News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 25-Dec. 6

Nov. 27-Nov. 29 Thanksgiving No School

Math- The students have been using different strategies to help them understand and solve multiplication problems-place value models, arrays, and area models.   This week they will use the distributive property and partial products to multiply numbers that involve regrouping.  This strategy is used to help the students understand how to break apart, decompose, the numbers to solve multiplication problems with multi-digit numbers and regrouping.  They will also multiply multi-digit numbers with zeros by a one-digit number. A test is planned for Thursday, Dec. 5 over the skills in chapter 4.  The students should save all the workbook pages that are in their math folder to use as study tools.  There will also be a review of skills sheet that will go home.

Spelling There will be no spelling on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 27 and 28th.  The spelling unit for the following week will cover the sounds of /or/, /ur/, and /yoor/.  They will be responsible for pages 167-169.  

Reading- In reading the focus will be on writing summaries.  The students will use what they learn about summaries to write a summary of the story Because of Winn Dixie.  They will also work on understanding antonyms and synonyms.  They will use their resources- dictionaries,thesauruses, and the computer to help them find synonyms and antonyms of words.

English - The students will edit and revise their stories this week.   These stories should include onomatopoeia, and a simile or a metaphor in them. They will write final drafts of their stories. We will begin a unit on nouns. They will learn what a noun is and the difference between a common and proper noun.

Social Studies- We will have a quiz on chapter 5 lesson 1 The Narragansett People, on Tuesday, Nov. 28th.  The students should know all the vocabulary and key concepts for this section.  They should use the sheets in their folders as a study tool as well.  They should:

Understand the Iroquois Confederacy and how they work with the Great Council.

How did the Narragansett lives change when the Europeans arrived in the Northeast? Be able to tell as many ways as you can.

Who was Roger Williams and why was he important to the Narragansett?

Science - The students will learn how plants reproduce through spores and some other ways that they grow.  They will understand the life cycles of some animals.  

 

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 18-Nov. 22

Prairieview School-Community Service Project

Animal Assisted Therapy Program-Edward Hospital

Prairieview School, in Downers Grove, (3^rd, 4^th and 5^th Graders) is proud to have an opportunity to sponsor an Edward Hospital therapy dog.  The students are looking forward to sponsoring, Kodi.

Wednesday, Nov. 20 - Early Dismissal 11:00

Math- This week in math the students will use models and place value to help them multiply by a one and two digit number.  The students will be tested on their facts through 12 on Wednesday.  They should continue to practice their facts throughout the week.  If they know their facts it will be so much easier for them to learn the other concepts that build off of the facts.

Spelling - In spelling this week the students will work with words that are r controlled.  They will be responsible for completing pages 152-154 in their workbooks. There will be a test on Friday.

Reading - The students will have a test over the comprehension and vocabulary from Because of Winn Dixie on Friday.  We will have a party on Friday, which will be just like the party Opal had in the story.  We will have the same menu as they had in the story, and some students offered to send in things for our party.  Just let me know if your child offered and you can not do it.  They have a slip in their binder if they offered.  A permission slip also went home so we can  show the movie in class on Friday.  All things should be turned in on Thursday.

English - We will begin descriptive writing this week.  The students will learn the different forms of figurative language, similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification, and hyperboles, as they write leads to their story.

Science- The students will describe the life cycle of  flowering plants and how plants reproduce using only spores.

Social Studies - You may want to review with your child: Where did the Narragansett live? (Rhode Island)What was their society based on?( Cooperation, or working together to get things done) Describe the homes they live in and what they did for a living. ( They lived in wigwams and they hunted, farmed vegetables, and fished for a living)  How did Roger Williams show his respect for the Narragansett? (He learned their language, and helped keep peace between Native Americans and colonists)

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 11-15

Friday, Nov. 8 - No School
Monday, Nov. 11 - No School

Math - The students will review factors and multiples this week, and they will check for reasonableness of answers.  They will also be tested on their, 6, 7, and 8 mult. facts on Wednesday.      There will be a test on Thursday of this week over chapter 3.  The students should use the worksheets in their binders and they may bring home their books to study.

Spelling - This week in spelling  the students will work with words that have the /oo/ sound as in book and tool.  They will work on pages 137-139 in their workbooks.  There will be a test on Friday of this week.

Reading - In reading this week, we will continue to read Because of Winn Dixie.  The students will work on sequencing skills and making predictions.

English - There will be a test on Wednesday of this week over Chapter 5 in English.  There are lots of pages to practice at the end of the chapter in their English textbook.

Science - We will begin a new unit on  Life Cycles of Plants and Animals.  This week the students will observe how seeds germinate, and they will describe the stages in the life cycle of flowering plants.  They will have an assignment to draw and describe the life cycle of a tomato plant.  A rater sheet will be provided for them to follow.

Social Studies - The students will learn about the life of the Narragansett People.  An Native American tribe who lived in the Northeast.  The students will describe events that affected the Narragansett way of life once the European settlers arrived.