News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 28-Dec. 2.

Dates to Remember:
Dec. 7- Early Dismissal 11:35- SIP Day
Tuesday, Dec. 13 - Whole going school to see A Christmas Carol at Drury Lane. Students should dress up for this special occasion.
Thursday, Dec. 15- Bowling in the A.M.
Dec. 16-Jan. 3 - Winter Vacation


Math- We will continue Unit 3. Fractions and Decimals.  We have been working with egg carton fractions to show that 1/2,  3/6,  and 6/12  are equivalent. We will review more equivalent fractions on Monday and there will be a short checkpoint quiz on Tuesday. We will also focus on comparing, composing and decomposing fractions and mixed numbers throughout the week.

Spelling-This week the students will work with homophones. These are words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.

Reading/Language Arts - There will be a vocabulary quiz over the words from Gloria Estefan on Wednesday of this week.  There is a Quizlet in their Reading Classroom where they can practice the words.  They should be able to write the words in good sentences.

The students will read a passage about Gloria Estefan and write text dependent questions of their own for others to answer.

The students will write a news article about Gloria Estefan explaining why she is "A star with a heart."

TFK- Time for Kids magazines will be passed out at the beginning of the week.  Please help your child read through and discuss with them articles, maps, charts, and graphs throughout the week.  They will have a worksheet to complete that will be due on Friday.  There will also be a TFK quiz on Friday as well.  They may use their magazine during the quiz.  

Social Studies- The students will identify and describe major land forms in the Southeast.  They will be able to explain how the barrier islands are formed and compare and contrast land form elevations in the Southeast.

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 21- Nov. 22

                       
Important Dates:
Wed.-Friday, Nov. 23-25 No School Thanksgiving

Science Project Presenters this week:
Monday, Nov. 21-Gabby


Math- The students will continue to review fraction skills and concepts and extend their understandings to mixed numbers, improper fractions and more sophisticated strategies for generating equivalent fractions.

Spelling-. No Spelling the week of Nov. 21.

ELA- 
The students will work with relative pronouns: who, whose, whom, which, and that. They will understand if you could use the word he; choose who.  If you could use the word him; choose whom. 

The students should use their Quizlet in the Reading Classroom to help them review for the quiz.  There will be a vocabulary quiz on the words from Gloria Estefan on Tuesday, Nov. 22.  

They will write a newspaper article informing people that Gloria Estefan is "a star with a heart"


Social Studies:  We will begin our journey through the Southeast Region.  The students will have a map quiz on Tuesday, Nov. 22.  They should be able to place all the states and bodies of water in the  southeast on the map correctly. 

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Nov. 7-10

Dates to Remember:

Mon. & Tues. Nov. 7 & 8 - No School-Conferences and Institute Day

Math- We will review division strategies this week.   We will have a test over Unit 2 on Friday of this week.  The students should review the skills they have learned.  They can look in their binder at past check pts and workbook pages.  There will be a pretest sent home to help the students study as well. They may come in at recess time if they need help with anything.

Spelling- No spelling this week due to a shortened week.

Reading- This week we will continue our courage theme as they read a biography about Gloria Estefan. The students will understand why she is considered to be courageous and a hero to many people.  They will  also understand how to make judgments by using the facts from the story and their own beliefs to make and confirm opinions about characters and situations.

Science-The students will begin work on their invertebrate project.  The due date for this project has been changed to Wednesday, Nov.  16. There will be a science test on lesson 3  pgs. 72-81 on  Tuesday, Nov. 15.
They should study the vocabulary and the main ideas in their books.  They should also study the sheets in their science folder. They should study the chapter and vocabulary.
They should know:
how scientists classify animals
5 main classes of vertebrates, at least 2 characteristics of each, and be able to give 2 examples of animals from each class.
 5 main groups of invertebrates
largest group of invertebrates
largest group of arthropods
traits of an insect (3 body parts, 6 legs,head, thorax, abdomen)