News from Mrs. Cavoto's Room - Aug . 31 -Sept. 4

Welcome to Fourth Grade!

We have had a very busy three-day week last week, and we are off to a great start.  We organized our materials, learned about classroom procedures and participated in activities to help us get to know each other and our classroom.

Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, Sept. 1 - Curriculum Night 6:30 - 8:00
Monday, September 7, No School, Labor Day

Math for Mrs. Cavoto's Class:  We had our first day of Math on Friday. Our first module is Models for Multiplication and Division. The students will  learn how to interpret products of whole numbers using number lines, ratio tables, and rectangular rays.  There will be a nightly homework assignment.

Reading - Reading:  In reading this week we will work on Close reading   Close reading is the careful, sustained interpretation of a piece of text, and one of the cornerstones of the Common Core State Standards.  We will read the poem, "Casey at the Bat". The students will read and reread this poem, dissecting it to gain understanding of the author's words. They will also compare it to other texts  and try to understand the author's perspective.

Spelling: Our first spelling unit will include frequently misspelled words.  A pretest will be given on Wednesday. The students will be given a sheet with  their weekly homework assignments on it and they should use the words in their spelling list.  They should complete those assignments in their spelling journal.    If they pass out of those words, they will be given an alternate list of words to complete the assignments with.  The test will be given on Friday.

Social Studies:  The students will become familiar with  our social studies text  by working with a partner and completing a  "textbook scavenger hunt".  This year we will be touring the regions of the United States.  The first region we will visit is the Northeast Region.  The students will explore Niagara Falls and understand how it was formed, and the importance of it to the people in the Northeast.