Whose Child Is This?
“Whose child
is this?” I asked one day.
Seeing a little one out at play.
“Mine,” said the parent with a tender smile.
“Mine to keep a little while,
To bathe him and to comb his hair,
To tell him what he is to wear,
To prepare him that he may always be good
And each day do the things he should.”
“Whose child
is this?” I asked again,
As the door opened and someone came in.
“Mine,” said the teacher with the same tender smile.
“Mine, to keep for a little while,
To teach him how to be gentle and kind;
To train and direct his dear little mind;
To help him live by every rule
And get the best he can from school.”
“Whose child
is this?” I asked once more,
Just as the little one entered the door.
“Ours,” said the parent and the teacher as they smiled,
And each took the hand of the little child.
“Ours to love and train together,
Ours this blessed task forever.”
-Author Unknown
What we are studying in...
Language Arts - First Quarter
Reading - Junior Great Books and discussion skills,
character development and characterization through novels with Native American
protagonists
Writing - Sentence Writing, Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs
Social Studies - Community Building Activities, Geography, Create-A-Country, First Americans, Colonies
Parent Homework (conferences 2007)
Student Activity Information Sheet (MEHMS, 06-07)
Forms of Writing - Descriptive, Narrative, Expository, Persuasive
ABC's Of The Writing Process - Prewriting, Drafting, Revising/Editing, Proofreading, Publishing
Tools To Help Your Child's Reading Comprehension
I loved this quote and had to share it with you!
"The entire object of
TRUE EDUCATION
is to make people not merely to
do the right things, but enjoy
them; not merely industrious,
but to love industry; not
merely learned, but to love knowledge;
not merely pure, but to love
purity; not merely just, but to hunger
and thirst after justice."
- John Rostein