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