Friday, May 5, 2017

News from Mrs. Cavoto's Class - May 8-May 12

Important Dates:
Tuesday, May 9-MAP testing
Wednesday, May 10-MAP testing
Friday, May 12- Early Dismissal 11:35  SIP
Monday, May 29-Memorial Day, No School
Tuesday, May 30- Bowling
Thursday, June 1 - Field Day
Friday, June 2- Last Day of School Early Dismissal, 11:35

Math-Going into 5th grade the students should know their math facts. I will be testing students on their multiplication facts 0-9 each Friday until the end of school.  They should be studying them throughout the week. Their focus should be on the facts that they don't know.  We will continue to work on multiplication strategies to help them with this.
We will begin a new unit this week.  In this first module, the students will study patterns. They will be able to look at patterns and make generalizations about them as well as continue the patterns.

Spelling-This week in spelling the students will be working with words that come from Greek mythology.

Reading-The students act out different adages, or proverbs with the class.  We will continue to study the elements of poetry as we begin reading Love That Dog.

Science-  This week in science the students will understand the job of the nervous system. They will be able to describe how messages from the body reach the brain. They will also understand the three types of muscles and their jobs.