Friday, February 26, 2016

Spelling

There is no spelling list this week. We will be focusing on creating our memory quilts and completing a writing sample of our personal opinion.

Poem of the Week

Who Am I?

by Felice Holman


The trees ask me,
And the sky,
And the sea asks me
        Who am I?

The grass asks me,
And the sand,
And the rocks ask me
        Who I am.

The wind tells me
At nightfall,
And the rain tells me
        Someone small.

        Someone small
        Someone small
        But a piece
                   of
                    it
                 all.

Friday, February 19, 2016

Poem of the Week

Chocolate

   C hocolate is so yummy to eat.

   H aving it is a special treat.

   O ne little bite of a Hershey’s Kiss

   C an put me in a state of bliss.

   O r

   L icking a frozen chocolate bar

   A s I take a summer ride in a car.

   T otal pleasure is a chocolate treat.

   E agerly I wait for chocolate to eat!

Friday, February 12, 2016

5th Grade Spelling List

  1. tiring
  2. borrowed
  3. freezing
  4. delivered
  5. whispered
  6. losing
  7. decided
  8. amazing
  9. performing
  10. resulting
  11. related
  12. attending
  13. damaged
  14. remarked
  15. practicing
  16. supported
  17. united
  18. expected
  19. amusing
  20. repeated

Poem of the Week

The Wrong Start


I got up this morning and meant to be good,
But things didn’t happen the way
that they should.

I lost my toothbrush,
I slammed the door,
I dropped an egg
On the kitchen floor,
I spilled some sugar
And after that
I tried to hurry
And tripped on the cat.

Things may get better.  I don’t know when.
I think I’ll go back and start over again.

By Marchette Chute

Friday, February 5, 2016

Spelling List 2/8

  1. scrubbed
  2. listening
  3. stunned
  4. knitting
  5. carpeting
  6. wandered
  7. gathering
  8. beginning
  9. skimmed
  10. chatting
  11. shrugged
  12. bothering
  13. whipped
  14. quizzed
  15. suffering
  16. scanned
  17. ordered
  18. totaled
  19. answered
  20. upsetting

Poem of the Week

The New Kid on the Block

There’s a new kid on the block,
    and boy, that kid is tough,
    that new kid punches hard,
    that new kid plays real rough.

That new kid’s big and strong,
    with muscles everywhere,
    that new kid tweaked my arm,
    that new kid pulled my hair.

That new kid likes to fight,
    and picks on all the guys,
    that new kid scares me some,
    (that new kid’s twice my size).

That new kid stomped my toes,
    that new kid swiped my ball,
    that new kid’s really bad,
    I don’t care for her at all.