News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room March 4-8

Dates to Remember:
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

This week and next week we will be giving ISAT tests. The best way to help your child prepare for these tests this week is to make sure they have a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast in the morning.  A  few words of positive encouragement is always helpful.

Math - We will be reviewing and taking ISAT tests in math this week.  Please ask your child if he/she has a calculator at school.  Some kids have been borrowing, and there may not be enough to go around during the test.  

Spelling - There will be no spelling this week due to ISAT testing

English - This week in English we will finish up our verb unit.  There is a test scheduled for Tuesday, March 12 over verbs.

Reading - We will continue to review strategies this week.  The students will read short stories and use context clues to make inferences.  They will also understand the first and third person point of view.

Science - In science this week, we will continue to work with simple machines.  The students will investigate how inclined planes help people do work.  They will explain how a screw and a wedge changes the way work is done. The students will review that simple machines do not reduced the amount of work that is done.  They just change the way the work is done to reduce the force needed to do the work

Social Studies - This week in social studies, the students will begin a unit on the Southwest region.  They will need to color and label a Southwest Region map.  This is due on Thursday of this week.  They will have a map quiz on Friday over the Southwest region.