Poem in your Pocket Day tomorrow

Hello,

Tomorrow is Poem in your Pocket Day.  Your child should be either bringing a poem in, or they already marked one in a class book for me to make a copy.  Ask them about their choice.

Keep A Poem In Your Pocket

By Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Keep a poem in your pocket
And a picture in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.

The little poem will sing to you
The little picture bring to you
A dozen dreams to dance to you
At night when you're in bed.

So - -
Keep a picture in your pocket
And a poem in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.

We also have a poem wall that I hope will get filled with student original poetry soon.

Lots more work was done on dioramas today. Here's a funny conversation I had with a student about an animal they had made out of clay.

Me: So what animal is that again?

Student: a giraffe.

Me: (after a long pause) And what are giraffes known for?

Student: They have long, skinny legs.

Me: (nodding) And what else?

Student: A long neck. 

Me: (nodding) Huh.

Student: Oh, man! I forgot the neck!

Ms. Sherrill, the librarian, came in and did an activity where students made inkblots and then tried to describe what they could see out of them.  The kids made some unique splatters.

In math, we continued with geometry.  Weekly challenges are due tomorrow instead of Friday. Because of MEA testing, we won't have math class on Friday.  I don't think the challenge was too difficult this week, so they shouldn't need the extra day.

Homework will be limited to reading logs over the next few days due to testing.  Our students will test at 2:05 on Friday, 10:20 and 2:05 on Monday, 10:20 and 2:05 on Tuesday, 10:20 and 12:50 on Wednesday.  We will also have In-Class Performance Activities related to the testing at 12:50 on Monday, and 9:05 on Wednesday.  Please make sure your child gets a good breakfast and plenty of rest on and around those days.

Thank you for reading,

Mr. Shea