Let's Say Thanks !

The cooperation and generosity of multiple organizations has made it possible to send millions of postcard messages to troops overseas currently serving in our military and they are submitted through this Web site: Let's Say Thanks.

Xerox has also partnered with Give2TheTroops, the Boys and Girls Clubs, print shops and corporations that have all greatly contributed to the success of "Let’s Say Thanks".

Your teachers encourage you to take a minute to "say thanks" to a soldier overseas during this holiday break! It's easy, fun, and more importantly, will mean a lot to someone far from home who is currently out there working to protect our country and our world.

Thank you to Emily K's mom who told us about this site so that we can pass it along to everyone in Four Corners. If you are able to send a card, come back to the blog and leave us a comment here telling us about it.

We hope you are enjoying your holiday break!

Winter Break Challenge

Earn behavior bucks over the winter break! Sign on to compass odyssey and practice your reading skills. For each completed activity, you will receive 10 behavior bucks. Click on the "backpack" icon to check your progress.

Here is the link:

https://odyssey.duvalschools.org

(Your password is the same one you use to sign into the school computers.)

Elf Me

Go to the following links to see your teachers as ELVES!

See if you can figure out how to make an "ELF yourself" video starring your friends and family. Then come back and leave a comment with a link to your video.

We look forward to seeing what you can do!

Hip Hop (with a special guest)
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/uKmd4gzjct6ntM9NEfqc">

Elf Hoedown
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/1i8YhCAa47lxEhI9m5jM

Santa's Elves
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/1i8YhCAa47lxEhI9m5jM

Seasons of Giving

The Four Corners is proud of the incredible response from our families toward our Season of Giving Project during this holiday season. Because of your generosity, BEAM (Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry)will be receiving over 100 food items to offer to families in need in our local area.

BEAM was founded in 1985 by local area churches to help folks in the need of basic necessities of life. The beaches communities- Mayport/Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, and Ponte Vedra- are the primary areas that BEAM works to support. Churches, schools, clubs, businesses and locals regularly donate food, dollars, and volunteer support to BEAM every year.

Thank you to each family for your incredible contributions toward this worthy cause.

Happy Holidays!
Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Lopez-Sinclair, Mr. Pinchot, and Ms. Launey

Poet Research Projects

Use the sites below to research the poet you will be writing your report on:







Dr. Suess:



1. http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm



2. http://www.highlands.k12.fl.us/~aph/Poetry%20Month/Poetry/LehmanD%20Poetry_files/Page304.htm



3. http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/readacross/seuss



4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3523393.stm







Shel Silverstein:



1. http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry/silverstein



2. http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/home.html



3. http://www.kidsreads.com/features/0204-silverstein-author.asp







Jack Prelutsky:



1. http://jackprelutsky.com/



2. http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm



3. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/prelutsky







Walter Dean Myers



1. http://www.walterdeanmyers.net/



2. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/wdmyers.html



3. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/myersw







Bruce Lansky



1. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2919



2. http://www.gigglepoetry.com/autobiography/autobio.html



3. http://www.todayswriting.com/article60.html







Arnold Adoff



1. http://www.arnoldadoff.com/



2. http://files.wla.org/conferences/wla2000/specialevents/aatext.html



3. http://www.orrt.org/adoff/







Edward Lear



1. http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/about.html


2. http://www.poemsforchildren.org/Edward-Lear-for-children.htm


3. http://www.skoletorget.no/abb/eng/lear/pdf/bio.pdf





Jane Yolen


1. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/yolen


2. http://janeyolen.com/


3. http://www.endicott-studio.com/cofhs/chnotime.html





Nikki Giovanni


1. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/giovanni


2. http://www.nikki-giovanni.com/index.shtml


3. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95580685





Nikki Grimes



1. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/grimes



2. http://www.nikkigrimes.com/



3. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1844630,00.html



Paul Janeczko



1. http://www.paulbjaneczko.com/



2. http://edebutts.tripod.com/id29.html



3. http://www.candlewick.com/authill.asp?b=author&m=bio&id=2178&pix=n



Sharon Creech



1. http://www.sharoncreech.com/



2. http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2010/04/poetry-makers-sharon-creech.html



3. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1811



Robert Frost



1. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_frost/biography



2. http://www.classbrain.com/artbiographies/publish/robert_frost.shtml



3. http://www.frostfriends.org/places.html