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

5th Grade Spelling List

Grade 5

A Boy Called Slow

Spelling Words

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

Challenge Words

1. inquiry
2. unnecessary
3. responsible
4. except
5. exception

5th Grade Spelling List

Grade 5

Animal Encounters
Reading-Writing Workshop

Spelling Words

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

Challenge Words

1. truly
2. benefited
3. height
4. believe
5. received

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