January 5 - Classes resume - We will have an in school field trip Goo, Glob, & Guts. This program will go with our unit on the Human Body.
January 7- MAP testing reading
January 16 -Early Dismissal 11:00
Spelling - This week the students will be working on words with silent e. They will be responsible for workbook pages 29-31 in volume 2. If they pass the pretest with 95% or better, they will work on an alternate list of words and activities.
Math - This week in math the students will work on using basic facts and patterns to solve division problems. They will also estimate quotients using compatible numbers, basic facts, and place value. There will be a division 6 & 7 fact test on Friday of this week.
English- We will continue to work on expository writing this week. The students will finish writing their Hero essays.
Reading - The students will begin a culminating project which will be completed on the computer. They will choose a heroic person in present day or historically to research. They will create a book called A Profile in Courage. They will use the Chrome books to research facts about their person's life and share the courageous things they have done throughout their life.
Science- We will begin a unit on Adaptations this week. The students will focus on the essential question: How do the bodies and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs?
Social Studies - The students will finish filling in their Southeast map.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room December 15-19
Tuesday, Dec. 16- Early dismissal, 11:00
Monday, Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Vacation
Monday, January 5 - Classes resume
Spelling- The students will be working with words that have the sounds of /k/, /ng/, and /kw/. The students will be responsible for completing the workbook pages 9-11 in Volume 2 . If they passed the pretest with 95% or better, they will work on alternate activities. There will be a test on Friday.
Math-There will be a test on Thursday over chapter 5. The students may bring their books home and complete any pages that we did not do in class for extra practice. They should study all the skills from the pages that they have in their math folders. Please continue to have them study their math facts over the holidays. It is so important that those facts stay fresh in their minds.
English - We will continue to work on expository writing this week. We will focus on the use of details to explain their ideas.
Reading - There will be a test on Wednesday this week, over the biography of Lou Gehrig which will have questions similar to what they will see in the PARCC assessment. They will also be tested on the 10 vocabulary words that we have focused on in this story. They will need to know and understand the meanings of the words and be able to write them in good sentences. The sentences should show that they understand the meaning of the word as used in the story. They can use their Google Classroom. There is a Quizlet to help them with the definitions.
Social Studies- We will have a quiz on chapter 7 lesson one, The Cherokee on Friday. We will also have a Taste of the Southeast Day on Friday. If anyone can send in the following items to be here at school on Thursday, please let me know.
edamame (soybeans)
oranges-cut and ready to eat
peach cups
popcorn(individually bagged if possible)
Rice cakes
Friday, December 5, 2014
News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room December 8-12
Friday, Dec. 12 - Field trip money and permission is due
Tuesday, Dec. 16- Early dismissal, 11:00
Monday, Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Vacation
Monday, January 5 - Classes resume
As you know your students have the Chromebooks back for the month of December. They have been doing a great job of keeping their Chromebooks charged and remembering to bring them to school each day. Thank you for your encouragement with this.
Spelling- This week is a review week in spelling. All the students will be responsible for completing the workbook pages 187-189. There will be a test on Friday.
Math- The students will estimate products by rounding and use the distributive property to multiply two digit numbers. Then they will multiply two two-digit numbers.
English- In English this week the students will be writing an expository essay, informing us about a hero in their life.
Reading - This week in reading, we will continue close reading the biography of Lou Gherig. The students will work with a partner to complete text dependent questions. They will also work with vocabulary from the story. They should practice their vocabulary words with the Quizlet in their Google Classroom. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday of this week over the vocabulary. The students should be able to understand the meanings of the words and write them in good sentence. I should be able to tell they understand the meaning of the words in their sentences without it being a definition.
Social Studies- The students will research information and create their Southeast slide show this week. They will use their Chromebooks for this, and they can be working on this at home as well. We will begin a lesson on the Native Americans of the Southeast.
Science - There is a science test planned for Thursday of this week over chapter 2 lesson 2 & 3, Life Cycles of Plants and Animals. The students should study all sheets in their binder and main concepts in their book.
The students should know:
all vocabulary
understand how plants grow and develop( Which comes first the leaves or the flower? Why does that have to be?)
understand tubers and be able to give examples
the parts of the plant and what they do (roots, stem, seed)
understand mosses and ferns
understand the animal life cycle and how it begins
understand the human life cycle and be able to describe them
know the different ways that animals grow and develop (direct development, complete metamorphosis, incomplete metamorphosis) Be able to give examples of the animals that go through the different stages.
Tuesday, Dec. 16- Early dismissal, 11:00
Monday, Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Vacation
Monday, January 5 - Classes resume
As you know your students have the Chromebooks back for the month of December. They have been doing a great job of keeping their Chromebooks charged and remembering to bring them to school each day. Thank you for your encouragement with this.
Spelling- This week is a review week in spelling. All the students will be responsible for completing the workbook pages 187-189. There will be a test on Friday.
Math- The students will estimate products by rounding and use the distributive property to multiply two digit numbers. Then they will multiply two two-digit numbers.
English- In English this week the students will be writing an expository essay, informing us about a hero in their life.
Reading - This week in reading, we will continue close reading the biography of Lou Gherig. The students will work with a partner to complete text dependent questions. They will also work with vocabulary from the story. They should practice their vocabulary words with the Quizlet in their Google Classroom. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday of this week over the vocabulary. The students should be able to understand the meanings of the words and write them in good sentence. I should be able to tell they understand the meaning of the words in their sentences without it being a definition.
Social Studies- The students will research information and create their Southeast slide show this week. They will use their Chromebooks for this, and they can be working on this at home as well. We will begin a lesson on the Native Americans of the Southeast.
Science - There is a science test planned for Thursday of this week over chapter 2 lesson 2 & 3, Life Cycles of Plants and Animals. The students should study all sheets in their binder and main concepts in their book.
The students should know:
all vocabulary
understand how plants grow and develop( Which comes first the leaves or the flower? Why does that have to be?)
understand tubers and be able to give examples
the parts of the plant and what they do (roots, stem, seed)
understand mosses and ferns
understand the animal life cycle and how it begins
understand the human life cycle and be able to describe them
know the different ways that animals grow and develop (direct development, complete metamorphosis, incomplete metamorphosis) Be able to give examples of the animals that go through the different stages.
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