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Module A – Lessons 21 to 30
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Lesson 21 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : air bit cloth fair fly king’s life lord round silk string wife your
Run A Bit
Run a bit , this way ,
Run a bit , that !
Fine new cloth ,
For a fine new hat .
A fine new hat ,
For a girl so fair .
Run ’round ,
And turn ’round ,
And jump in the air .
Run a bit , this way ,
Run a bit , that !
White silk string ,
For a black silk cat .
A black silk cat ,
For the Lord King’s wife .
Run ’round ,
And turn ’round ,
And fly for your life ! 
Poem by James Reeves
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Lesson 22 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : act ball dance else give laugh pout real spell start there’s things throw
Big
Now I can catch ,
And throw a ball ,
And spell ,
CAT , DOG , and PIG .
Now I can stop ,
To feel so small ,
And start to act ,
REAL BIG !
Poem by Dorothy Aldis
Just Three
How so still ,
Some things can be ,
With just the dog ,
The cat , and me .
There’s no one else ,
To laugh or pout ,
To dance and sing ,
Or give a shout .
With just the dog ,
The cat, and me ,
How so still ,
Some things can be .
Poem by William Wise
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Lesson 23 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : call crow drum drums goes mill none stone stood town tum
Crow And Horse
There was a crow ,
Sat on a stone ,
When he was gone ,
Then there was none .
There was a horse ,
Went to the mill ,
When he went on ,
He stood not still .
Drums
The drums call the town
to dance ,
We’ll come this day to dance !
Tum ! Tum !
Tum ! Tum !
Tum ! Tum !
Goes the drum !
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Lesson 24 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : beef home lived oink ones pigs roast said she stayed store sty walked wee while young
This Small Pig
This small pig went to the store .
This small pig stayed home .
This small pig had roast beef .
This small pig had none .
This small pig said ,
“Wee ! Wee ! Wee !”
“I can’t find my way home !”
Old Pig
There was an old pig ,
She lived in a sty ,
And three small pigs ,
Had she .
She walked all ’round ,
Said , “Oink ! Oink ! Oink !”
While the young ones said ,
“Wee ! Wee !”
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Lesson 25 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : Mr. Mrs. asked back bear brown cluck duck farm hawk heard quack rode sorts take talk talked trot ware yards
A Small Talk
The big brown hen and Mrs. Duck,
Went out to take a walk .
They talked a bit ,
All sorts of things ,
Farm yards and Mr. Hawk .
But all I heard was ,
“Cluck ! Cluck ! Cluck !”
And, “Quack ! Quack ! Quack !”
From Mrs. Duck .
An Old Man Of Ware
There was an old man of Ware ,
Who rode on the back of a bear.
When they asked ,
“Does it trot ?”
He said ,
“No . Not a lot .
It’s a bear .
And a horse ,
It is not .”
Poem by Edward Lear
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Lesson 26 – Pattern-Builder Poems
NEW WORDS : I’m been by cause do dry eye left met mouth pry scared shy sky sly spy such tried try which wings
Scared To Fly
My mouth is dry ,
‘Cause , I am shy .
I’m scared to try ,
To try to fly .
I met a fox ,
A fox so sly ,
I think he might have been ,
A spy .
He asked a lot ,
He tried to pry ,
“Why are you not ,
Up in the sky ?”
I looked at him ,
With my left eye ,
And walked up to him ,
By – and – by.
“Oh Fox ,” I said ,
“Do you see wings ?
I have no such things ,
With which to fly !
Bye – Bye !”
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Lesson 27 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : cows fill grass green lakes land more once past roof sheer swing till trees wall well
The Swing
How do you like
To go up in a swing ,
Up in the air so blue ?
Oh, I do think it
The sheer ,
Best thing ,
That each young child could do .
Up in the air ,
And past the wall ,
To fly so well ,
I’ve tried .
Lakes and trees ,
And cows and all ,
Fill the land ,
So wide .
Till I look down
On the grass ,
So green ,
Down on the roof ,
So brown .
Up in the air ,
To fly once more ,
Up in the air ,
And down !
Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Lesson 28 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : bees climb creep don’t drink hide hits hive right soon splash square they’ve
A Drink
When I climb up ,
To get a drink ,
It does not work ,
The way you think .
I turn it up .
And “splash” it goes ,
And hits me square ,
Right on my nose .
I turn it down ,
To make it small .
And don’t get much ,
To drink , at all .
Poem by Marchette Chute
Here Is The Bee Hive
Here is the bee hive .
Where are the bees ?
They’ve gone to hide ,
So no one can see .
Soon , they will creep ,
Right out of their hive .
One , two , three , four ,
FIVE ! BUZZ !
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Lesson 29 – Pattern-Builder Poems
NEW WORDS : Bo Floe Moe Poe Zoe being bell bro dang fro he’d hurt likes lungs rang ring rung sang sings sung toe top wears wrong yelled yet
Oh , No !
“So , Bo ,
Can we go ?
Can we go ,
To and fro ?”
“No, not yet .
I hurt my toe .”
“Bad luck , Bro .
I’ll go with Joe ,
Or Moe ,
Or Poe ,
Or Floe ,
Or ZOE !”
Sing , Sang , Song , Sung
I know a king ,
Who likes to sing ,
While he wears ,
His big gold ring .
He sings his song ,
It’s way too long ,
I start to cry ,
I know that’s wrong .
While he sang ,
The door bell rang ,
The king did stop ,
And yelled out , “Dang !”
Had he sung ,
At the top of his lungs ,
He’d not have heard ,
The bell being rung .
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Lesson 30 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS : bears done dream since
Good Night , Good Night
The dark is a dream ,
Since day is done .
Good night .
Good night ,
To each wee one .
Good night to the birds ,
And the fish in the sea .
Good night to the bears ,
And good night to me .
Poem by Dennis Lee
The Rain
Rain on the green grass ,
And rain on the tree .
And rain on the house top ,
But not all wet on me !
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