reading books that I have approved finished by Monday and in class on Monday. We will begin a project with them on Monday.
English -The students will review nouns this week. They will understand the difference between common and proper nouns. There will be a short quiz on nouns and identifying common and proper nouns.
Science This week the students will continue to study about heredity. They will also learn about the life cycles of plants.
Social Studies - The students will learn about abolitionists from Philadelphia who met to form the American Anti-Slavery Society. They will learn about the thirteenth ammendment that made slavery illegal in th U.S. The students will explain similarities and differences between the abolitionist movement and the women's rights movement.
The test scheduled for Friday has been changed. It will now be on Tuesday, November 24.
The students should know:
All vocabulary
study all sheets in their folders
understand the Iroquois Confederacy
What did the Europeans trade with the Native Americans?
Cause of the American Revolution
first capital of the U.S.
Where is Ellis Island and what happened there?
What are reasons for immigrants coming to America?
Women's rights reformer
Why do women want the right to vote?
Which cities began as ports?
What do Philadelphia, New York City and Boston have in common?
Important people of the Northeast and why they are famous
Thirteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
What are the differences between Philadelphia today and in the past?
Sunday, November 8, 2009
News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov.9-13
IMPORTANT DATES:
Wednesday, November 11th - Veteran's Day - Day off!
Tuesday, November 17th - Rollerskating Party
Thursday, November 19th - Picture retakes (child must have their picture packet with them)
Math - In math this week the students will continue to review their multiplication facts. I will be reviewing and testing their facts throughout the week. Our math test is on Tuesday over chapter 4. A preview of the test will go home for them to study. We will be going over a review sheet in class. This review should help them to know what to focus on as well.
English - Our English test will be on Tuesday, November 10th. Understanding the complete predicate and complete subject and the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence is very difficult. Your child may need help in reviewing this skill. There is a great review at the end of chapter 1 in the text to help them review.
Reading - In reading this week the children will continue to work on understanding problems and solutions. They will be finding the problem and solutions in both fiction stories and non-fiction articles.
Social Studies - This week the students will identify events leading from colonization up to the founding of the United States. They will understand why immigrants came to the U.S. and when. They will also learn about a few immigrants who have contributed much to our nation. A test is planned for Friday, November 20th over chapter 5.
Science- The "Big Idea" in this new chapter is that living things inherit traits, grow, and develop according to life cycles. This week the students will learn about heredity. How do parents pass on traits to their offspring? What is the difference between inherited and learned traits?
Wednesday, November 11th - Veteran's Day - Day off!
Tuesday, November 17th - Rollerskating Party
Thursday, November 19th - Picture retakes (child must have their picture packet with them)
Math - In math this week the students will continue to review their multiplication facts. I will be reviewing and testing their facts throughout the week. Our math test is on Tuesday over chapter 4. A preview of the test will go home for them to study. We will be going over a review sheet in class. This review should help them to know what to focus on as well.
English - Our English test will be on Tuesday, November 10th. Understanding the complete predicate and complete subject and the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence is very difficult. Your child may need help in reviewing this skill. There is a great review at the end of chapter 1 in the text to help them review.
Reading - In reading this week the children will continue to work on understanding problems and solutions. They will be finding the problem and solutions in both fiction stories and non-fiction articles.
Social Studies - This week the students will identify events leading from colonization up to the founding of the United States. They will understand why immigrants came to the U.S. and when. They will also learn about a few immigrants who have contributed much to our nation. A test is planned for Friday, November 20th over chapter 5.
Science- The "Big Idea" in this new chapter is that living things inherit traits, grow, and develop according to life cycles. This week the students will learn about heredity. How do parents pass on traits to their offspring? What is the difference between inherited and learned traits?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)