Announcements

The final test on all 50 states and capitals plus a few geographical landmarks will be this Friday, February 5. Don't forget to study.

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

Poem of the Week

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.

Announcements

The final states & capitals quiz before the "big test" on Feb. 5 will be this Thursday, Jan. 28 and will cover the Rocky Mountain, Southwest and Pacific states & capitals.

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

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

Announcements

The next states & capitals quiz--for Great Plains states--will be given on Friday, January 22. Be sure you study the states and capitals of that region and memorize them.

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!

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

Challenge
device
skittish
logic
sincere
nuisance

Announcements

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.

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

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.