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.