May Lunch Order

The lunch orders for May are due April 18. If you order hot lunch for your child, please do not order a lunch on Wednesday, May 23. The second graders will be going on a field trip* that day and will not be at school to receive hot lunch. If you have questions, please email me.

*You'll receive details about the field trip when it gets closer. :)

Poems

Please have your child choose one of the four poems:





Clouds


It's fun to see the clouds go by


When the wind is low.


Like fat and mournful sheep they pass,


Bumpy and woolly and slow.



It's fun to see them change to lambs


When the wind is high,


And trot across the sky's blue grass,


Hurrying to get by.


Small sheep racing across the sun,


Large sheep, fat and slow,


And the shepherd wind that drives them on-


I wonder where they go?

-by Marchette G. Chute

Barefoot Days

In the morning, very early,

That's the time I love to go

Barefoot where the ferns grow curly

And grass is cool between each toe,

On a summer morning-O!

On a summer morning!

That is when the birds go by

Up the sunny slopes of air,

And each rose has a butterfly

Of a golden bee to wear;

And i am glad in every toe--

Such a summer morning-O!

Such a summer morning!

-by Rachel Field

Timid as a Mouse

Who says a mouse is timid?

"Timid as a mouse."

I think a mouse is brave at night

To venture from his house

And hunt for things to nibble

And grass and twigs to chew,

When eyes are on the watch for him

The whole night through...

Eyes of owls and cats and skunks,

To mention just a few,

watching for a little mouse

The whole night through.

-by Aileen Fisher

Morning

Will there really be morning?

Is there such a thing as day?

Could I see it from the mountains

If i were as tall as they?

Has it feet like water-lillies?

Has it feathers like a bird?

Is it brought from famous countries

Of which I have never heard?

Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor!

Oh, some wise man from the skies!

Please to tell a little pilgrim

Where the place called morning lies.

--Emily Dickinson

*Poems are due on Tuesday, April 10.

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of March 26-30 are:

j, r, oy, wr, ur, gn, ti, ir, wh, f, ough, ed, o, ey, aw, gi, ou, e, ew, ea, oo, ee, u, ow, ui, ie, au, gu, g, ei

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of March 26-30 are:

passengers, remained, retreating, style, subtract, tailor, thumb, trial, voyage, whisper, wrong, sometimes, engage, final, terrible, surprise, period, addition, employ, property, select

*Starting now, your child will have 21 spelling words each week. S/he will enter 7 on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.