News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room June

June 1 - Resource Day-Classroom party earned for good behavior. Hotdogs and food from the West Region will be served with a little Hawaiian flair.
June 2 - Pizza Party- Congratulations! Our class won the Box Top pizza party.  Pizza will be provided during lunch on that day.

June 5 - Bowling in P.M.

June 8 - Field Day and Picnic
June 9 - Last Day of School 11:00 dismissal

Math- There will be a math test on Wednesday of this week over chapter 14-Geometry.  The students should study the materials in their math folder. They may finish any unfinished pages from their workbook as extra practice as well.

Spelling- This week will be a review unit.  The students will be assigned pages 247-249- Volume 2. The test on Friday will be optional.  The students can let me know if they would like to take the test or not.

Language Arts- This week the students will read articles about immigration to the US today.  They will work in groups to gather information from the articles and then share what they learned with the class.  They will have a debate on whether or not  immigrants should be allowed to freely come to America.  We will begin a new cycle of  our Journeys - Journeys within America.  American history is full of exciting journeys of exploration.  Many settlers set out for new lands in the west towards a better life. Students will learn about the communication and collaboration and conflicts of those who journeyed across America.

There will be a test on Adverbs and Prepositions, unit 7 on Thursday of this week.  The students will have homework to help them review for this test.

Science- The students will compare the effects of a magnet and an electric current on a compass. They will compare the properties of magnets with those of electromagnets and recognize the usefulness of magnets, electromagnets, generators and motors.

Social Studies - The students will continue to study the West region this week.  They will share their National Park Glogster with the class.

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room - May 26-May 29

May 25 - No School Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 26-All library books are due back to the IMC.  I have asked the students to check at home to see if they have any of our classroom library books at their house.  They should have my name or Mrs. Krezel's name on the inside cover. Thank you.
June 2 - Pizza Party- Congratulations! Our class won the Box Top pizza party.  Pizza will be provided during lunch on that day.

June 5 - Bowling in P.M.

June 8 - Field Day and Picnic
June 9 - Last Day of School 11:00 dismissal


Math - This week in math the students will solve problems with Angles.  There will be a quiz on Wednesday  over lessons 3-7.  The students will classify triangles based on angle measure and describe triangles using their attributes. They will also classify quadrilaterals.

Spelling- This week the students will work with words that have silent consonants.  They will be responsible for pages 228-230 unless they pass the pretest.  Then they will have an alternate list and activities.  Test Friday.

Language Arts- This week our focus will be on the journey to Ellis Island.  We will close read excerpts from the book Journey to Ellis Island: How My Father Came to America.  They will discuss and share their response to What is the American Dream? The students will study the vocabulary, text structure, and answer text-dependent questions.  They will compare this reading to the Book, If Your Name Was Changed on Ellis Island.

We will continue our work with adverbs.

The students should be finished with their poetry books.  I will be grading them starting on Tuesday, so they do have time to check them over to be sure they have followed the rules of each poem from their poetry packet and that they have used their Rubric as a quide.

Social Studies- We will continue our study of the West.  The students have chosen a National Park in the West.  They will do the research on their park, and they will create a Glogster to share their findings.

Science- This week the students will  continue their study electricity.  They will explain static and current electricity.  They will understand how electricity moves in circuits.

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

Important Dates:

May 25 - No School Memorial Day
June 5 - Bowling in P.M.
June 8 - Field Day and Picnic
June 9 - Last Day of School 11:00 dismissal

Math-This week in math, the students will use the concept of angle measurement to classify angles as acute, obtuse, or right angles.  They will also use protractors to measure and draw angles to the nearest degree.

Spelling- The students will be working with words that have unusual spellings.  They will be responsible for pages 213-215 in their spelling volume 2 book.  If they passed their pretest, they will have an alternate list of words and activities.

Language Arts- The students will close read Love That Dog a second time.  They will add to the comparison chart of how Jack's feelings toward poetry has changed from the beginning of the story to the end.  They will compare the book Love That Dog to the poem Love That Boy by Walter Dean Myers.

They will work on their poetry books. The poems they will focus on are: Five Sense Poem, Concrete Poem, Cinquains,  Color Poem and Five W Poem.   They will be expected to complete the poems for homework if they do not finish  it during the time in class.

Science-We will begin a unit on Making and Using Electricity.  The students will learn and investigate the 4 ways to light a light bulb using a battery, wire and light bulb.

Social Studies-The students will identify the largest system of mountains in the U.S.  They will compare and contrast mountain ranges of the West and identify mountain range in the West and where they are located. They will compare geysers to volcanoes.

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room

Important Dates:
May 15 - Early Dismissal 11:00

Math- There will be a math test over chapter 13, Area & Perimeter on Tuesday of this week.  The students have review work  to do this weekend to help them practice.  They also can complete any unfinished pages in their workbook for extra practice.  We will then begin a unit on geometry.  The students will draw and identify points, lines, line segments, and rays.

Spelling - This week in spelling the students will be working with three syllable words.  They will be responsible for completing pages 193-195 in their volume 2 workbook unless they pass the pretest.  If they pass the pretest, they will work on alternate activities for the week.

Language Arts - We will continue reading Love That Dog.  The students will continue to compare how Jacks feelings about poetry change from the beginning of the story to the end. They will read poetry and find the figurative language and elements of poetry  in the poems that they read.
They will then, apply that form of figurative language to their own poetry.

The first poem they will write is a Haiku poem.  The students will include personification in their Haiku poems.

The students will also understand that an adverb is a word that describes a verb and  tells how, when and where.

Social Studies- This week we will travel to the West.  The students will fill in a Map of the states in the west.  They will have a Map activity to complete at home that will be due on Thursday of this week.  There will be a Map quiz on the West on Thursday.  They will need to place the states correctly on the map.

Science- There will be a Science test on  Simple Machines on Wednesday of this week.  The students  They should study the main concepts in their book and all
They should know:
All vocabulary
understand scientists meaning for work.
Understand all simple machines  - what they are made up of and how they work
Recognize and identify simple machines
Which simple machine does not change the direction of the force? (wheel and axle)
Understand threads on a screw and what simple machine they are

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room May 4 - May 8th

Dates to Remember:
May 4 - PARCC Testing ELA
May 5- PARCC Testing  Math 1
May 6 - PARCC Testing Math 2
May 15 - Early Dismissal 11:00
May 25 - No School Memorial Day
June 5 - Bowling in P.M.
June 8 - Field Day and Picnic
June 9 - Last Day of School 11:00 dismissal

Math- We will begin a new chapter Perimeter and Area.  The students will understand that they can find the perimeter of a rectangle by adding the side lengths or by using the formula
 P= (2 x l) + (2 x w) where l is the length and w is the width.  They will also know that they can measure area by counting unit squares, and by using the formula A = l x w.  They will also understand that they may solve some problems by solving a simpler form of the original problem..

Spelling - The students will be working with words that have final sounds with r, l, al.  They will be responsible for pages 237-239 in volume 1.


Reading - We will begin a novel study of the book Love that  Dog, by Sharon Creech. Love that Dog is a free verse piece written diary format. It is written from the perspective of a young boy who resists poetry assignments from his teacher. Throughout his journey, he learns to appreciate, and to even enjoy the art of poetry. As we read this book, we will continue to examine the literary elements.

The students will write their own poems using the poetic forms and elements that they will be learning about and have learned.    

English - This week the students will combine pronouns and verbs to write contractions.  They will also distinguish between the homophones its and it's, they're, there, and their, and you're, and your.  There will be a test on Thursday of this week over unit 6 Pronouns.  There are many lessons at the back of the chapter for the students to use as practice.  

Science- There will be a test over Simple Machines chapter 17 on Tuesday, May 12.  The students should study the information in their binders and the main concepts and vocabulary in their book.  They should know:

all vocabulary
a scientists definition of work
understand wheel and axles in relation to simple machines
understand what the  6 simple machines are, how they work and what they are made of
what simple machines change the direction of the force