Bed in Summer

Bed in Summer

Robert Louis Stevenson

In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle light.

In summer quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people’s feet

Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you,

When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day? 

Words of the Week

Grade 1 - We're working on the short e sounds again!

bed

get

pet

pen

men

bonus word: dress

Grade 2 - We're working on the st sound at the beginning and the end of words!

still

stand

best

last

past

bonus word: street

Happy Father's Day

We made our Fathers DVDs. I interviewed each child and they told me a bit about their dads.

 They drew pictures of themselves for the DVD cover. Their drawings have changed so much since the beginning of the year.

What a Wonderful World!

This week's poem is a song!

What A Wonderful World

I see trees of green,
red roses too.
I see them bloom,
for me and you.
And I think to myself,
what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue,
And clouds of white.
The bright blessed day,
The dark sacred night.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow,
So pretty in the sky.
Are also on the faces,
Of people going by,
I see friends shaking hands.
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you".

I hear babies cry,
I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more,
Than I'll ever know.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.

 
Words of the Week
Grade 1
see
of
for
you
and
Bonus Word: pretty

Grade 2 (long i sound)
white
night
bright
sky
skies
Bonus word: myself


It is also a book!

Watch Louis Armstrong sing it. It is a favourite of mine. Don't we live in a wonderful world?

Why?

Why?

By Robert Fisher

Why is grass always green?

What holds up the sky?

Why is hair upon my head?

Why, oh why, oh why?

Why does rain go down, not up?

Why is salt in every sea?

Why is there a sun and moon?

Why is there only one me?

Why do bees buzz and birds sing?

Why do nails grow on my toes?

How long is a piece of string?

Why is it no-one knows?

Why is night so full of dreams?

Why do we have one nose, two eyes?

Why do questions never end?

Why are there so many whys?

 

Words of the Week

Grade 1 and 2

who

what

when

where

why

bonus word: while