Friday, February 21, 2014

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Feb. 24 - Feb. 28

  • Institute Day: No school Friday, February 28th ~ Teacher Institute Day

Math - In math this week we will continue our work with looking for patterns and sequences.  We will also review math skills through the week.

Spelling- In spelling this week the students will be working with prefixes and suffixes.  They will be responsible for completing pages 109-111.  The test will be on Thursday.

Reading- This week in reading the students will be reading longer passages and working on their comprehension skills and writing extended responses to the reading.  They will continue to work on their poetry books.  They should be using the GoogleDoc at home and working on their books at home.  Please let me know if there is a problem with this.

English - The students will work with subject verb agreement.  They will choose correct present tense verbs for singular and plural subjects.  They will also form the present and past tense of verbs.

Science- In science this week,  the students will describe the jobs of the nervous, muscular systems, and skeletal systems.  They will describe how the muscular and skeletal systems work together to move the body.

Social Studies - The students will describe the landscape and climate of the Badlands 67 million years ago.  They will define and describe the way it changes the land.  They will explain why the climate of the Badlands changed.