Announcements

There will be no poem this week due to the conferences. There is a spelling list. Look below.

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. 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
21. volcano
22. volcanic
23. cycle
24. bicycle
    

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?

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
31. frantic
32. pursuit
33. trek
34. rustic
35. reproach
36. cease
37. describe
38. molten
39. campaign
40. subdue

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.

Announcements

Check below for a recap of the oceanography field trip and next week's poem and spelling list.

Special Thanks

We would like to extend a special thank you to all Corridor 5th grade families for having your children well prepared for our oceanography field trip. After a busy first day that included two classes at the Hatfield Center, a visit to the Coast Guard, a hands on activity at the Yaquina Head tide pools, a romp at Agate Beach and dinner at Izzy's, the kids settled down for a mostly quiet night of rest on the gym floor of Newport Intermediate School. They woke up bright and early the next day, ate a fabulous healthy breakfast prepared by parents and headed off to the Newport dock for a morning of crabbing. Once sufficient lengths of rope were added to the crab rings the kids began to pull out numerous varieties and sizes of crabs, even securing a dungeness "keeper" which was offered to a pair of local crabbers. They gratefully accepted. Crabbing was followed by a relaxed visit to the Oregon Coast Aquarium and a safe trip home. The weather was sunny and beautiful both days with temperatures over 70 degrees on Wednesday. All in all, a great success. Thanks again, Corridor 5th grade families.

Tom and Maria

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

Announcements

Because of our oceanography trip and the shortened week, there is no spelling list and no poem. Both will resume the week of October 11.