If you are interested in seeing some of the photos that were taken of the fam. while at Ripshin check it out here.
Click enter then go into gallery , then events, and find Ripshin Christmas tree farm. :Warning: there are A LOT of photos.
Anyway, I may be an idiot but I have more hope for my son. Especially, with the reading that is required of him in only the First grade! He came home with a book of poems by Jack Prelutsky. (Whom I have come to love). But, this was tough reading for the boy AND he was going to be tested on this stuff. This is an example of the first poem.
I Told the Wizard to His Face
I told the wizard to his face,
"You're just a fraud, a phony,
A fake, a sham, a charlatan,
Your spells are pure baloney,
Your hogwash couldn't fool
An unsophisticated child-
What do you have to say to that?"
The wizard merely smiled.
"You see, you have no answer,"
I continued, feeling bold,
"You only use illusion
When you turn balloons to gold.
In fact, your poor pathetic act
Is practically a crime-
What do you have to say to that?"
He smiled a second time.
I escalated my harangue,
And blared triumphantly,
"Your prestidigitation
Simply can't bamboozle me!"
The wizard smile a wider smile,
"Piff poff" was all he said-
Since then I've been but two feet tall
And have a hamster's head
I've been told that after having this certain teacher( whom I love) we ( I mean he) could easily skip second grade. I might be beginning to believe it. Anyway if you have some time on your hands look up some of Jack's poems....I really enjoy them (never mind he's a child's poet). He's good.
7 comments:
SORRY!. I noticed you mispelled it the other day, but didn't comment
I think I will need to go back to school just to keep up with my first grader's vocabulary lesson! Cripes!
nice poetry, I've always liked his work. But I must say, Bergen could NEVER read that right now. Hahahaha, yikes! Forget second grade, I hope this doesn't make him hate reading! :)
Good pics btw, and I have to agree with you, that place is BEAUTIFUL!
Okay, so my favorites were number 208 on page 6 and 416 on I think page 10...the others are good, but those were my fav. too bad they didn't have a good one of your whole family :( Oh well.
I didn't make him read it, I read it to him :) Then I sent the book back to school with him the next day to pick a more age/grade appropriate book for HIM to read. He gets to pick the books he wants to read and test on (within his level). I couldn't believe that book was considered on his "level". But I have noticed the books he's bringing home are getting longer and harder. But come on!!!
Oh...Kel, What about 415. Just kidding, that's the one I look like I have gas. ;)
that's a LOT of pictures! they are cute, but there's just way too many of them!!!
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