Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Heavenly Magic

The sun shone bright
Shedding all its light
On the grass, the trees, and the dew.

The moon big and round
Looked down on the ground
And shined through the blinds of the room.

The clouds floated by
As on our backs we lie
Finding animals and things in each one.

The stars just a twinkling
Our eyes are just blinking
As we watch for one to zip through the sky.

Belle

Word of the Week III - discover

discover - get knowledge
to learn
to see
to find



discover is a verb



He discovered he liked geography when he found all the maps showing the mountains and rivers.

She discovered she liked sour cream when she ate it on her apple pie.

http://dictionary.reference.com/

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Constitution Day - September 17

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html


The Constitution documents our founding fathers' desire to live in a peaceful country, without fear of tyranny, without unjust taxes, with all people being treated equally, without bias, but ensured of the protection of their leaders is the need arise.

"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

U S Presidents

1 George Washington
2 John Adams
3 Thomas Jefferson
4 James Madison
5 James Monroe
6 John Quincy Adams
7 Andrew Jackson
8 Martin Van Buren
9 William Henry Harrison
10 John Tyler
11 James Polk
12 Zachary Taylor
13 Millard Fillmore
14 Franklin Pierce
15 James Buchanan
16 Abraham Lincoln
17 Andrew Johnson
18 Ulysses Grant
19 Rutherford Hayes
20 James Garfield
21 Chester Arthur
22 Grover Cleveland
23 Benjamin Harrison
24 Grover Cleveland
25 William McKinley
26 Theodore Roosevelt
27 William Taft
28 Woodrow Wilson
29 Warren Harding
30 Calvin Coolidge
31 Herbert Hoover
32 Franklin Roosevelt
33 Harry Truman
34 Dwight Eisenhower
35 John Kennedy
36 Lyndon Johnson
37 Richard Nixon
38 Gerald Ford
39 Jimmy Carter
40 Ronald Reagan
41 George Bush
42 William Clinton
43 George Bush, Jr.
44 Barack Obama

The qualifications for the Office of President of the United States are found in Article II of the Constitution of the United States http://www.usconstitution.net/const.txt . To become President, a person must be at least 35 years of age and a citizen of the United States. For more information, stories, and trivia on previous Presidents of the United State go to http://www.presidentsusa.net/ (a fun site packed with information).

Word of the Week II - reputation

reputation - character
good name
regard
esteem
honor
credit

is a noun meaning the character of a person, place or thing







example: His reputation was ruined when he stole the lawn mower.

She had a reputation for being kind to others.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Word of the Week

acclimate - to adapt, to adjust, to become accustomed to a new situation, circumstances, climate or environment

acclimate is pronounced ak-luh-meyt and is a verb

examples
acclimate to a new job
acclimate to the weather in a different state
acclimate to living at the seashore

When John started to college, he had to become acclimated to living on a college campus.