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 

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