Students come into the life of a teacher for only a brief moment. They impact each other's lives in a way that is closest only to that of a parent. Unfortunately, teachers don't ever get to see the fruit of their labor.
Day after day I show up to a job I will never see finished. Students move on, and I can only hope that my hours of planning and nuturing will travel with them. I am so lucky that for one year, I get to be a part of that trip. I will be able to glimpse a moment of the fruit, as I watch all of our hard work in 4th grade carry on into 5th. Truly, I am living the dream.
I will always treasure our year together and I can't wait to see you all in 5th grade!
Mrs. Demeris
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Be ready to recite your poem on May 22nd!
Mondays child
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Mondays child is fair of face, Tuesdays child is full of grace, Wednesdays child is full of woe, Thursdays child has far to go, Fridays child is loving and giving, Saturdays child works hard for his living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. |
My Shadow
Robert Louis Stevenson
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow--
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all.
He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!
One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an errant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow--
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all.
He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!
One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an errant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Spelling Test - Friday, May 11th!
Spelling Words:
1. between
2. brought
3. chimney
4. field
5. half
6. knock
7. quiet
8. straight
9. thought
10. twelve
1. between
2. brought
3. chimney
4. field
5. half
6. knock
7. quiet
8. straight
9. thought
10. twelve
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