Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of January 6-10 are:

death, learn, wonder, pair, pear, pare, check, prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something, expect, need, thus, woman, women, young, fair, fare, dollar, evening, plan, broke, feel, sure, sugar, least

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of December 16-20 are:

monkey, myself, noise, pencil, pie, pull, sew, sow, so, steam, thread, thunder, tried, try, vein, except, aunt, ant, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center, front, running, run, rule, carry, chain

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of December 16-20 are:

gu, igh, ey, ee, eigh, ay, ei, g, ie, ai, ea, ed, gn, j, kn, ough, oi, aw, ui, oy, ew, dge, ou, oo, e, i, au, ow, ng, u

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of December 9-13 are:

pleasant, please, picture, pitcher, pitch, money, ready, omit, anyway, eight, breakfast, chance, climb, coffee, color, contains, daily, day, eagle, fancy, fly, forest, freeze, gentle, grow, holes, hotel, iron, living, live

Poems

Poems are due Wednesday, December 18.  


How Creatures Move

The lion walks on padded paws,

The squirrel leaps from limb to limb,

While flies can crawl straight up a wall,

And seals can dive and swim.

The worm, he wiggles all around,

The monkey swings by his tail,

And birds may hop upon the ground,

Or spread their wings and sail.

But boys and girls have much more fun;

They leap and dance

And walk and run.

~Anonymous

Upside Down

It's funny how beetles

And creatures like that

Can walk upside down

as well as walk flat.

They crawl on a ceiling

and climb on a wall

without any practice

or trouble at all.

While I have been trying

For a year (maybe more)

and still I can't stand

with my head on the floor.

~Aileen Fisher

Little Talk

Don't you think it's probable

that beetles, bugs, and bees

talk about a lot of things--

you know, such things as these:

The kind of weather where they live

in jungles tall with grass

and earthquakes in their villages

whenever people pass!

Of course, we'll never know if bugs

talk very much at all,

because our ears are far too big

for talk that is so small.

~Aileen Fisher

Spider

I saw a little spider

With the smartest spider head:

She made-somewhere inside her-

A magic silken thread.

I saw her sliding down it.

She dangled in the air.

I saw her climbing up it

And pulling up each stair.

She made it look so easy

I wished all day I knew

How I could spin a magic thread

So I could dangle too.

~Aileen Fisher

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of December 2-6 are:

true, truth, took, again, inform, both, heart, month, children, child, build, built, understand, follow, charge, member, case, while, also, return, office, great, Miss, miss, who, died, die, changing, change, few

Phonograms

These are the phonograms for the week of December 2-6 are:

gn, au, ei, f, a, ed, ea, ng, ie, g, ow, er, ch, ar, or, t, b, m, n, c, s, i, ur, wh, l, o, oo, th, e, u

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of November 18-22 are:

drill, army, pretty, stole, income, bought, paid, pay, enter, railroad, unable, ticket, account, driven, real, recover, mountain, speak, past, might, contract, deal, almost, all, brought, bring, less, event, off, of

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of November 11-15 are:

gu, eigh, ie, ow, ew, ou, ei, t, s, ch, d, ea, i, b, igh, ed, oe, ck, g, sh, e, er, o, oo, ng, f, ey, ai, or, p

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of November 11-15 are:

going, honey, letters, orange, pocket, shoes, shoe, stairs, stream, talks, tiny, words, trust, extra, dress, beside, teach, happen, begun, collect, file, provide, sight, stood, fixed, fix, born, goes, go, hold

A Christmas Carol

Four Seasons Theatre Company is offering an incentive for students to read.  If your child reads any version of A Christmas Carol by December 5, s/he gets a free ticket to see the musical.  Please let me know if your child reads the book and I will get them a free ticket. 

http://www.fourseasonstheatre.org/

Food Pantry

If you have extra cans of food, please have your child bring them to class!  We are collecting cans for the food pantry for the upcoming holidays.  Students can earn prizes such as a teacher against student tug-o-war, teacher dance off, teacher swap, Jack Sparrow visit, ect.  

Moon Unit

We are studying the moon in science.  Your child is bringing home his/her science journal and a piece of chalk each night for the next 2 weeks.  Please remind your child to draw what the moon looks like each night.  If you can't see the moon, you can use the following website to check the moon phases:

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon-november-2013.phtml

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of November 4-8 are:

ey, oo, ei, ew, au, m, f, l, dge, c, ea, o, ee, oi, th, e, n, a, ie, ng, or, aw, sh, ou, er, ow, s, ear, ir, ch

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of November 4-8 are:

leave, early, close, close, flower, flour, nothing, ground, lead, led, lead, such, morning, however, mind, shall, alone, order, third, push, point, within, body, field, belongs, cheese, earn, edge, feather, fence

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of October 28- November 1 are:

four, herself, power, wish, because, cause, world, country, meet, meat, another, tripped, trip, list, people, ever, held, church, once, one, own, before, know, no, were, where, there, here, dead, leave

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of October 28-November 1 are:

w, r, o, v, kn, c, ur, ed, eo, ee, e, th, au, er, ch, p, or, ow, wh, ea, ou, sh, i, ie, ey, oo, aw, u, ei, ew

Poems

Please help your child pick 1 of the 4 poems to memorize.  The poem will be presented in class on Wednesday, November 6. If your child memorizes The Gettysburg Address, they do not need to memorize a poem this term. 

Rhyme

 I like to see a thunder storm,

        A dunder storm,

                A blunder storm,

I like to see it, black and slow,

Come stumbling down the hills.

I like to hear a thunder storm,

        A plunder storm,

                A wonder storm,

Roar loudly at our little house,

And shake the window sills!

 ~Elizabeth Coatsworth

 Hold Fast to Your Dreams

 Within your heart

Keep one still, secret spot

Where dreams may go,

And sheltered so,

May thrive and grow--

Where doubt and fear are not.

Oh, keep a place apart

Within your heart,

For little dreams to go.

 ~Louise Driscole

 Who Has Seen the Wind?

 Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling

The wind is passing through.

 Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I;

But when the trees bow down their heads

The wind is passing by.

 ~Christina Rossetti

An Emerald is as Green as Grass

 And emerald is as green as grass;

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone;

To catch the world's desire;

An opal holds a fiery spark;

But a flint holds fire.

 ~Christina Rossetti

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of October 21-25 are:

si, ee, wr, th, er, r, ur, t, h, s, a, l, ng, d, ch, v, oa, e, i, o, gu, ar, j, n, w, ei, u, ew, igh, dge,

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of October 21-25 are:

grant, soap, news, new, small, smaller, smallest, war, summer, above, express, turn, lesson, half, father, anything, table, high, June, right, write, wrote, date, road, rode, ride, March, march, next, indeed

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of October 7-11 are:

catch, catcher, kitchen, butcher, black, warm, unless, clothing, clothes, cloth, began, begin, beginning, able, gone, go, done, do, suit, track, watch, dash, fell, fight, buy, by, stopping, stop, walk, talk, chalk

*There are 31 words this week

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of October 7-11 are:

th, f, p, ui, a, e, ch, l, n, er, y, igh, ng, sh, u, tch, o, ar, s, oy, oo, g, oi, ow, d, ck, b, ie, k, ey,

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of September 30-October 4 are:

kn, d, sh, c, o, e, ea, igh, i, p, ng, ou, aw, gn, ar, f, l, oa, y, tch, oo, g, wh, ch, n, th, a, ow, ee, qu,

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up on Tuesday, October 15 and Wednesday, October 16.  Please come in or email me to sign up for a time.  I look forward to meeting with you!   

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of September 30-October 4 are:

stamp, light, coming, come, night, pass, shut, easy, ease, bone, cloud, draw, drink, garden, goose, hopping, hop, knife, mouth, oak, peach, pole, queen, rope, season, sign, space, wagon, wheat, window

Schedule

Monday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Lit Set

11:15 Lunch

11:50 Storytime

12:10 Grammar

12:20 New Practice Reader

12:50 Read Aloud

1:05 Wordly Wise

1:20 Recess

1:35 Writing

2:05 History/Science

2:25 Library

Tuesday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Lit Set

11:15 Lunch

11:50 Storytime

12:10 Grammar

12:20 Wordly Wise

12:30 Art

1:20 Recess

1:35 PE

2:00 Writing

2:30 History/Science

Wednesday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Computers

11:15 Lunch

11:50 Storytime

12:10 Grammar

12:20 New Practice Reader

12:50 Read Aloud

1:00 Wordly Wise

1:20 Recess

1:35 Writing

2:05 History/Science

2:30 Music

Thursday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Lit Set

11:15 Lunch

11:50 Storytime

12:10 Grammar

12:20 Wordly Wise

12:35 Read Aloud

12:50 Hayes

1:20 Recess

1:35 Writing

2:05 History/Science

2:30 PE

Friday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Lit Set

11:15 Lunch

11:50 Storytime

12:10 Grammar

12:20 National Geo

12:35 McCall Crabb

12:45 Writing

1:20 Recess

1:35 Music

2:00 Spotlight

2:15 Clean Up

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of May 22-24 are:

ie, ai, ee, ng, g, k, ear, ci, dge, ar, oi, er, j, s, au, ti, v, th, oo, ea, ui, oy, kn, ei, ew, ow, gu, ey, ou, gn

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of May 20-24 are:

forward, backward, toward, although, prompt, attempt, whose, who, statement, state, perhaps, their, they, imprison, written, writ, arrange, ankle, appears, bracelet, brace 

*We have 21 words this week. 

National Volunteer Week

This week is National Volunteer Week and I'd like to attempt to tell you how grateful I am for your volunteer work.  There is so much done by volunteers at Thomas Edison and I'm amazed at what can happen when so many people help out!  Thanks so much for helping out in library, art, the lunchroom, in my classroom, and for helping grade papers at home.  It would be difficult and overwhelming to do all of that on my own.  You are one of the reasons I love my job.  I appreciate what you're teaching your child about coming together and giving some of yourself to our school community.  Thank you! 

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of April 29-May 3 are:

ck, ay, ar, kn, ng, oo, f, n, k, ir, c, oe, v, gn, gu, g, ai, ti, ui, oy, ie, ei, aw, ur, ey, ow, ou, ew, ee, ea, gi

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of April 29- May 3 are:

connect, connection, firm, region, religion, convict, private, command, debate, crowd, factory, publish, represent, term, section, relative, relate, progress, progress, entire

*We have 20 words this week.

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of April 8-12 are:

clerk, though, o'clock, support, does, do, regard, escape, since, which, length, long, strength, strong, destroy, newspaper, daughter, naughty, caught, taught, answer, reply, sail, sale, cities, city, known, know, several, desire

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of April 8-12 are:

augh, ear,er, ck, kn, e, ey, gu, ew, oy, c, au, ie, ay, ow, ai, ou, ng, ar, aw, sh, ei, ui, ee, ea, th, oe, wh, or, ough

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of March 18-22 are:

regular, repeats, sailor, sentence, shining, shine, surface, sweeping, sweeps, thief, waist, waste, waiting, weary, writing, writer, write, spend, enjoy, awful, awe, usual, complaint, auto, vacation, beautiful, beauty, flight, travel, rapid

Poetry

Please pick one poem to memorize.  Poems will be presented in class on Tuesday, April 9.


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 Gaylord Chute

Barefoot Days

In the morning, very early,

That's the time I love to go

Barefoot where the fern grows 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

Or 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 a 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-lilies?

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

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up on March 6 and March 7.  Please come in to sign up for a time or email me with some times that will work and I can sign you up.  I look forward to meeting with you!  J

Poems

Poems will be presented in class on Tuesday, February 26. 

Stage Fright

I wanted the role.

The Prince.

THE PRINCE

I got it.

I knew it.

I was totally convinced.

I memorized each line.

I learned them each by heart.

I studied and I studied

My perfect Prince-part.

But-

When I took center stage

            I stammered

            I Stuttered

            I Hemmed and

            I Hawed then

            Suddenly I shuddered.

My heart skipped a beat.

My Face turned bright red.

Until finally the Prince-words

Popped back into my head.

Though I'll always know

My mind simply snapped

I still got a thrill

When I took my last bow

As my classmates

            Stood up

            Shouted

            And

            Clapped.

-by Lee Bennett Hopkins

 First Snowfall

The little mouse

In her knothole house

Where her bed is warm and dry...

Does she get a shock

When it's snow o'clock

And whiteness fills the sky?

She only knows

About grass that grows,

And weed stalks turned to gold.

She never has heard

A single word

About the snow and cold.

On a sudden night

When the world turns white

and green and gold are through,

The little mouse

In her knothole house...

Does she wonder what to do?

--Aileen Fisher 

The Frost-Pane

What's the good of breathing

On the window

Pane

In summer?

You can't make a frost

On the window pane

In summer.

You can't write an

alphabet,

You can't draw an

elephant:

You can't make a smudge

With your nose

In summer.

Lots of good, breathing

On the window

Pane

In winter.

You can make a frost

On the window pane

In winter.

A white frost, a light frost,

A write-me-out-a-Picture-frost

Across the pane

In winter

-by David McCord