News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room Feb. 27-March 3rd

Math- The students will work with reflective and line symmetry this week.  They will be "Polygon Detectives" as they understand polygons and work to identify triangles and quadrilaterals based on their qualities.

Spelling-This week in spelling the students will work with relative adverbs - where, when, why, and relative pronouns - whose, who, whom, which, that,  and reading content words.

Reading-The students will share their independent reading projects this week.  They will close read a poem called "The River" and analyze the figurative language used in it.

The students will use their ideas about the narrator and Grandfather in the story to write a comparison essay.

English-We will review similes and metaphors.

Social Studies- The students will learn about the Native Americans who lived in the northern Midwest, the Ojibwa. They will study their early culture and describe ways their culture has changed since the mid-1600's.

The students will begin a project with the Midwest. They will be making a  "Just Look" Book.

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room - February 20 - Feb. 24

Math- In math this week the students will continue their work with circles.  We will move from measuring angles with pattern blocks to using a protractor to measure angles.  There will be a checkpoint review on Thursday of this week.  The students should know the names and definitions of the different angles. They should know the angles that make the different shapes from our pattern blocks.  They should be able to use a protractor to measure angles and sketch angles.  

Spelling:   This week's list includes homographs, which are sets of words that are spelled the same but have multiple meanings. The final test is scheduled for Friday, 2/24.

Reading-The students' independent reading projects are due on Thursday of this week.  They should practice presenting them. "Journeys" is the next theme in our reading program.  We will begin with personal journeys.  The students will think about what it means to go on a journey.  We will read the story "Grandfather's Journey".

English-The students will share their Profiles in Courage book this week.They will finish writing their hero essays.

Social Studies-The Midwest is one of the world's leading farming regions.  The students will understand why the Midwest is known as an important agricultural region and the effect irrigation has had on the Great Plains.  The test date has been changed to Friday of this week. The Water and Land of the Midwest Chapter 8.

They should know:

all vocabulary

understand how glaciers formed the Great Lakes

what connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

understand the flow of the Chicago River and why it was changed

advantages and disadvantages of shipping by barge

describe the Badlands of long ago and how they have changed

why did the Badlands become cooler and less humid

describe erosion

describe a prairie

why is the Midwest an important agricultural region

describe the Central Plains

crops that grow in the Midwest

understand irrigation

products of Wisconsin