Raz-Kids for Reading
Daily home reading on Raz-Kids is essential for your child’s continued improvement in literacy.Dreambox for Math
Dreambox is an adaptive program that provides math practice at just the right level for your child.Poem of the Week
Sick
By Shel Silverstein
"I cannot go to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more - that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue -
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke -
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb,
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my spine is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is -
what? What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is ... Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"
- Practise Reading: Read it aloud many times and get really good at it.
- Respond to the Reading: Talk about what it means to you and your family. Draw a picture. Write something.
- Play with Words: Look for word families (If I know day and way, I also know stay, tray, away, etc.).
Words of the Week
The words of the week come directly from the poem of the week. A child truly owns a word when he/she can recognize it, read it, say it, and write it. Practise, practise, practise.
- Make flash cards
- Write them down 10 times each
- Put them into sentences (write them or say them)
Bonus words: purple, sick, might, Saturday
