Friday, January 20, 2017

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