News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Jan. - Feb. 3

Important Dates:
Wed. Feb 1st- Six Flags Reading logs due
Thur.s Feb 2nd - Early Dismissal 11:35am
Mon. Feb 13th & Wed Feb 15th - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Tuesday, Feb. 14- Valentine's Day Classroom Party-1:30-The students may bring in Valentine's to hand out to each of their classmates.

Friday, Feb 17th - P/T Conferences - NO SCHOOL
Mon, Feb 20th - Presidents Day - NO SCHOOL

Congratulations to Izzy Chlopek from our class who was runner-up in the 4th grade spelling B.  She and Aaqil Riaz will be the representatives for the 4th grade at the District Spelling B on February 9th at 9:00 a.m.

Mrs. Cavoto's Math-This week we will continue our work with measurement. We will review using a number line to help students find elapsed time.  We will work on liquid measurements.-liters, milliliters and mass amounts-grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds   They will use ratio tables to help them convert measurements.  We will also continue to review subtraction and addition with regrouping.  A test is planned for Tuesday, February 7th over Unit 4.

Spelling- This week the spelling words will be all the states in the Midwest Region.  Each day they will have an activity to do with them for homework.

Reading:  We will finish the story, Lou Gehrig and answer text dependent questions.  We will take a close read of his farewell speech.  The students will take an open book comprehension quiz on Wednesday of this week.

English: In English this week we will work on Explanatory Writing. The students will choose a hero in their life.  They will brainstorm and organize their ideas.  Then we will review writing a hook, or lead to get the readers attention.

Social Studies: We will begin our study of the Midwest. In lesson one, we will read and learn how the Great Lakes link the Midwest region to the Gulf of Mexico and to the Atlantic Ocean.  On Tuesday we will complete a map of the Midwest. There will be a map quiz on Friday.

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Jan. 23-Jan 27

Important Dates to Remember:
Thursday, January 26- Grade Level Spelling B  Congratulations to Izzy Chlopek our classroom winner and Tyler Maylath our runner up.
Thursday, Feb. 2- Early Dismissal-11:30
Tuesday, Feb. 14- Valentine's Day Classroom Party-1:30-The students may bring in Valentine's to hand out to each of their classmates.

Math-There is a Check Point Review on Subtraction on Tuesday of this week.  The students should understand how to use the Constant Difference and be able to regroup when needed.  A worksheet will go home to help them practice.  This week we will also discuss measurement benchmarks and how we use measurement in our everyday life.

Spelling- This week in spelling the students will work with words that have tion.  They will understand that adding tion to a rootword can change the meaning from a verb to a noun.

Reading-. The students will answer text dependent questions and work on new vocabulary for the story of Lou Gehrig.  There will be a comprehension and vocabulary test over Lou Gehrig on Friday of this week.  There is a Quizlet on the Reading Classroom to help students understand the vocabulary.

Science-This week in science the students will continue to study the life cycle of animals.  They will understand how some animals grow and develop. Direct Development, incomplete metamorphosis, and complete metamorphosis.  There will be a test over the life cycles of plants and animals on Thursday of this week. Chapter 2 lessons 2 & 3.

They should study the lessons in the textbook and know the important concepts.  They should know all vocabulary.  

They should also:
understand how ferns and mosses reproduce
understand what tubers are
how most animals begin the life cycle
understand the parts of the plant and what they do
understand the life cycles of the animals  in the text
understand the different kinds of life cycles and know what the different stages are:   incomplete metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis, direct development 
What are the stages of the human lifecycle? Be able to name and describe them  
know the stages of a butterfly

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Jan. 17-20

Dates to Remember:
Monday, January 16- No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Thursday, January 19-Room Spelling B
Thursday, January 26- Grade Level Spelling B

Math- In math this week the students will work on subtraction strategies- finding the difference(counting up) and Removing (taking away).  They will also use the standard algorithm to solve subtraction problems.  A check point review of subtraction strategies will be given on Tuesday, January 24.

Spelling- This week the students will study more words that have Greek roots.  We will review synonyms, antonyms, similes, and metaphors.

Reading-The students will read the myth of Arachne and Athena. They will compare and contrast the two women.  The students will read a biography on Lou Gehrig. They will answer text-dependent questions and work with the vocabulary of the reading.

English-This week the students will understand conjunctions and use them correctly in sentences.  We will review similes and metaphors.

Science- The students will finish their life cycle of a plant project.  They will understand the difference in life cycles between plants that grow from  seeds and plants that grow from spores. They will understand that some plants can grow from stems of parent plants and some can grow from a storage plant called a tuber, like potatoes and onions.

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Jan. 9- Jan.13

Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, Jan. 10- MAP testing Reading
Wednesday, Jan. 11-MAP testing Math
Monday, January 16- No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Math- Students will review strategies such as the Give and Take (Compensation strategy), Split them Up, or the standard algorithm to solve 3 digit addition story problems.  A Checkpoint Quiz will be given on Friday.  They should understand how to write larger numbers using words, expanded form and standard form.  They should be able to round numbers to the underlined place value, compare larger numbers and solve 3 digit addition problems using the standard algorithm.

Reading/English-The students will share the slideshow they created on their myth.  They will read myths about Arachne and Athena and compare their different character traits.  We will also look for references to Greek Mythology in our everyday life.

The students will work with Greek and Latin roots- non, bi, tri, quad and oct.  They will fill in their vocabulary wheels for each.

They will review homophones

They will understand the use of commas before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.

Social Studies-The students will make an early Cherokee village including all the things which represent their culture.  They will follow a rubric to know what is expected of them.

Science- We will begin our new science unit this week: Life Cycles-First we will study the life cycle of plants. The students will observe how seeds germinate.