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

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!”

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

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

Challenge
campaign
describe
cease
sacrifice
plight

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

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.