We've had a lot of sniffles this year!
Thanks to all the students who brought boxes of tissues to school:
Liana, Zack, Kenedy, Gabby, Matthew, Hailey, Anna, Luis, Isaiah, Kristin, Christopher, Jonah, Nancy, and Mireilla

Spelling Words for the Week of 3-14-05

This week's words are from the story The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Particia Maloney Markun. Most of them have sh and ch!

1. ship
2. rich
3. fish
4. shop
5. reach
6. chair
7. flash
8. shape
9. change
10. brush
11. picture
12. color
13. paper
Bonus: paintbrush

Spelling Words for the Week of March 8, 2005

REVIEW WEEK!!! All words are from previous weeks' lists. The test will be on Friday, March 11, 2005.

1. make
2. time
3. grass
4. flag
5. glass
6. call
7. grapes
8. chicken
9. which
10. stick
11. school
12. group
13. wishes
14. started

Bonus Word:
galaxy

An Alligator in the White House?

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We recently read a book entitled President Adams' Alligator, by Peter and Cheryl Barnes. The boys and girls really enjoyed learning about the "first pets", from George Washington to George Bush. As you can see, we created a graph to show our favorite pets. (Incidentally, the alligator resided in the East Room. It was a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette.)

To learn more about this topic go to www.presidentialpetmuseum.com.

Abe Lincoln's Library