The first states & capitals quiz--for New England and Middle Atlantic states--will be given on Monday, January 11. Be sure you study the states and capitals of that region and memorize them.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
fatigue
antique
accumulate
camouflage
tongue
Poem of the Week
Homework Machine
The Homework Machine,
oh the Homework Machine,
Most perfect contraption
that’s ever been seen.
Just put in your homework,
then drop in a dime,
Snap on the switch,
and in ten seconds time,
Your homework comes out,
quick and clean as can be.
Here it is--- “nine plus four?”
and the answer is “three.”
Three?
Oh me . . .
I guess it’s not as perfect
As I thought it would be.
by Shel Silverstein
The Homework Machine,
oh the Homework Machine,
Most perfect contraption
that’s ever been seen.
Just put in your homework,
then drop in a dime,
Snap on the switch,
and in ten seconds time,
Your homework comes out,
quick and clean as can be.
Here it is--- “nine plus four?”
and the answer is “three.”
Three?
Oh me . . .
I guess it’s not as perfect
As I thought it would be.
by Shel Silverstein
Friday, December 11, 2009
Spelling List
- cord
- chord
- pray
- prey
- seam
- seem
- sole
- soul
- piece
- peace
- role
- roll
- peel
- peal
- shone
- shown
- pain
- pane
- pole
- poll
- aisle
- isle
- rein
- reign
Friday, December 4, 2009
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
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
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
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
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Spelling List
1. smear
2. germ
3. return
4. peer
5. stir
6. squirm
7. nerve
8. early
9. worth
10. pier
11. thirst
12. burnt
13. rear
14. term
15. steer
16. pearl
17. squirt
18. perch
19. hurl
20. worse
Challenge
interpret
yearn
emergency
dreary
career
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
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
Friday, November 20, 2009
Announcements
There will not be a poem because of the shortened week. However, there is a spelling list. The quiz will be on Wednesday. Study hard.
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
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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
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. 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
Friday, October 30, 2009
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
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
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
Friday, October 23, 2009
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?
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?
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
Friday, October 16, 2009
Spelling List
- steal
- stealth
- cave
- cavity
- wise
- wisdom
- deal
- dealt
- athlete
- athletic
- crime
- criminal
- breathe
- breath
- wild
- wilderness
- shade
- shadow
- revise
- revision
- volcano
- volcanic
- cycle
- bicycle
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.
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.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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?
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. 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
Challenge
frantic
pursuit
trek
rustic
reproach
cease
describe
molten
campaign
subdue
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
Challenge
frantic
pursuit
trek
rustic
reproach
cease
describe
molten
campaign
subdue
Friday, October 2, 2009
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
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!”
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!”
Friday, September 25, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
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
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
Friday, September 18, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
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.
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.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Introduction
• The first poem illustration, for "Jellyfish Stew," will be due on Friday, 9/11.
• The first spelling list will be tested on Friday, 9/18.
• The first poem to be recited, "Jellyfish Stew," will happen on 9/18 also.
• The first spelling list will be tested on Friday, 9/18.
• The first poem to be recited, "Jellyfish Stew," will happen on 9/18 also.
Spelling List
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
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
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.
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.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
juvenile
astonish
ovation
amateur
obvious
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Poem of the Week
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.
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.
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
truly
benefited
height
believe
received
Friday, May 15, 2009
Poem of the Week
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.
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
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
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
Challenge
enactment
procedure
confront
preamble
concise
Friday, May 8, 2009
Poem of the Week
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
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
Friday, May 1, 2009
Poem of the Week
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
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
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
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
Friday, April 24, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
unified
levied
colonies
loveliest
strategies
Poem of the Week
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
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
Friday, April 17, 2009
Poem of the Week
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
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
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
departure
leisure
architecture
texture
villain
Friday, April 10, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
adapt
discourage
cooperative
apprentice
somber
Poem of the Week
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
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
Friday, April 3, 2009
Spelling List
1. while
2. whole
3. anyway
4. anyone
5. anything
6. favorite
7. once
8. suppose
9. everybody
10. everyone
11. really
12. morning
13. also
14. always
15. first
2. whole
3. anyway
4. anyone
5. anything
6. favorite
7. once
8. suppose
9. everybody
10. everyone
11. really
12. morning
13. also
14. always
15. first
Challenge embarrass
recommend
confidence
regretted
laboratory
Poem of the Week
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
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
Friday, March 20, 2009
Poem of the Week
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
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
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
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
Challenge
inquiry
unnecessary
responsible
except
exception
Friday, March 13, 2009
Spelling List
1. laughter
2. sandwich
3. mischief
4. actual
5. offered
6. watchful
7. cruel
8. planned
9. lately
10. countless
11. complain
12. address
13. usual
14. riot
15. amusing
16. ordered
17. diary
18. covered
19. visiting
20. government
21. improve
22. farther
23. radio
24. fuel
25. hitting
26. goodness
27. decided
28. actively
29. delightful
30. rodeo
2. sandwich
3. mischief
4. actual
5. offered
6. watchful
7. cruel
8. planned
9. lately
10. countless
11. complain
12. address
13. usual
14. riot
15. amusing
16. ordered
17. diary
18. covered
19. visiting
20. government
21. improve
22. farther
23. radio
24. fuel
25. hitting
26. goodness
27. decided
28. actively
29. delightful
30. rodeo
Friday, March 6, 2009
Spelling List
1. dreadful
2. enjoyment
3. safely
4. watchful
5. speechless
6. paleness
7. breathless
8. government
9. cheerful
10. actively
11. closeness
12. lately
13. goodness
14. retirement
15. forgetful
16. basement
17. softness
18. delightful
19. settlement
20. countless
Challenge
suspenseful
suspiciously
defenseless
seriousness
contentment
Poem of the Week
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.
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.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Spelling List
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
Challenge rehearsing
shredded
anticipated
scalloped
entertaining
Poem of the Week
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!
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!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Poem of the Week
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
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
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. rain
18. trial
19. rodeo
20. science
Challenge
appreciate
variety
enthusiastic
realize
eventually
Friday, February 13, 2009
Poem of the Week
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.
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
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
Challenge
opposite
scenery
questionnaire
excellence
pennant
Friday, February 6, 2009
Spelling List
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
Challenge
control
abstain
conscience
function
extreme
Poem of the Week
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.
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.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
Spelling List
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.
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.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
mineral
influential
vital
neutral
kernel
Poem of the Week
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
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
Friday, January 16, 2009
Poem of the Week
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!
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. 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
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
Challenge
device
skittish
logic
sincere
nuisance
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
oyster
clamor
tremor
scholar
chamber
Poem of the Week
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.
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.
Monday, January 5, 2009
States Unit News
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! We start our busy January with a States Unit. As part of that unit, each student will complete a brochure on a state. This brochure will be created using the computer program Pages. Students who complete packets early and also finish their Pages brochure will be allowed to create an “old fashioned” brochure which can be laminated.
In addition to the state brochure, we will be completing a States Unit. Information will be grouped as packets of yellow, green and blue sheets. If a student correctly completes the yellow packet, he or she will receive an M; yellow plus a green packet earns an M+; and yellow, plus a green, plus a blue packet is an E. We will also learn to identify and label all the states and their capitals. We will be having quizzes over different regions, and a final exam over them all. You may assist your child by helping him/her study state names and capitals for the quizzes and the geographical position and shape of each state, and by monitoring his/her progress in completing the packet(s).
Dates to remember:
New England/Middle Atlantic States Quiz - January 12
Southern States Quiz - January 16
Great Plains States Quiz - January 23
Southwest, Rocky Mountain, Pacific States - January 29
Total Test - February 6
Packets Due - (yellow, green and/or blue) February 6 (Yellow sheets minimum)
Brochure Due - February 6
Happy New Year! We start our busy January with a States Unit. As part of that unit, each student will complete a brochure on a state. This brochure will be created using the computer program Pages. Students who complete packets early and also finish their Pages brochure will be allowed to create an “old fashioned” brochure which can be laminated.
In addition to the state brochure, we will be completing a States Unit. Information will be grouped as packets of yellow, green and blue sheets. If a student correctly completes the yellow packet, he or she will receive an M; yellow plus a green packet earns an M+; and yellow, plus a green, plus a blue packet is an E. We will also learn to identify and label all the states and their capitals. We will be having quizzes over different regions, and a final exam over them all. You may assist your child by helping him/her study state names and capitals for the quizzes and the geographical position and shape of each state, and by monitoring his/her progress in completing the packet(s).
Dates to remember:
New England/Middle Atlantic States Quiz - January 12
Southern States Quiz - January 16
Great Plains States Quiz - January 23
Southwest, Rocky Mountain, Pacific States - January 29
Total Test - February 6
Packets Due - (yellow, green and/or blue) February 6 (Yellow sheets minimum)
Brochure Due - February 6
Spelling List
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
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
Challenge
fatigue
antique
accumulate
camouflage
tongue
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