News from Mrs. Cavoto's Class Feb. 25-March 1

Dates to Remember:
Tues.Feb. 26 -Early Dismissal - 11:00 a.m.
March 4-March 13 - ISAT testing
Tues. March 19 Early Dismissal - 11:00 a.m.
 March 25-April 1- Spring Break
April 8 Conference Week

Spelling - This week the students will work with words that have prefixes and suffixes.  There will be no pretest this week.  The students will be responsible for pages 109-111 in volume 2 workbook.  There will be a test on Friday.

Math - We will have a test this week on chapter 19 on Wednesday of this week.  They should bring their books home to review and they should review the sheets that are in their binders to help them study.  We will  practice solving problems with a written response. They need to show all their work and then write an explanation to show what they did and why they did it.  The children will have homework to help them practice this.  We will also begin a unit on Motion Geometry.  They will identify congruent and similar figures and they will understand and identify  figures with line symmetry and rotational symmetry.

English -This week the students will continue their work with verbs.  They will  identify and write past tense verbs with the helping verbs has, have, or had, with singular or plural subjects.  They will write past tense forms of irregular verbs and recognize the different forms of the verb be.  A test is planned for Tuesday, March 5 over verbs.

Reading- The students will continue to work with writing extended responses to reading.  They will read different genres (myths, folktales, and fables,) as they study character, plot and theme.  They will use the context to help them understand the meanings of words in the story.

Social Studies - This week there will be a test on the past and present culture of the Ojibwa, Chapter 9 lesson 1 on Thursday, Feb. 28th.
The students should know:
Where they lived
How they earned a living
transportation
understand what the land was like
how trade changed their culture
how they keep their heritage alive today
how the Ojibwa use the natural resources

Science- In science this week, we will continue our unit on Simple Machines. The students will understand what a machine is.  They will be able to understand that a machine does not reduce the amount of work that is done.  It reduces the force needed to do the work but it cannot reduce the amount of work done. They will understand how a pulley and a wheel and axle help people do work.