4th Grade Spelling List

1. pound
2. howl
3. jaw
4. bounce
5. cause
6. always
7. shout
8. aloud
9. south
10. couple
11. drawn
12. scout
13. false
14. proud
15. frown
16. sauce
17. gown
18. couch
19. dawn
20. mount
Challenge
1. gnaw
2. prowl
3. pounce
4. doubt
5. scrawny

5th Grade 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

Following is a portion of a very famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is about the ride that Paul Revere took to warn folks in the countryside around Boston that the British were attacking. It happened at the time of the American Revolution.

Because it is a fairly long portion, students will be asked to memorize either the first stanza, the second stanza, or, if they want a challenge that past Corridor 5th graders have taken on, both stanzas.

The poem will be on next week’s assignment sheet also. It is included here to give them extra time to practice and memorize this poem. Students will recite what they have learned on Friday, November 9.






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 and no spelling lists for this week, due the the short week and conferences. Enjoy the break!

4th Grade Spelling List

1. shake
2. desk
3. block
4. fright
5. neat
6. roast
7. prune
8. spray
9. plant
10. bread
11. speed
12. drain
13. fist
14. pride
15. truck
16. flock
17. cone
18. crew
19. blade
20. dead
21. proceed
22. cocoa
23. imitate
24. erase
25. polish

5th Grade 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

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?

4th Grade Spelling List

1. steel
2. steal
3. lead
4. led
5. wait
6. weight
7. wear
8. ware
9. creak
10. creek
11. beet
12. beat
13. meet
14. meat
15. peek
16. peak
17. deer
18. dear
19. ring
20. wring
Challenge
1. pour
2. pore
3. vain
4. vein
5. vane

5th Grade 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
31. frantic
32. trek
33. cease
34. molten
35. pursuit
36. rustic
37. describe
38. campaign
39. subdue
40. reproach

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

Due to the oceanography field trip and the shortened week, there will not be spelling lists for either 4th or 5th grade students.

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?