Today is love our earth day.
https://ourfamilycode.com/download/earth-day-vocabulary-definitions/
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-Activities-Making-Words-Word-Search-FREE-657994
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1482459/
Today is National Gardening day and what a wonderful time to discover a digital artist named Jennifer Steinkamp. Her work is incredible. This is a great video clip of the only American Palace: https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/museums-and-global-exhibitions/jennifer-steinkamp-queen-liliuokalani/videos
These screenshots are from this webpost: https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/jennifer-steinkamp
ʻIolani Palace was built in 1882 by the last king of Hawaiʻi, King Kalākaua. It remained a royal residence until Queen Liliʻuokalani, the king's sister and successor, was deposed and the Hawaiian monarchy overthrown in January 1893. The Palace served as capitol of the Provisional Government, Republic, Territory and State of Hawaiʻi until 1969.
https://www.iolanipalace.org/sacred-palace/
Poem Title and Author:
Literal Meaning: This is a poem about a girl missing her father and the city of Hong Kong.
Poetic Form: This is a type of poem.
Does it rhyme? What is the rhyme sceme? No.
Imagery: What senses are provoked? The imagination, eyes, smell, hunger.
What specific words does the author include to help paint a picture in your mind as you read?
Chose two phrases from the poem that the author describes in a unique way, quote and explain them:
How does the author use two literary devices in the poem?
Example. Meaning
Midwest architecture transforms into Kowloon at evening time.
You visit me in a dream after passing,
I arrived once you were strong and ready.
Find two examples of figurative language and explain the examples:
What do you think the author's message (theme) is?
Did you like this poem?Why or Why not?
Teacher doung his everyday routine however it is disrupted by construction which reminds him of his grandfather.
Yes it rhymes.
Hearing, feels shivers, memories.
Barron and I discovered two wonderful opportunites , one is to learn through poatage stamps from the brilliant minds at:
Another is to send postcards from the most loving people at:
This free activity: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/funny-fill-in/article/funny-fill-in-postcard-from-paradise connects to both and thought we could use some cheering up during our gloomy day.
Barron's PostCard From Paradise Story Activity Result:
Hey, Dante, I heard it snowed 12 feet back in toronto today. No snowing for me this new years day. My aunt decided to take us all on a(n) lovely vacation at the dragon fruit Bay Resort on devil may cry island . Right now it's 1 degrees and lightening outside, and I'm fighting on the beach while a server waits on me head and foot. You should see the view from our tiny room. One morning I looked out our window and saw dogs barfing in the ocean. Today I studied in the smart swimming pool for so long that my fingers looked like dried pizzas, then I danced down a(n) slender waterslide as tall as a(n) video game console. After that the whole family headed for the all-you-can-eat Virgil. It must have stretched the length of 12 bus and there was even a make-your-own-cookie bar. I'll be thinking of you when I enter the ice sculpture competition tomorrow. Catch ya later! Barron
I couldn’t wait to try out a cookie recipe I saw Dante whip up on the reality TV show “violent Chef.” First, I preheated the trophy to 10 trillion°F! Then in a big video game, I cracked a dozen pizzas, poured in one cup of dirarreha, stirred in three houses of cream, and added one stick of cookie batter. Using a(n) boy, I cried all the ingredients together. I rolled the dough flat, then cut out the cookies with jaguar-shaped cookie cutters. I put the cookies in the oven for 12 minutes, then let them shooting until they were wise. Everything smelled so early! virgil sr wanted to taste them first and took a bite. “Uh Huh!” dante sr chopped the cookie to the floor so hard it put a(n) colorful hole in the basement. The cookies were hard as swords! Turns out I had forgotten to add the most important ingredient: two towers of chopped pies.
April 8:
The Goat By Aaron Fogel 2001.
If you are a goat, do you believe
What people tell you about
Goats, and eat
Tin cans?
There’s no goat that foolish.
Or is there?
The goat of the universe believed
What people told him about universes
And came into existence.
Bang! How naive can you get?
Even the scapegoat is not as naive
As (God help him) the universe that
Agreed to exist.
A word to the wise: Don’t eat tin cans.
Don’t listen. Don’t exist.
Source: https://poets.org/poem/goat
Barron's word selection:
Today our sky is full of unique magic, a total solar eclipse is occuring over Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada. "Total solar eclipses provide rare opportunities for scientists to observe the Sun’s corona (outer atmosphere), where the solar wind originates. These observations help scientists predict space weather events that may impact human and robotic space exploration, and affect the technology on Earth that humans rely on every day. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/nasa-releases-new-solar-eclipse-educational-materials/
Basically, "when the Earth, Moon, and Sun line up in space, we can see an eclipse. NASA studies eclipses from the ground, in our atmosphere, and in space, influencing solar, planetary, and Earth science. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk. Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing. Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury. After the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, the next total solar eclipse that can be seen from the contiguous United States will be on Aug. 23, 2044. We can’t normally see the corona – the Sun’s outer atmosphere – because the Sun’s surface below it is so much brighter. But during a total solar eclipse, the corona becomes visible, offering unique opportunities to study it. When the Moon completely blocks the visible surface of the Sun during a total solar eclipse, viewers can remove their eclipse glasses. A total solar eclipse is the only type of solar eclipse where eclipse glasses can be momentarily removed. When a solar eclipse reaches totality, nocturnal wildlife sometimes wakes up, thinking that it’s nighttime, and non-nocturnal wildlife might think it’s time to head to sleep! From 1:00p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT watch on NASA+ " Source: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/
Here are some photos from various youtube pages:
April 6 Poem:
The Giant Cactus of Arizona Harriet Monroe 1860 –1936
The cactus in the desert stands
Like time’s inviolate sentinel,
Watching the sun-washed waste of sands
Lest they their ancient secrets tell.
And the lost lore of mournful lands
It knows alone and guards too well.
Wiser than Sphynx or pyramid,
It points a stark hand at the sky,
And all the stars alight or hid
It counts as they go rolling by;
And mysteries the gods forbid
Darken its heavy memory.
I asked how old the world was—yea,
And why yon ruddy mountain grew
Out of hell’s fire. By night nor day
It answered not, though all it knew,
But lifted, as it stopped my way,
Its wrinkled fingers toward the blue
Inscrutable and stern and still
It waits the everlasting doom.
Races and years may do their will—
Lo, it will rise above their tomb,
Till the drugged earth has drunk her fill
Of light, and falls asleep in gloom.
Source: https://poets.org/poem/giant-cactus-arizona
Barron's word selection:
Our PAW:
April 7:
The Octoroon By Georgia Douglas Johnson 1880 –1966
One drop of midnight in the dawn of life’s pulsating stream
Marks her an alien from her kind, a shade amid its gleam.
Forevermore her step she bends, insular, strange, apart—
And none can read the riddle of her strangely warring heart.
The stormy current of her blood beats like a mighty sea
Against the man-wrought iron bars of her captivity.
For refuge, succor, peace, and rest, she seeks that humble fold
Whose every breath is kindliness, whose hearts are purest gold.
Source: https://poets.org/poem/octoroon
Barron's word selection:
Our Paw:
And You . . . By Jason Allen-Paisant 2024.
a walk in a midwinter ochre wood
to get some england sun
as it steals away—
a little poodle runs to show you love;
you like the feel of the animal’s body
on your leg; it’s something
of an acceptance so you smile
and are not the least bothered; you even hope
it’ll jump, though the lady yells
no jumping Sam! no jumping!
and when she adds ‘you know he
just loves EVERYbody!’ why should you
suddenly feel tears coming?—
it’s just that EVERYbody; how do you
explain this? there’s nobody to explain
it to: why she needed to take away
from you this one feeling of special?
how could she know it was the most
human moment of your day—
the most human moment in weeks?
Source: https://poets.org/poem/and-you
Barron's word selection:
Our PAW:
Barron read these books this week, in addition to the two Tomten books:
April 3 we read:
Stars in Alabama By Jessie Redmon Fauset 2024
In Alabama
Stars hang down so low,
So low, they purge the soul
With their infinity.
Beneath their holy glance
Essential good
Rises to mingle with them
In that skiey sea.
At noon
Within the sandy cotton-field
Beyond the clay, red road
Bordered with green,
A Negro lad and lass
Cling hand in hand,
And passion, hot-eyed, hot-lipped,
Lurks unseen.
But in the evening
When the skies lean down,
He’s but a wistful boy,
A saintly maiden she,
For Alabama stars
Hang down so low,
So low, they purge the soul
With their infinity.
Source: https://poets.org/poem/stars-alabama
Barron's word selection:
Our Paw:
April 4:
Our daily poem:
Little Things By Marion Strobel 2024
Little things I’ll give to you—
Till your fingers learn to press
Gently
On a loveliness;
Little things and new—
Till your fingers learn to hold
Love that’s fragile,
Love that’s old.
Source: https://poets.org/poem/little-things
Barron's word selection:
This week we began reading Pippi Longstocking and Barron read two other books by Astrid Lindgren which were The Tomten and The Tomten and the Fox.
Solstice in Truro By Joshua Weiner 2023 from Poem-a-Day on December 13, 2023, by the Academy of American Poets.
Teaching term done, I keep my laptop shut
A chill in the air runs under weak June sun
Chickadee warbler catbird waxwing—
Morning migrant songs drowned by bulldozer next door
The backing up beeping a constant one note feed
From far off, boundless tides crest onto restless sand
How my grandfather made his way, a refugee from Kyiv
How the new war gathers and opens his voice in me.
Source: https://poets.org/poem/solstice-truro
We used our Magnetic Hangman to guess a word each from our daily poem, displayed will be Barron's word selection:
