Things to Remember:
Monday, October 25, 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m. Chess Club Last Names - A-G & S-Z - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Wednesday, October 27, 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m. Chess Club - Last Names - H-R - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Friday, October 29, Halloween Parties - 1:30 to 2:25 p.m. Students should bring their costumes to school and change here.
Math - This week the students will work on their multiplication skills. A letter will go home each day explaining what the students should work on for that night. Please have your child practice those facts until they know them automatically. Then sign the sheet and have your child return it to class. We will assess the students and then send back the sheet so that will say let you know the facts they need to practice or if they mastered the problems of the day.
Reading Mysteries will be the focus in reading for all fourth grade students this week. We will begin by learning vocabulary words that are typically associated with mysteries, such as "suspect", "evidence" and suspense". Students may practice the definitions of the vocabulary words by completing a crossword puzzle at the following website:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/gr4/activities/pdf/gr4_th1_xword.pdf.
All students will read & study, "The Case of the Purloined Pachyderm". While reading this mystery and other mystery stories, students will be studying the format of a mystery, and using the reading strategies of monitoring and clarifying..
English- We will begin chapter two, Nouns. We will focus on common and proper nouns along with singular and plural nouns.
Social Studies -There will be a test on chapter 4 on Tuesday of this week. The students should study all the sheets in their folders
They should know:
All vocabulary
largest of the Finger Lakes
The difference between the Maine Coast line and the New Jersey Coast Line.
The problems that challenge Chesapeake Bay and some of the ways they have tried to solve the problem.
Science- We will be learning about photosynthesis and the life cycle of the plant. We will focus on plants that reproduce from seeds and plants that reproduce from spores.
Spelling- This week is a review lesson. The test will be on Thursday. Make sure your child studies all thirty words. There are no challenge words this week. The workbook assignment will also be due on Thursday.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
News From Mrs. Cavoto's Room Oct. 4-Oct.8
Things to Remember:
Friday, October 1 - Bingo Night - 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. - Multi-Purpose Room
Monday, October 4 - 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m.
Chess Club - Last Names A-G & S-Z - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Wednesday, October 6 - 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m. Chess Club - Last Names - H-R - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Friday, October 8 - Taffy Apple Orders are due
Monday, October 11 - No School/Columbus Day
Math -This week in math we will review the addition properties and writing and evaluating addition and subtraction expressions (lesson 3.1 and 3.2). Throughout the week the students will write and solve addition and subtraction equations. They will also use patterns to find a rule for a number relationship and write an equation for the rule (lesson 3.3 and 3.5) There will be a test on Friday which will review addition and subtraction with regrouping and estimation along with the skills from chapter 3 lessons 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.
Spelling - This week in spelling the students will be working with words that have the short "u" as in brush/ "yoo" as in juice/ "oo" as in threw. There will be a test on Friday.
Reading This week in reading our story is “Finding the Titanic” by Robert D. Ballard.
The reading strategy that we will focus on is text organization.
Many non-fiction authors organize their selections in time order.
They also use features such as headings, pictures, captions, and
charts to help the reader better understand the information.
English The students will learn to capitalize and punctuate abbreviations for titles, addresses, months, and days. They will be writing a short story on Thursday which I will use to assess their knowledge of capitalization of people, places, pets, and things along with abbreviations and ending punctuation.
Social Studies - If anyone has any special things that they have collected from a trip to any state in the Northeast Region please feel free to send in to share with the class. The students will be making maps of the Northeast Region which will show the different mountain ranges that make up the Appalachian Trail in the Northeast Region. They will also learn about the differences in the coastline as they travel from Maine to New Jersey.
Science - The following concepts will be covered over the next couple of weeks. How are animals classified? with backbones (vertebrates) without backbones (invertebrates) What are the five groups of vertebrates? Can you tell some facts about each group? (fish,mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles) What are some of the groups of invertebrates? (sponges, mollusks, worms, arthropods) Which is the largest group of invertebrates? ( arthropods- these are insects, crustaceans, and spiders)
Friday, October 1 - Bingo Night - 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. - Multi-Purpose Room
Monday, October 4 - 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m.
Chess Club - Last Names A-G & S-Z - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Wednesday, October 6 - 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m. Chess Club - Last Names - H-R - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Friday, October 8 - Taffy Apple Orders are due
Monday, October 11 - No School/Columbus Day
Math -This week in math we will review the addition properties and writing and evaluating addition and subtraction expressions (lesson 3.1 and 3.2). Throughout the week the students will write and solve addition and subtraction equations. They will also use patterns to find a rule for a number relationship and write an equation for the rule (lesson 3.3 and 3.5) There will be a test on Friday which will review addition and subtraction with regrouping and estimation along with the skills from chapter 3 lessons 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.
Spelling - This week in spelling the students will be working with words that have the short "u" as in brush/ "yoo" as in juice/ "oo" as in threw. There will be a test on Friday.
Reading This week in reading our story is “Finding the Titanic” by Robert D. Ballard.
The reading strategy that we will focus on is text organization.
Many non-fiction authors organize their selections in time order.
They also use features such as headings, pictures, captions, and
charts to help the reader better understand the information.
English The students will learn to capitalize and punctuate abbreviations for titles, addresses, months, and days. They will be writing a short story on Thursday which I will use to assess their knowledge of capitalization of people, places, pets, and things along with abbreviations and ending punctuation.
Social Studies - If anyone has any special things that they have collected from a trip to any state in the Northeast Region please feel free to send in to share with the class. The students will be making maps of the Northeast Region which will show the different mountain ranges that make up the Appalachian Trail in the Northeast Region. They will also learn about the differences in the coastline as they travel from Maine to New Jersey.
Science - The following concepts will be covered over the next couple of weeks. How are animals classified? with backbones (vertebrates) without backbones (invertebrates) What are the five groups of vertebrates? Can you tell some facts about each group? (fish,mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles) What are some of the groups of invertebrates? (sponges, mollusks, worms, arthropods) Which is the largest group of invertebrates? ( arthropods- these are insects, crustaceans, and spiders)
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