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 

Scholastic Book Orders

If you are interested in ordering books for your child, the orders are due Friday, February 15.  You may also order online at www.scholastic.com.   Our class code is H3ZDB.

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of March 18-March 22 are:

eau, ey, ay, ou, ow, ee, ui, ti, ai, aw, au, ei, ea, ie, j, th, ew, k, sh, s, f, r, ng, gu, igh, v, w, er, wr, ar

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of February 19-22 are:

population, proper, judge, weather, whether, worth, contain, figure, sudden, instead, throw, threw, personal, everything, rate, chief, perfect, second, slide, farther, duty, intend, company, quit, quite, quiet, none, knew, know, remain