To all the members of Team "O"
- past, present, and future -
With love and very best wishes
from Mrs. "O"
IF
by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream, but not make dreams your master;
If you can think, but not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the words you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build them up with worn out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it in one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them, “Hold on”;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foe nor loving friend can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And, which is more, you will shine like the sun.
TEAM “O” WEEKLY HOMEWORK
1) Read for at least 15 to 20 minutes per night. Record number of minutes read each night on the weekly homework sheet.
Note: Students who read 100 minutes* or more per week will earn
a special sticker for our class!
2) Spelling ABC Order - due on Fridays A good way to practice is by writing each word out on your own, using the “Look, Cover, Spell, Check” method.
3) Math Link: On most nights a math review/homework sheet will be assigned. Note that the homework answers are provided in the family letter that will go home at the start of each math unit.
4) State of the Week Research: Research the name of the capital city and at least one interesting fact about our “State of the Week”. You can use books, newspapers, encyclopedias, or websites such as www.50states.com or www.factmonster.com to obtain accurate information.
5) Have fun and discover new things each week! Optional: You may write about or draw something interesting that you learned or did this week that you would like to share with our class.
