Test day

We're continuing to read poetry this week. Jimmy found a favorite poem:

The Pessimist
Nothing to do but work,
Nothing to eat by food;
Nothing to wear by clothes
To keep one from going nude.

Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as a flash 'tis gone;
Nowhere to fall but off,
Nowhere to stand but on.

Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere to sleep but in bed;
Nothing to weep but tears,
Nothing to bury but dead.

Nothing to sing but songs;
Ah, well, alas! alack!
Nowhere to go but out,
Nowhere to come but back.

Nothing to see but sights,
Nothing to quench but thirst;
Nothing to have but what we've got;
Thus thro' life we are cursed.

Nothing to strike but a gait;
Everything moves that goes.
Nothing at all but common sense
Can ever withstand these woes.

-Ben King (as published in The Best Loved Poems of the American People, selected by Hazel Felleman, 1936)

Jimmy had a math test today. I made 2 linking cube towers - 1 with an AB pattern and 1 with an ABB pattern. For each tower, he had to copy it, extend it, and then make the same pattern with different colors. He passed very easily. We also went back to some of the tests he didn't do so easily. From those, he easily passed all but one. We'll go back to that one again during the next test. It's an easy test, but he has trouble following the directions. He tries to make it more complicated than it needs to be, which is frustrating his teacher!

Jimmy practiced writing his letter P & p. Then he wrote several words that start with P and gave the letter a some extra practice. We finished our letter work by reviewing this week's Bible verse.