Book Board Chat

Good Afternoon Everyone from sunny very warm [in low 80's] FLA.

Had a short rain this morning. Still humid they promise it will dry out.

wellington laurie hunting season proper starts thanksgiving weekend here. But I think the bowmen and musket hunters are already allowed to hunt. A fair amount of shooting by either target practice or poachers but not as much as previous years.

BREAKFAST -- morning person. got to have it. Cereal in milk with a glass of water on the side. rice crispies. corn flakes. total. Childhood favorite was Alphabets.

POETRY UPDATE -- well after ignoring the SIDEWALK book on Monday, both boys declared it was their favorite; grabbing and fighting over it. [or the author was, can't tell with their wording]. Showed them how to use the index to find their favorite poems. Their method of reading poetry is to say everything as one long slurred word. Sigh.
I used one of the 'tricks' to break that up. You read a poem with a stop watch, three or four times working on improving your speed and removing mistakes. If you don't slur you go faster and the words were much more understandable. enunciation is good.

Also, there was one poem which they wanted me to read. Found out why. It contained the word 'hell' As a place. In the paul bunyan poem. I read it -- using the ...... to show how the author wanted the poem read [they totally ignore any punctuation marks] and happily read 'hell' to their slightly bugged out eyes each time it appeared.

Fifth grade boys are so cute. Do know better than to pick a poem that uses the word 'breast' though [think whatshisname's TREES] with boys.

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS is working well. Reading boy didn't remember what 'perish' meant [and probably some of the other words we had gone over on Monday]. Since I read it the first time, Reading Boy enunciates even the hard words. He originally said he didn't want to do it again. Then I said, 'OK, it really is a sixth grade level...' he didn't let me finish and started reading.

Fifth grade boys are so cute.

Reading Boy's favorite poem was For Sale [about selling a little sister]. He has two younger sisters.