Things to Remember:
Monday, September 6, 2010 No School/Labor Day
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Fourth and Fifth Grade Curriculum Night - Parents Only - 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Monday, September 13, 2010 Beginning Band Parent Meeting - 7:00 p.m. - Multi-Purpose Room
Math - Mrs. Cavoto's Class
This week we will focus on reading and writing and identifying the place value of numbers through millions. They will also compare and order numbers through millions. Any extra help you can give your child through this unit would be great for them.
Spelling - This week in spelling we will continue to work on commonly misspelled words. The pretest for this lesson will be given on Tuesday, 9/7. Students that score 90% or better on the pretest will choose a challenge list of spelling words for the week. A test will be given on Friday for those students who do not score 90% or better.
Please refer to the new "All About Spelling" sheet coming home on Tuesday. This one may clear up any confusion you may have about the spelling procedures in class.
Reading This week in reading the students will learn to use skimming and scanning skills to locate answeres. During science, social studies, and reading, the students will be given tasks where they have to locate answers in the text. They will practice highlighting key words in questions or clues, and then skim the headlines, subtitles, captions, and passages to help them find the answers to those questions.
English - This week in English we will continue to work on Sentences. There will be a DOL quiz on Friday. This quiz will cover capitalization and end marks in the different kinds of sentences (commands, questions, statements, exclamations).
Social Studies - We will continue to study U.S. Government and they will work on their "Patriotic Quest" for lesson 2.
Science - Students will understand the steps of the Scientific Method. We will prepare for our worm unit. They should be thinking of a good spot to find a nice juicy worm that they can bring into class. I will let the children know when they should bring them in. More information will follow.
