http://blogs.dalton.org/noble A Blog for All Seasons Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:31:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A hearty congratulations goes out to all of the contestants in the Noble House Saint Patrick's Day Jigging Contest!  All of the jiggers jigged with verve and gusto, and a fine time was had by all! http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/03/17/congratulations-to-the-contestants-of-the-noble-house-jigging-contest/ The fourth graders enjoyed a visit with David Macaulay, this week, as he explored various interesting ways we could get around the school without the elevator, including using a Ferris Wheel and a pulley system to get from floor to floor.  He also suggested putting Dalton on springs.  Of course, ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/03/16/david-macaulay-visits-the-fourth-grade-in-march/ Allow Me to Introduce Myself Charles R. Smith They call me the show stopper the dime dropper the spin-move-to-the-left reverse jam poppa. The high flier on the high wire. The intense rim-rattlin’ noise amplifier. The net-shaker back board breaker creator of the funky dunk hip-shaker. The Man Sir Slam The Legend I be. That’s just a few of the names they call me. Charles R. Smith. Photograph. www.cpsd.us. Web. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/03/11/week-of-315/ The students of Noble House enjoyed a blissfully sunny morning in March, writing haiku and picnicking in Central Park.  The excursion was a part of our year-long study of poetry. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/03/08/noble-house-writes-haiku-in-central-park/ This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold William Carlos Williams. Photograph. www.boppin.com. Web. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/03/04/week-of-38/ The students of Noble House began our Biography Project in January by first choosing a biography to read.  They took notes while reading their books and later used their notes to write a poem about their person.  Some wrote in the first person while others thought a great deal about ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/03/02/noble-house-biography-poems/ Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold. William Carlos Williams. Photograph. www.boppin.com. Web. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/02/25/855/ As part of our study of forced immigration, Noble House visited the African Burial Ground in downtown Manhattan. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/02/19/noble-house-visits-the-african-burial-ground-in-february/ Funky Snowman Calef Brown Funky Snowman loves to dance You’d think he wouldn’t have much chance without two legs or even pants. Does that stop Funky Snowman? No!! Turn up the music with the disco beat, when you’re in the groove, you don’t need feet. Crowds come out and fill the street. Kick it, Funky Snowman!! http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/02/19/week-of-222/ Neither Snow When all of a sudden the city air filled with snow, the distinguishable flakes blowing sideways, looked like krill fleeing the maw of an advancing whale. At least they looked that way to me from the taxi window, and since I happened to be sitting that fading Sunday afternoon in the very center of the universe, who was in ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2010/02/12/week-of-217/