Spelling List

1. cord
2. chord
3. pray
4. prey
5. seam
6. seem
7. sole
8. soul
9. piece
10. peace
11. role
12. roll
13. peel
14. peal
15. shone
16. shown
17. pain
18. pane
19. pole
20. poll

Poem of the Week

Choose one of the poems to illustrate and to recite on Thursday. Choose to do both if you want a challenge.

Snowball

I made myself a snowball
As perfect as could be.
I thought I’d keep it as a pet
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for its head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first--it wet the bed.

by Shel Silverstein

Come Skating

They said come skating;
They said it’s so nice.
They said come skating;
I’d done it twice.
They said come skating;
It sounded nice. . . .
I wore roller--
They meant ice.

by Shel Silverstein

Spelling List

1. weekend
2. hawk
3. flair
4. stir
5. first aid
6. halt
7. royal
8. carve
9. worth
10. hurl
11. up-to-date
12. noisy
13. soar
14. barge
15. steer
16. wildlife
17. coward
18. gorge
19. return
20. smear
21. brother-in-law
22. thousand
23. tore
24. early
25. pearl
26. test tube
27. launch
28. snare
29. perch
30. wheelchair

Poem of the Week

Wendy in Winter

No wonder Wendy’s coat blew off.
She didn’t have it zipped
And since she didn’t watch for slush,
No wonder Wendy slipped.
No wonder Wendy froze her feet
Although her boots were lined,
Because when Wendy left for school,
She left her boots behind.
And since she didn’t dodge the ice
that sagged the apple bough,
No wonder Wendy’s hatless head
Has seven stitches now.

By: Kay Starbird

Reminders

• Students will be taking their first attempt to pass the state reading assessment this week. Make sure they sleep well and come to school nourished and ready to give their best effort.
  
• No Poem or spelling list this short week.
• Parent helpers will not be needed for language arts time this week--thanks.
  

Reminders

• The poem and spelling list are for the week and a half leading up to Thanksgiving vacation. The poem will be recited on Friday, Nov. 21 alongside the spelling quiz. No poem or spelling the following 1/2 week.
• Students will be taking their first attempt at the state assessments. Math will be this week and reading during the next 1/2 week. Encourage them to sleep well and eat a breakfast each day.
  

Poem of the Week

Forgetful Paul Revere

Was it two if by land
And one if by sea?
Or one if by land
And none if by sea?
Or none if by land . . .
Or was it three?
My memory’s not
What it used to be,
And it’s getting so foggy
I hardly can see,
And this hard, cold saddle
Is killing me---
Oh, what a ride
This is gonna be.

Shel Silverstein

Spelling List

1. hare
2. scar
3. torch
4. soar
5. harsh
6. sore
7. lord
8. flair
9. warm
10. floor
11. tore
12. lair
13. snare
14. carve
15. bore
16. fare
17. gorge
18. barge
19. flare
20. rare

Challenge
unicorn
ordinary
marvelous
hoard

Reminders

• No School Tuesday - Veterans Day
• Wednesday is a field trip to Fish Creek to view spawning salmon and participate in classes. Students need to bring a sack lunch or order one from Sheila by Monday. We will be taking a school bus.
  

Spelling List

1. hawk
2. claw
3. bald
4. tower
5. halt
6. prowl
7. loyal
8. pause
9. moist
10. ounce
11. launch
12. royal
13. scowl
14. haunt
15. noisy
16. coward
17. fawn
18.thousand
19. drown
20. fault

Challenge
announce
poise
loiter
somersault
awkward

Poem of the Week

from: Paul Revere’s Ride

So listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, “If the British march
By land or sea from the town tonight,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,---
One if by land and two, if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and arm.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Announcements

• There will be no poem for this shortened week.
• Focus on the spelling list below - there will be a quiz Friday.
• Don't miss your scheduled conference and please bring your child with you.
  

Spelling List

1. would
2. wouldn't
3. clothes
4. happened
5. someone
6. sometimes
7. different
8. another
9. weird
10. eighth
11. coming
12. getting
13. going
14. stopped
15. here

Challenge
irresponsible
affectionate
brilliance
audible
menace

Spelling List

1. basketball
2. wheelchair
3. cheerleader
4. newscast
5. weekend
6. everybody
7. up-to-date
8. grandparent
9. first aid
10. wildlife
11. highway
12. daytime
13. whoever
14. test tube
15. turnpike
16. shipyard
17. homemade
18. household
19. salesperson
20.brother-in-law

Challenge
extraordinary
self-assured
quick-witted
limelight
junior high school

Poem of the Week

Lazy Witch

Lazy witch,
What’s wrong with you?
Get up and stir your magic brew.
Here’s candlelight to chase the gloom.
Jump up and mount your flying broom
And muster up your charms and spells
And wicked grins and piercing yells.
It’s Halloween! There’s work to do!
Lazy witch,
What’s wrong with you?

Reminders

• Ask your child about the fabulous salmon presentation on Wednesday of this week. We will be shocked if you don't receive a very positive report. Kids have been creating wonderful thank-yous to presenter Kathy Morgan from the EWEB grant that sponsors the salmon raising/education program.
• Be looking for more exciting salmon events in the future, including: students checking pH, temperature, ammonia and egg survival on a daily basis; students calculating temperature units (TUs) and predicting hatching date; a grant-funded field trip to Fish Creek (Nov. 12) to view spawning salmon (hopefully) and to participate in classes; classroom activities and lessons around salmon; and, finally, the release of salmon in the WISTEC canal just before winter break.
  

Spelling List

1. steal
2. stealth
3. cave
4. cavity
5. wise
6. wisdom
7. deal
8. dealt
9. athlete
10. athletic
11. crime
12. criminal
13. breathe
14. breath
15. wild
16. wilderness
17. shade
18. shadow
19. revise
20. revision
    

Reminders

• Library Day is Monday
• On Wednesday, both 5th grade and both 2nd grade classes will have presentations on the life cycle of salmon. All four classes will be raising salmon and all four are scheduled for a field trip to Fish Creek to (hopefully) watch spawning salmon and to participate in classes. Salmon eggs are scheduled to be delivered on October 28. Check in the classrooms to see the waiting tanks.
  

Poem of the Week

Toltecs

The Toltecs were wise
They conversed
with their own hearts

They played their drums
They were singers
They made songs
They guarded their songs in their memories

The Toltecs were wise
They conversed
with their own hearts.

Reminders

• Monday, October 13, is the day that students must turn in their completed Oceanography Unit Book and take our unit final. Parents would do well to have the child show you his/her "completed" unit book so that you may help them determine whether it is in fact complete.

• Monday is always library day. Remind students to return books.

Spelling List

1. slept
2. split
3. staff
4. fade
5. praise
6. slope
7. claim
8. stroll
9. mood
10. beast
11. crush
12. fond
13. dwell
14. strike
15. clue
16. boast
17. flute
18. sway
19. cruise
20. mild
21. grasp
22. swift
23. bunk
24. slight
25. thrown
26. stole
27. fleet
28. dew
29. youth
30. thigh

Poem of the Week

12 October

From where I stand now
the world is flat
flat out flat,
no end to that.

Where my eyes go the land moves out.
How is it then
five hundred years ago (about)
Columbus found
that far beyond flat on flat
the world was round?

Spelling List

1. thrown
2. stole
3. clue
4. dew
5. choose
6. rule
7. boast
8. cruise
9. stroll
10. route
11. mood
12. loaf
13. growth
14. youth
15. slope
16. bruise
17. loose
18. rude
19. flow
20. flute

Challenge
subdue
pursuit
molten
reproach
presume

Poem of the Week

Christopher Columbus

There are lots of strange things that discoverers do
But his was the strangest, I swear.
He discovered our country in One Four Nine Two
By thinking it couldn’t be there.

He paid no attention to protest or squall,
This obstinate son of the mast,
And so in the end, he discovered us all,
Remarking, “Here’s India, at last!”

Announcement

There is no poem this week and no spelling list due to the Oceanography trip.

Spelling List (9/22/08)

1. speech
2. claim
3. strike
4. stray
5. fade
6. sign
7. leaf
8. thigh
9. thief
10. height
11. mild
12. waist
13. sway
14. beast
15. stain
16. fleet
17. stride
18. praise
19. slight
20. niece

Challenge
campaign
describe
cease
sacrifice
plight

Poem of the Week (9/22/08)

Crab Dance

Play moonlight
and the red crabs dance
their scuttle-foot dance
on the mud-packed beach

Play moonlight
and the red crabs dance
their sideways dance
to the soft-sea beat

Play moonlight
and the red crabs dance
their bulb-eye dance
their last crab dance

Grace Nichols

Spelling List (9/15-9/19)

1. enough
2. caught
3. brought
4. thought
5. every
6. ninety
7. their
8. they're
9. there
10. there's
11. know
12. knew
13. o'clock
14. we're
15. people

Challenge
decent
stationery
stationary
correspond
reversible

Poem of the Week (9/15-9/19)

Lighthouse

This giant white
Land candle burns
The edges of
The fog by turns.

The lonely keeper
Of the flame
Illuminates
One picture frame.

A ship returning
Welcome light
And slipping safely
Through the night.

Spelling List (Earthquake Terror)

1. bunk
2. staff
3. dock
4. slept
5. mist
6. bunch
7. swift
8. struck
9. breath
10. tough
11. fond
12. crush
13. grasp
14. dwell
15. fund
16. ditch
17. split
18. swept
19. deaf
20. rough

Challenge
trek
frantic
summit
rustic
mascot

Poem of the Week (9/3-9/12)

Jellyfish Stew

Jellyfish stew, I’m loony for you,
I dearly adore you,
Oh truly I do,
you’re creepy to see,
revolting to chew
you slide down inside
with a hullabaloo.

You’re soggy, you’re smelly,
you taste like shampoo,
you bog down my belly
with oodles of goo,
yet I would glue noodles
and prunes to my shoe,
for one oozy spoonful
of jellyfish stew.

Opening News 8-26-2008

Get ready for a fantastic year in fifth grade. Keep your computer browser bookmarked to this page for weekly information. I typically post the weekly spelling list and the poem of the week. This year I plan to expand the blog to include pertinent information, reminders and upcoming events.

Spelling List (6/2-6/6)

1. fashionable
2. comfortable
3. different
4. suitable
5. merchant
6. profitable
7. student
8. possible
9. resident
10. terrible
11. absent
12. vacant
13. servant
14. valuable
15. accident
16. horrible
    
17. honorable
18. reasonable
19. remarkable
20. laughable
    

Poem of the Week (6/2-6/6)

Wynken, Blynken and Nod (Selections)

The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe;
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew;
The little stars were the herring-fish
That lived in the beautiful sea.
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish,--
Never afraid are we!”
So cried the stars to the fisherman three,
Wynken
Blynken
And Nod.

Parent Reminder

Fifth graders compete in a track meet with students from all North region elementary schools on Thursday, May 22 at 12:00 at the North HS track. Parents are more than welcome to come and watch. The people running the meet will need volunteers to help with field events and handing out ribbons. If you would like to assist or run a field event, come to the track at 11:30 and offer your services. It will be greatly appreciated.

Poem of the Week (5/19-5/23)

Wynken, Blynken and Nod (Selections)

Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe. --
Sailed on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring-fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we,”
Said Wynken
Blynken
And Nod.

Spelling List (5/19-5/23

1. dangerous
2. history
3. vacation
4. popular
5. favorite
6. memory
7. personal
8. educate
9. regular
10. continue
11. potato
12. natural
13. sensitive
14. energy
15. emotion
16. period
17. property
18. condition
19. imagine
20. attention
    

Spelling List (5/12-5/16)

1. heard
2. your
3. you're
4. field
5. buy
6. friend
7. guess
8. cousin
9. build
10. family
11. can't
12. cannot
13. didn't
14. haven't
15. don't

Poem of the Week (5/12-5/16)

The Muddy Puddle

I am sitting
In the middle
Of a rather Muddy,
Puddle,
With my bottom
Full of bubbles
And my boots
Full of mud,

While my jacket
and my sweater
Go on slowly
Getting wetter
As I very
Slowly settle
To the bottom
Of the mud.

And I find that
What a person
With a puddle
Round his middle
Thinks mostly
In the muddle
Is the Muddi-
Ness of Mud

By Dennis Lee

Parent Reminder

With outdoor school approaching, excitement builds. It is our intention to help keep students focused on school work and the need to "stick with it." It has been a long standing policy at Corridor that when we start our outdoor school electives, any missing homework assignments will be saved for the student to work on during recreation time at outdoor school. This is our way of helping students understand the value of work completion without keeping them from outdoor school electives to make up missing assignments. Please reinforce this concept with your child. Thanks for your help.

Spelling List (5/5-5/9)

1. propose
2. convince
3. concern
4. enforce
5. compare
6. excuse
7. conduct
8. preserve
9. contain
10. excite
11. extend
12. prefix
13. engage
14. pronoun
15. consist
16. enclose
17. consent
18. proverb
19. complete
20. exchange
    

Poem of the Week (5/5-5/9)

Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes!

Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes,
stop torturing me,
why can’t you behave
more considerately,
you’ve bitten me practically
down to the bone,
mosquitoes, mosquitoes,
please leave me alone!

Mosquitoes, mosquitoes,
you’re hard to ignore,
I itch and I scratch,
I can’t stand anymore,
you’ve bitten my bottom,
you’ve bitten my top,
mosquitoes, mosquitoes,
I’m begging you stop!

Mosquitoes, mosquitoes,
I honestly feel
it’s time that you went
somewhere else for a meal,
you’ve bitten me places
I can’t even see,
mosquitoes, mosquitoes,
stop torturing me!


by Jack Prelutsky

Spelling List (4/28-5/2)

1. unable
2. correction
3. native
4. distance
5. spinach
6. vulture
7. curtain
8. dirtier
9. spied
10. treasure
11. discover
12. inspect
13. tension
14. language
15. respond
16. voyage
17. pleasure
18. countries
19. happiness
20. furniture
21. promotion
22. react
23. solid
24. notice
25. destroy
26. mountain
27. adventure
28. busier
29. pitied
30. scariest
    

Poem of the Week (4/28-5/2)

A Bug Sat in a Silver Flower

A bug sat in a silver flower
Thinking silver thoughts.
A bigger bug out for a walk
Climbed up that silver flower stalk
And snapped the small bug down his jaws
Without a pause
Without a care
For all the bug’s small silver thoughts.
It isn’t right
It isn’t fair
That big bug ate that little bug
Because that little bug was there.

He also ate his underwear.

By Karla Kuskins

Spelling List (4/21-4/25)

1. liberties
2. victories
3. countries
4. spied
5. enemies
6. armies
7. scariest
8. dirtier
9. happiness
10. abilities
11. pitied
12. ladies
13. busier
14. duties
15. lilies
16. worthiness
17. tiniest
18. emptiness
19. replies
20. dizziness
    

Poem of the Week (4/21-4/25)

My Brother’s Bug

My brother’s bug was green and plump,
it did not run, it could not jump,
it had no fur for it to shed,
it slept all night beneath his bed.

My brother’s bug had dainty feet,
it did not need a lot to eat,
it did not need a lot to drink
it did not scream, it did not stink.

It always tried to be polite,
it did not scratch, it did not bite,
the only time it soiled the rug,
was when I squashed my brother’s bug.


By Jack Prelutsky

Parent Request

As many of you know, we have an artist in residence at Corridor who is guiding our kids through paper mache puppet making. It is very cool. I need a parent helper from 12:45-1:30 on Tuesday, April 22, to assist students with their puppets. The first person to contact me has the job. Thank you in advance.

Poem of the Week (4/14-4/18)

Bugs Bugs (selection)

Bugs! Bugs!
I love bugs,
yes truly I do,
great big pink ones,
little green stink ones,
yellow bugs and blue.
I put you in my pockets,
and I wear you in my hair.
You are my close companions,
I take you everywhere.

By Jack Prelutsky

Spelling List (4/14-4/18)

1. mountain
2. treasure
3. culture
4. fountain
5. creature
6. captain
7. future
8. adventure
9. moisture
10. surgeon
11. lecture
12. curtain
13. pasture
14. measure
15. vulture
16. feature
17. furniture
18. pleasure
19. mixture
20. luncheon
    

Parent Reminder

Each student needs to bring a 16 oz. water bottle with a lid (nothing fancy), newspapers and a small yogurt type carton with a lid. These items will be used during our Artist in Residence period of three weeks which will focus on paper mache puppetry. Our first session will be Wednesday, April 9. Thank you for your help.

Spelling List (4/7-4/11)

1. dozen
2. voyage
3. forbid
4. native
5. language
6. destroy
7. notice
8. distance
9. carrot
10. knowledge
11. captive
12. spinach
13. solid
14. justice
15. ashamed
16. program
17. message
18. respond
19. service
20. relative
    

Poem of the Week (4/7-4/11)

Mosquito

O Mrs. Mosquito, quit biting me please!
I’m happy my blood type with your type agrees.
I’m glad that my flavor
Has met with your favor.
I’m touched by your care;
Yes, I’m touched everywhere:
On my arms and my legs, on my elbows and knees,
Till I cannot tell which
Is the itchiest itch
Or which itch in the batch
Needs the scratchiest scratch.
Your taste for my taste is the reason for these,
So Mrs. Mosquito, quit biting me please!

Mary Ann Hoberman

Parent Reminder

• A note went home in a previous Thursday envelope requesting pictures for Angie to use in creating the 5th grade slide show for graduation. Our room has had a dismal response to that request. I am imploring you to please send Angie one photo of your child as a baby (before 1 year) and one photo of your child as a five year old. If you could e-mail her the pictures digitally that would help. Her e-mail address is bunday_an@4j.lane.edu. If you don’t have digital pictures or access to a scanner, then send Angie the two photos in an envelope clearly labeled and she will scan them and return the photos intact. Thanks for your cooperation. Let’s help Angie get the slide show well on its way.
  

Parent Reminder

• No school on Monday, March 31
  

Poem of the Week (3/31-4/4)

Praying Mantis

That praying mantis over there
Is really not engaged in prayer.
That praying mantis that you see
Is really preying (with an “e”).
It preys upon the garter snake.
It preys upon the bumble bee.
It preys upon the cabbage worm,
The wasp, the fly, the moth, the flea.
(And sometimes, if its need is great,
It even preys upon its mate.)

With prey and preying both so endless,
It tends to end up rather friendless
And seldom is commended much
Except by gardeners and such.

By: Mary Ann Hoberman

Spelling List (3/31-4/4)

1. unable
2. discover
3. report
4. disaster
5. unaware
6. remind
7. televise
8. television
9. inspect
10. inspection
11. react
12. reaction
13. tense
14. tension
15. correct
16. correction
17. promote
18. promotion
19. express
20. expression
    

Parent Reminders

• 5th grade students will be taking their second chance at state assessments in both reading and math. This is an opportunity for them to improve their score and for some to meet standards for the first time. Please encourage them to try their best and be sure they get enough sleep and come to school nourished. We will be testing during the time before first recess on Tuesday-Thursday this week.
• There will be no spelling list this week because of state testing.
• Look for information sheets brought home by your child that give you guidelines on how to help them make healthy choices in life. Most are printed from our Michigan Model Health Program. Children heading into the middle years are particularly susceptible to adverse influences. Stay involved in your child's life!
  

Poem of the Week (3/10-3/14)

Who Am I?

by Felice Holman


The trees ask me,
And the sky,
And the sea asks me
Who am I?

The grass asks me,
And the sand,
And the rocks ask me
Who I am.

The wind tells me
At nightfall,
And the rain tells me
Someone small.

Someone small
Someone small
But a piece
of
it
all.

Poem of the Week (3/3-3/7)

Chocolate

C hocolate is so yummy to eat.

H aving it is a special treat.

O ne little bite of a Hershey’s Kiss

C an put me in a state of bliss.

O r

L icking a frozen chocolate bar

A s I take a summer ride in a car.

T otal pleasure is a chocolate treat.

E agerly I wait for chocolate to eat!

Spelling List (3/3-3/7)

1. covered
2. directing
3. bragging
4. amusing
5. offered
6. planned
7. rising
8. deserved
9. visiting
10. mixed
11. swimming
12. sheltered
13. resulting
14. spotted
15. suffering
16. arrested
17. squeezing
18. ordered
19. decided
20. hitting
    

Poem of the Week (2/25-2/29)

The Wrong Start


I got up this morning and meant to be good,
But things didn’t happen the way
that they should.

I lost my toothbrush,
I slammed the door,
I dropped an egg
On the kitchen floor,
I spilled some sugar
And after that
I tried to hurry
And tripped on the cat.

Things may get better. I don’t know when.
I think I’ll go back and start over again.

By Marchette Chute

Spelling List (2/25-2/29)

1. poem
2. idea
3. create
4. diary
5. area
6. giant
7. usual
8. radio
9. cruel
10. quiet
11. diet
12. liar
13. fuel
14. riot
15. actual
16. lion
17. ruin
18. trial
19. rodeo
20. science
    

Poem of the Week (2/18-2/22)

The New Kid on the Block

There’s a new kid on the block,
and boy, that kid is tough,
that new kid punches hard,
that new kid plays real rough.

That new kid’s big and strong,
with muscles everywhere,
that new kid tweaked my arm,
that new kid pulled my hair.

That new kid likes to fight,
and picks on all the guys,
that new kid scares me some,
(that new kid’s twice my size).

That new kid stomped my toes,
that new kid swiped my ball,
that new kid’s really bad,
I don’t care for her at all.

Spelling List (2/18-2/22)

1. a lot
2. because
3. school
4. its
5. it's
6. tonight
7. might
8. right
9. write
10. again
11. to
12. too
13. two
14. they
15. that's
    

Poem of the Week (2/11-2/15)

Catherine

Catherine said, “I think I’ll bake
A most delicious chocolate cake.”
She took some mud and mixed it up
While adding water from a cup
And then some weeds and nuts and bark
And special gravel from the park.
A thistle and a dash of sand.
She beat out all the lumps by hand.
And on the top she wrote “To You”
The way she says the bakers do
And then she signed it, “Fondly C.”
And gave the whole of it to me.
I thanked her but I wouldn’t dream
of eating cake without ice cream.

Spelling List (2/11-2/15)

1. district
2. address
3. complain
4. explain
5. improve
6. farther
7. simply
8. hundred
9. although
10. laughter
11. mischief
12. complex
13. partner
14. orphan
15. constant
16. dolphin
17. employ
18. sandwich
19. monster
20. orchard

Spelling List (2/4-2/8)

1. powder
2. burglar
3. rapid
4. value
5. bushel
6. actor
7. equal
8. publish
9. tractor
10. pedal
11. polar
12. aware
13. matter
14. single
15. sparkle
16. humor
17. behave
18. quarter
19. whistle
20. needle
21. mayor
22. sorrow
23. parlor
24. mortal
25. gentle
26. lunar
27. shoulder
28. jewel
29. legal
30. wedding
    

Weekly Reminders (2/4-2/8)

• Friday will be the states unit final test. Students should know all 50 states and their location and capital. Students will be given a study guide map to memorize the location of some physical landmarks that will be on the test. We are giving students many chances to practice states at school. Please provide them some time at home.

• State Packets are due Friday.

• Poem recitation and spelling quiz will happen Friday as usual.

Poem of the Week (2/4-2/8)

My Sister Ate an Orange
by Jack Prelutsky

My sister ate an orange,
I’m astonished that she did,
she swallowed it completely,
she’s a disconcerting kid.

My sister ate an orange,
first she chewed it for awhile,
then digested it entirely
with a silly sort of smile.

My sister ate an orange,
it’s a novel thing to do,
then she ate a yellow
and a purple and a blue.

Parent Reminder

Our Planned Parenthood parent preview is Wednesday evening from 5:30-6:30 in the 5th grade rooms.

Spelling List (1/28-2/1)

1. jewel
2. sparkle
3. angle
4. shovel
5. single
6. normal
7. angel
8. legal
9. whistle
10. fossil
11. puzzle
12. bushel
13. mortal
14. gentle
15. level
16. label
17. pedal
18. ankle
19. needle
20. devil
    

Poem of the Week (1/28-2/1)

I’m Much Too Tired to Play Tonight

by Jack Prelutsky

I’m much too tired to play tonight,
I’m much too tired to talk,
I’m much too tired to pet the dog,
or take him for a walk,
I’m much too tired to bounce a ball,
I’m much too tired to sing,
I’m much too tired to try to think,
about a single thing.

I’m much too tired to laugh tonight,
I’m much too tired to smile,
I’m much too tired to watch TV,
or read a little while,
I’m much too tired to drink my milk,
or even nod my head,
but I’m not nearly tired enough
to have to go to bed.

Poem of the Week (1/22-1/25)

January

The days are short
The sun a spark
Hung between
The dark and dark.

Fat snowy footsteps
Track the floor
Milk bottles burst
Outside the door.

The river is
A frozen place
Held still beneath
The trees of lace.

The sky is low
The wind is gray
The radiator
Purrs all day.

by John Updike

Spelling List (1/22-1/25)

1. equal
2. parlor
3. collect
4. closet
5. perhaps
6. wedding
7. rapid
8. value
9. arrive
10. behave
11. shoulder
12. novel
13. tulip
14. sorrow
15. vanish
16. essay
17. publish
18. aware
19. subject
20. prefer
    

Poem of the Week (1/14-1/18)

Louder Than a Clap of Thunder!

By Jack Prelutsky

Louder than a clap of thunder,
louder than an eagle screams,
louder than a dragon blunders,
or a dozen football teams,
louder than a four-alarmer,
or a rushing waterfall,
louder than a knight in armor
jumping from a ten-foot wall.

Louder than an earthquake rumbles,
louder than a tidal wave,
louder than an ogre grumbles
as he stumbles through his cave,
louder than stampeding cattle,
louder than a cannon roars,
louder than a giant’s rattle,
that’s how loud my father SNORES!

Spelling List (1/14-1/18)

1. happily
2. minute
3. beautiful
4. usually
5. instead
6. stretch
7. lying
8. excite
9. millimeter
10. divide
11. until
12. writing
13. tried
14. before
15. Saturday
    

50 States Websites

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listthe50sju.html

http://www.50states.com/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/states.html

http://www.maps4kids.com/US_States.htm

Spelling List (1/8-1/11)

1. theater
2. actor
3. mirror
4. powder
5. humor
6. anger
7. banner
8. pillar
9. major
10. thunder
11. flavor
12. finger
13. mayor
14. polar
15. clover
16. burglar
17. tractor
18. matter
19. lunar
20. quarter
    

Poem of the Week (1/8-1/11)

Homework! Oh, Homework!

Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you
away in the sink,
if only a bomb
would explode you to bits.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You’re giving me fits.

I’d rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework
my teacher assigns.