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Information about Core Knowledge (R) Teacher Read-Alouds (“Listening And Learning”) that should occur daily, in parallel with below AnyOneCanRead READING and PHONICS activities. Resources for:
     

Fables And Stories:

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The Human Body:
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Different Lands, Similar Stories:
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Early World Civilizations:
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Early American Civilizations:
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Astronomy:
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WEEK ONE    
   
WEEK ONE READING PASSAGES
      

Lesson 1 – Poems And Rhymes

       
NEW WORDS: branches, caterpillars, clop, crawl, crawly, creepy, dip, early, elves, fanny, flea, flurry, foolish, footnote, fractured, gently, glide, gulls, higglety, hoppety, hump, hurry, immense, inches, jiggle, kangaroo, knee, leap, limped, lions, neither, pig’s, pigglety, prize, proud, puppies, quarter, race, raggedy, riders, seek, shadow, shoelace, silly, slide, snail, themselves, tiny, underneath, until, wiggle 
 
 

Singing-Time
 
I wake in the morning early,

And always,

The very first thing,

I poke out my head,

And I sit up in bed,

And I sing,

And I sing,

And I sing. 

Poem by Rose Fyleman
    
   

The Raggedy Dog
 
The Raggedy Dog chased the Raggedy Cat,

And she climbed to the top of a tree.

So the Raggedy Dog came a-running and sat,

Underneath until quarter-past three.


That night, as the moon rose over the hill,

And the Raggedy Man came around,

The Cat lay asleep in the branches so still,

And the dog was asleep on the ground. 

    
Poem by Sherman Ripley
    
    

The Snail And The Mouse
 
The Snail and the Mouse,

Went ’round the house,

Running a race together.

The riders were elves,

And proud of themselves,

For neither weighed more than a feather.

The Snail went crawly, creepy, crawl,

The Mouse went hoppety-hop, sir.

But they came to a fence,

That WAS so immense,

(Six inches!), they HAD to stop, sir!

    
Poem by Laura E. Richards
    
   

A Frog And A Flea
 
A frog,

And a flea,

And a kangaroo,

Once jumped for a prize,

In a pot of glue.

The kangaroo stuck,

And so did the flea,

And the frog limped home,

With a fractured knee.

   
Poem by Cynthia Mitchell
    
    

Higglety, Pigglety, Pop!
 
Higglety, pigglety, pop!

The dog has eaten the mop.

The pig’s in a hurry,

The cat’s in a flurry,

Higglety, pigglety, pop!  
   
Poem by Samuel Goodrich
   
   

Jump Or Jiggle
 
Frogs jump,

Caterpillars hump,

Worms wiggle,

Bugs jiggle,

Rabbits hop,

Horses clop,

Snakes slide,

Sea gulls glide,

Mice creep,

Deer leap,

Puppies bounce,

Kittens pounce,

Lions stalk,

BUT,

I walk!

   
Poem by Evelyn Beyer
    
    

Footnote
 
Isn’t it foolish,

To dash off outside,

Before making sure,

That your shoelace is tied?

How silly you’ll look,

When you trip in the street,

And land on your fanny,

Instead of your feet!

   
Poem by Norah Smaridge
   
     

Hide And Seek
 
When I am alone,

And quite alone,

I play a game,

And it’s all my own.


I hide myself,

Behind myself,

And then I try,

To find myself.


I hide in the closet,

Where no one can see.

Then I start looking,

Around for me.


I hide myself,

And look for myself.

There once was a shadow,

I took for myself.


I hide in a corner,

I hide in the bed,

And when I come near me,

I pull in my head!


   
Poem by B. Shiffrin
   
    

Blowing
 
Dip your pipe,

And gently blow.

Watch the tiny bubble grow.

Big and bigger,

Round and fat,

Rainbow-colored,

And then,

SPLAT!

   
Poem by Margaret Hillert
      
     

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Lesson 2 – Inf./Deriv. Build

NEW WORDS: beast, bigger, biting, blown, boats, boxer, boxes, buying, cakes, catfish, child’s, climbing, cloud, cooler, cutting, dads, didn’t, doggies, doggone, doorway, falls, fastest, fattest, feeds, finely, fisherman, fishes, floating, flooded, friendship, getter, getting, gladly, goats, goldfish, hadn’t, haves, headed, henhouse, hers, hills, hopping, horsed, horseflies, horsefly, horsing, housewives, how’d, how’ll, how’re, how’ve, hunted, hunters, hunts, ins, it’d, it’ll, joking, knowing, letting, markdown, news, nightly, nots, outs, runners, sails, swordfish, walkout, windblown

Jill bakes cakes.

That shirt was on markdown.

My pet is a beast.

John’s bigger than Joe.

I see a black bird.

I’m biting hard.

Riding boats is fun.

What’s in those boxes?

Her dog’s a boxer.

Dad’s buying a cake.

Are you joking?

I like those cars.

We have two cats.

Look, I caught it!

That child’s dog is black.

I’m climbing up a tree.

That cloud looks like a sheep.

It’ll be cooler on Sunday.

Stop horsing around.

I couldn’t do that.

Their house is a walkout.

She cried when she fell.

She’s cutting his hair.

I watch the nightly news.

Their dads are hunters.

Our trip was three days.

Didn’t he do that?

Those rats are dead.

I’m all done!

She doesn’t like cake.

Whose doggies are those?

Get out of the doorway.

That doggone cat.

He eats too much cake.

The fox hunted a hen.

Rain falls from the clouds.

They’re the fastest runners.

That’s the fattest hog.

Watch what she feeds her cat.

They horsed around all night.

She cries when it’s too dark.

He’s a fisherman.

He fishes at night.

She sails the seven seas.

That’s a finely made shirt.

I like to eat swordfish.

The light has blown out.

Her hair is windblown.

Will you eat catfish?

That’s a big goldfish!

Look mom, I’m floating!

Our house was flooded.

That bird flies up high.

Watch out for that horsefly.

Their moms are housewives.

I love our friendship.

Watch how the frog gets the fly.

I’m getting wet!

I’ll gladly do that.

He’s a go-getter.

She goes there each Sunday.

Mom’s letting us go.

I see five goats.

He hadn’t seen that.

That will come in handy.

In life, there are “haves” and “have-nots.”

They headed home.

A fox got into the henhouse.

Those hills are high.

I don’t like horseflies!

Is that pen hers?

Those hogs are fat.

That frog is hopping fast.

How’re you doing?

How’d you get here?

How’ll she get home?

How’ve you been?

Dad hunts at night.

She knows the ins and outs of this.

Its legs are long.

It’d be great to see you.

That cat jumped on my dog.

That frog jumps high.

He thinks he’s “all-knowing.”

Tom laid down in his bed.

   
   
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WEEK ONE PHONICS READ-ALONGS

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #1, ABOVE READING PASSAGES          
          

From Singing Time
    

The very first thing,
I poke out my head,
And I sit up in bed.

     
   
From Old Man And A Calf
    

There was an old man,
And he had a calf,
And that’s half.

    

From Inf./Deriv. Build
    

Jill bakes cakes.

She cried when she fell.

Will you eat catfish?

How’ve you been?

   
    
From Jack And Jill
   

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.

       
   
From Little Miss Muffet
   

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.

      
    
From Hickory, Dickory Dock
    

Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.

       
    
From Snap Shots
    

I was sad that it had to end. When it did end, Nat and I had a hug. So did Mom and Dot. Then Mom and I got back on the jet.

       
FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #2, “SCOPE AND SEQUENCE”
    

Activity 19) Other non-CVCC / CCVC single-consonant and short-vowel 2-, 3-, & 4-letter words, all applicable short-vowels, but now with silent letters added … continued:

I have over twenty free apps on my cell phone.

You can light candles in the apse of the church chapel.

If you get fired from work, some people call it getting “axed.”

I think there’s a package at the back door.

Dad loves to go fishing for bass.

I’ll be at your beck and call if you need help.

 Where in the world have you been?

Did you hear the bell ring?

We’re going to name our baby girl Bess.

This Bibb lettuce is really tender.

That clunkhead is aptly nicknamed “Biff.”

Can you give me change for a dollar bill?

 My friend Bill is a great skateboard rider.

That movie was a complete bomb!

We got to meet our new boss today.

Can you loan me a buck to buy some gum?

I will buff your shoes to a very nice shine.

I’d better get my butt moving and finish these chores!

Have you heard all the buzz about this new TV show?

Buzz Aldrin flew on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Our cow gave birth to her first baby calf.

Cass can be a nickname for Cassandra, Casey, or Cassidy.

I think I’ll get a Cobb salad for lunch today.

When the cock crowed, it woke me up.

My pants cuff is all tattered.

       
FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #3, “MOST FREQUENT WORDS”

I’m almost done with my chores.

Can I come along with you to the park?

I’ve already made my bed.

I found this nice ring among some junk in that box.

Have you heard of an animal called a black-necked crane?

Can I have another hot dog?

That’s the right answer!

I don’t need anything more.

You appear to be mad at Jan.

I’ll have some apple juice with my snack.

You can play in that area of the gym.

Look what I made in art class!

I need to ask for some help with this.

Bob is asking mom to fix us lunch.

Please dust the base of this lamp.

   
        
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WEEK TWO    

WEEK TWO READING PASSAGES

Lesson 3 – Pattern-Builder Poems

NEW WORDS: Goldilocks, Joel, barking, begun, behold, bills, bold, bone, bub, bullet, bum, chewing, chum, chums, cub, digging, donut, donuts, drinking, drug, dub, dug, fold, glum, grub, gum, gut, height, hubbub, humdrum, hunter’s, hut, jug, lugged, medium, mention, mind, moldy, mumbled, nightclub, outrun, pain, pug, pun, rotten, rum, rut, scum, shell, shrub, shrug, shun, slum, smug, snug, sold, somewhere, spun, started, strut, stub, stun, stunned, tenfold, though, tug, uncut, upstairs, wad

Rich With Gold
 
Listen Goldilocks,

I didn’t come in from the cold,

To hear you scold!

I told you that I had

Sold the gold,

To Sir Joel the Bold.

BEHOLD!

Take a hold of the money!

Fold that huge wad of bills!

He paid me tenfold what it was worth!

Now we can get out of this moldy

Dump and live somewhere nice!

Didn’t you mention a house where three bears live?

Nuts For Donuts
 
I have a cut,

Tut! Tut!

It’s but a tiny rut,

On the skin of my gut.

It’s from the shell of a nut,

That I found in the woods,

Where I happened to strut,

At an old hunter’s hut,

Where the door wouldn’t shut.

I’d rather be uncut,

And I’d rather eat a donut!

  A No Fun Stun
 
I went for a run,

In the bright sun,

To have some fun.

As soon as I’d begun,

I heard a buzz.

Around I spun,

And a bee stunned me!

It felt like a bullet from a gun!

So I made up a pun,

To take my mind off the pain.

Next time,

Such a bee I must shun,

So, such a bee,

I must outrun!

Chums Who Hum
 
I was in a humdrum slum,

And I saw a bum,

Whose height was medium,

Drinking rum,

Eating a rotten plum,

And chewing gum.

He mumbled, “yum,”

Even though the rum,

Looked like pond scum.

The poor guy looked glum.

He’d lost his drum.

But then in a second,

Up walked his chum.

They both started to hum.

It got me in the mood for gum,

So I went and bought some.

A Smug Pug
 
I was digging out back.

I gave a tug,

And I found two things in the dirt.

A jug and a mug.

At first I gave a shrug.

But my pug started barking.

So, I pulled up the jug and the mug.

In the mug, I found a bug and a slug.

I lugged them into the house,

Where we would both be snug.

I drug them onto the rug.

My pug gave me a hug for what I had dug!

You see, there was a bone in the jug!

Party Bear
 
I’d been to my club at the pub,

I’d eaten some grub.

I got home, opened my door,

And I heard a hubbub!

I stub my toe going upstairs,

And then what do I find?

There’s a bear cub,

In my bath tub!

He yells to me,

“Rub-a-dub-dub, Bub!

Can you give me a scrub?!”

I screamed, jumped out the window,

And landed in a shrub.

The bear walked out and said,

“Thanks. I’m headed to the nightclub!”

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Lesson 4 – Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Part One:

NEW WORDS: Cottontail, Flopsy, Mopsy, beneath, berries, brass, buttons, cabbages, cared, dears, fields, fir, fought, group, hoo, loaf, missed, naughty, parsley, push, rake, root, sobs, squeezed, squirmed, thief

It was once upon a time. There were four young rabbits. They were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. They lived with their mom in a warm den. It was beneath the root of a large fir tree. The sun was high in the sky. It was time to plan their day.
    
“Now, my dears,” said their mom. “You may go to the fields. Or down the road. But don’t go to Mr. Gregg’s farm. Your dad got in a mess there. He was put in a pie by Mrs. Gregg. Now run and play. And be good. Be smart. And take care! I’ve got to go out. I need to buy some things for us.”

Then she took a bag and a hat. She went through the woods to the store. She bought a loaf of brown bread. And five hot cross buns.

Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail went down the road. They were all good bunnies. They were to pick up berries to bring back home.

But Peter was naughty. He ran straight to Mr. Gregg’s farm. He squeezed through the gate! He ate some greens. Then some French beans. And then he ate some peas.

But then, he was feeling sick. He went to look for some parsley. He went to the end of a group of plants. Oh! No! There was Mr. Gregg! Right in front of him!

Mr. Gregg was on his hands and knees. He was planting lots of young cabbages. He saw Peter. He jumped up! He ran after him! He waved a rake. He called out, “Stop, thief!”

Peter was scared to death. He rushed all ’round the garden. And bad news for him! He did not know the way back to the gate.

He lost his left shoe in all of the thick, green plants. Then he lost his right shoe. That was left in the squash rows. He had now lost both his shoes. So, he ran on four legs.

So, now he could be quite fast. Maybe he could now get far from Mr. Gregg. But he did not have much luck. He ran right in to a huge net. He was stuck tight in it. He was caught by the buttons on his coat. It was a blue coat. It had brass buttons. They were quite new.

Poor young Peter thought that he was done for. Now he cried big tears. Boo! Hoo! Sob! Sob! But his sobs were heard by some crows. They cared for him. They flew to him with great speed. “Caw! Caw! Caw!”

Crows are smart! They asked him to try quite hard to get loose. “Push! Pull! Push! Pull!” they screamed. “Don’t give up! Don’t stop! You can do it!”

Then Mr. Gregg caught up with them. He was right there, now. He had a cloth bag. He meant to pop it on top of Peter. That would catch him!

But Peter fought and squirmed. He got out, at last! And just in time! Gregg just missed him! But he was sad. He had to leave his nice new coat there. His mom would be quite mad!

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WEEK TWO PHONICS READ-ALONGS

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #1, ABOVE READING PASSAGES
  

From Rich With Gold
     

Now we can get out of this moldy dump and live somewhere nice!

      
   
From A No Fun Stun
   

As soon as I’d begun, I heard a buzz.

      
   
From Party Bear
    

“Rub-a-dub-dub, Bub!
Can you give me a scrub?!”

      
  
From Peter Rabbit
      

But don’t go to Mr. Gregg’s farm. Your dad got in a mess there. He was put in a pie by Mrs. Gregg.

Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail went down the road. They were all good bunnies. They were to pick up berries to bring back home.

And then he ate some peas. But then, he was feeling sick. He went to look for some parsley.

   
   
From Snap Shots
    

The cat can smell the fish. It can press on the glass.

The U.K. flag has a big red cross on it. Nat and his mom held one up.

Nat and I ran up fast. The moms had to huff and puff to get to the top.

Then Nat said, “Beth, get a snap shot of this! I am the rock on top! Get it?”

Just then, Nat said, “There it is!” It was a big red bus with a top deck!

“That is where Mom shops,” said Nat. “That shop has all the best stuff!”

“Big Ben is not a man,” Nat said. “Big Ben is the bell that is in that clock.”

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #2, “SCOPE AND SEQUENCE” 
   

Activity 19) Other non-CVCC / CCVC single-consonant and short-vowel 2-, 3-, & 4-letter words, all applicable short-vowels, but now with silent letters added … continued:

Cull through this box of junk and see if there is anything worth saving.

Mommy, Jeff said a cuss word!

This plant is dead, due to a lack of water.

You’re going to go deaf if you listen to too much loud music!

If you spend more than you earn, you’ll go into debt!

Class, now we’re all going to sing “The Farmer In The Dell.”

Dad’s outside lounging on the deck.

Our new classmate is named Dick Greene.

That’s my favorite brand of dill pickles.

I wish you wouldn’t diss me every time I say something!

We need to tie the boat to the dock.

The new Principal is named Mrs. Dodd.

I need to doff my heavy winter coat and scarf when I come inside.

I got a very pretty doll for Christmas.

That mama duck has six babies.

It’s time for me to get off of my duff and practice piano.

This pencil is dull and needs sharpening.

Well, that was a really dumb thing to say!

Is there anything else that I can get for you?

Grandma fell and hurt her hip.

You’d better fess up to Mom that you ate the last cookie!

Fess Parker was a popular TV actor in the 1950s and 1960s.

The fourth of July is a great American fete.

Please fill that bucket with soap and water.

In Mark Twain’s famous book, Huck Finn is Tom Sawyer’s best friend.

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #3, “MOST FREQUENT WORDS”

I love the film “Beauty and the Beast.”

She became a nurse when she grew up.

I want to become a film star when I grow up.

The snow began to fall late last night.

Let’s begin to learn this new song.

Thanks for being so kind to me.

Do you believe in ghosts?

At noon, the church bell will ring.

Down below, there are sharks in the sea.

Line up between these two posts.

Mom, will you bake me a birthday cake?

That speed boat goes quite fast.

I have body-aches from the flu.

I read three books last month!

I touched the bottom of the deep end of the pool.

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WEEK THREE    

WEEK THREE READING PASSAGES

Lesson 5 – Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Part Two:
 

NEW WORDS: achoo, chill, fear, itched, lip, lop, passed, pea, point, shake, sneezed, tool

He rushed into the tool shed. He jumped in to a large can. The can was used to water plants. It might have been a good thing to hide in. But it had lots of water in it. It was wet in there!

Mr. Gregg came near to the bunny, fast. He was quite sure that Peter was some where in the tool shed. Could Peter hide in a pot? He turned them all this way and that. With great care, he looked in each one.

Peter was now both wet and cold. And soon, poor Peter sneezed. He could not hold it off. His nose itched. “Achoo!” He now gave up the best place he had to hide in!

It seemed like no time at all had passed. Mr. Gregg chased him once more. This time, it was worse! Gregg tried to put his big foot down on top of Peter!

It was a close call! But Peter was too quick for him. A bit of luck helped him this time. He jumped out of a door. He knocked down three plants that were in pots when he ran out.

Peter then sat down to rest. “Whew!” He was quite out of breath. And you could see him shake with fear. He had been in a bad way, for sure. Mrs. Gregg might put him in a pie, too! He had to make sure that he did not get caught! He thought and thought. He put his brain to work.

He knew that he did not have a good plan. He did not know which way to go next. And, he was quite damp, since he had been in the wet can. His fur was all wet. He had a bad chill. So, he took his time. Then, he walked here and there. He went, “lip–lop, lip-lop, lip-lop.”

He did not go fast. He looked all ’round. He tried to find a good way to get out. His plan was to go fast. And then to run home. He wished to be safe and sound. No more Mr. Gregg to scare him!

He found a door in a wall. But it was locked. There was no room for a fat young rabbit to squeeze through it.

He saw an old mouse. She ran in and out of the stone door step. She had lots of peas and beans. She was to take them back to the woods. Her kids had to eat, of course!

Peter asked her the way to the gate. But she had a large pea in her mouth. She could not say a thing to him. And she could not point him to the gate. She could just shake her head at him. Poor Peter cried once more. Huge tears fell from his eyes.

What would he do? Why had he done this? His mom had told him to not go there! Would he see his home once more? Or was this his last day on Earth?! He thought some more. He calmed down. Then he tried to find his way straight through the farm.

But it was not clear what the best way out was. He went ’round and ’round. He was not close to the gate yet. Soon, he came to a pond. That’s where Mr. Gregg filled his water cans.

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Lesson 6 – Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Part Three:
 

NEW WORDS: Peter’s, cousin, dose, faced, feast, flopped, greed, peeped, scritch, slipped, trail, twitched, wheelbarrow 

A white cat was there. The cat stared at some gold fish. She had a look of greed in her eyes! “Good fish to eat,” she thought. She sat quite, quite still. But now and then, the tip of her tail twitched. It was like the tail was alive on its own!

Peter thought it best to leave, fast. He did not want to speak to her. He did not trust her. You see, he had heard about cats from his cousin. That’s young Ben the Bunny. He knew, now, that cats were not good friends to bunnies!

He walked back a bit. He was near the tool shed once more. But then, there was a noise quite close to him. The noise came right out of the blue. What could make such a noise?

Well, it was a hoe that went through the dirt. It went, “Scritch! Scratch! Scratch! Scritch!” Peter ran to hide in a thick bush. He stayed there a bit. Gregg did not see him. It seemed safe.

So, he came out from the bush. He climbed up on top of a wheelbarrow. He peeped past it. The first thing he saw was Mr. Gregg. Gregg held the hoe. He worked to get the weeds out from the ground.

Mr. Gregg’s back faced Peter. So, Gregg did not see him. And a bit past Gregg was the gate! Oh, the gate! Oh, to be out of that farm! And past that gate!

Peter got down. He did not make a sound. He took a deep breath. Then, ZOOM! He ran as fast as he could go. He went by a straight trail. It was a smart way to go!

Mr. Gregg saw him at last. But Peter had a good head start. So, he did not care. He slipped past the gate. And he was safe. At last! He was now in the woods. He was out past the farm.

Mr. Gregg hung up Peter’s coat. And his shoes! They would look like a scare-crow. The black birds would be scared of it. So, they would not eat Gregg’s plants.

Peter did not stop to rest. He did not look back. Not once! He just ran and ran and ran! In a bit, he was back at the big fir tree. He was home. He was safe and sound. “Whew! What a day!”

He was quite tired! He went in the den. He flopped down on the nice, soft sand on the floor. He shut his eyes.

His mom was at the stove. She did not see his clothes on him. “Hmm!” she said. She got a big frown on her face. It was the second coat and pair of shoes that Peter had lost. And in just two weeks time!

I am sad to say this. Peter just did not feel well at all that night. Of course, that makes sense. He had been scared all day! And he had run a LOT!

His mom put him to bed. She made some sweet tea to calm him. She gave him a dose of it. It would help him sleep well. “Just a wee bit to drink at bed time,” she said. She gave Peter a warm smile. Of course, she did not know what he had done that day!! And it was NOT good.

The other bunnies had a good day, though. So, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail had a great feast. They got to eat bread and milk and berries! Yum!

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Lesson 7 – Poems And Rhymes

NEW WORDS: April, Bombay, Jennie, Jennie’s, Liza, Mary, Tony, Vinny, apples, baker, birdie, bricks, bull’s, butcher, butterflies, candies, chains, cherries, cocked, crushing, decks, derby, flippy, floppy, housetop, loaded, maker, masts, meadows, necks, packet, passengers, pilot, pumpkin, raking, rise, rooster’s, sailed, sailor, sailors, served, shamed, shining, sill, skies, sleepy, steeple, thee, toad’s, washing, willow

Church People
 
Here’s the church,

And here’s the steeple.

Open the door,

And see all the people!

Tiny Tony
 
Little Tiny-Tony,

Was a sailor-man.

He made himself a boat,

And sailed it in a pan.

Three Men In A Tub
 
Rub-a-dub-dub,

Three men in a tub,

And who do you think they be?

The butcher, the baker,

The candlestick maker,

And all of them gone to sea.

April
 
Rain is good

For washing leaves,

And stones and bricks, and

Even eyes.

And if you hold

Your head just so,

You can almost see

The tops of skies.

    
Poem by Lucille Clifton
    
     

Time To Rise
 
A birdie with a yellow bill,

Hopped upon the window-sill,

Cocked his shining eye and said,

“Ain’t you ‘shamed, you sleepy-head?”

    
Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
    
      

Fly Away
 
Butterflies, butterflies,

Fly away to the flowers.

Fly, blue wing.

Fly, yellow wing.

Fly away to the flowers!

The Fair
  
Mary, Vinny, and Liza,

Went to the Fair today.

They each brought back a pumpkin,

But I stayed home to play.

I Saw A Ship A-Sailing
 
I saw a ship a-sailing,

A-sailing on the sea.

And, oh! it was all loaded,

With pretty things for thee!

There were candies in the cabin,

And apples in the hold.

The sails were made of silk,

And the masts were made of gold.

The four-and-twenty sailors,

That stood between the decks,

Were four-and-twenty white mice,

With chains about their necks.

The captain was a duck,

With a packet on his back.

And when the ship began to move,

The captain said, “Quack! Quack!”

OR:

The captain was a guinea-pig,

The pilot was a rat.

And the passengers were rabbits,

Who ran about, pit-pat!

The Toad And The Rabbit
 
Said the Rabbit to the Hop Toad,

“It’s very strange to me,

How very big and long and wide,

A Hop Toad’s MOUTH can be.”

Said the Hop Toad to the Rabbit,

“I’m sure I’d shed some tears,

If on my head I’d have to wear,

Such flippy–floppy EARS.”

    
Poem by John Martin
    
      

The Willow
 
A little bird sits in the willow,

A little song sings he.

He nods his head,

He nods his foot,

All in the willow tree!

The Man Of Derby
 
A little old man of Derby,

How do you think he served me?

He took away my bread and cheese,

And that is how he served me.

The Farm
 
The rooster’s on the housetop,

Blowing his horn.

The bull’s in the barn,

And is crushing the corn.

The maids in the meadows,

Are raking up the hay.

The ducks in the rain,

Are swimming away.

Jennie’s Cherries
 
One, two, three, four,

Jennie at the cottage door.

Five, six, seven, eight,

Eating cherries off a plate.

Seven Cats
 
The king, he went to Bombay,

The road was laid with mats.

That king, who went to Bombay,

Came back with seven cats.

   
     
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WEEK THREE PHONICS READ-ALONGS

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #1, ABOVE READING PASSAGES
     

From Peter Rabbit   
    

It was a close call! But Peter was too quick for him. A bit of luck helped him this time.

Mr. Gregg’s back faced Peter. So, Gregg did not see him. And a bit past Gregg was the gate!

I am sad to say this. Peter just did not feel well, at all, that night.

So, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail had a great feast. They got to eat bread and milk and berries! Yum!

       
    
From The Farm
    

The ducks in the rain,
Are swimming away.

       
    
From This Is The House That Jack Built
    

This is the house that Jack built.

   
   
The Elephant Carries A Big Trunk
   

The elephant carries,
A great big trunk.
He never packs it with clothes.
It has no lock,
And it has no key.
But he takes it wherever he goes.

      
   
From Sun After Rain
    

Blew a bubble
Whole-world-wide,
Stuck a rainbow
On one side.

      
FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #2, “SCOPE AND SEQUENCE”
   
Activity 19) Other non-CVCC / CCVC single-consonant and short-vowel 2-, 3-, & 4-letter words, all applicable short-vowels, but now with silent letters added … continued:

This can of soda pop doesn’t have any fizz to it.

Our librarian is named Mrs. Foss.

You’re making a big fuss about nothing!

My older brother’s silly beard looks like nothing but peach fuzz.

Steve Gadd is one of the best drummers ever.

The sailor hooked the swordfish with a gaff.

A fish has a gill rather than a lung.

What will you give me in return for these two Pokemon cards?

Ugh, a gnat just flew up my nose!

Mom’s gone over to Mrs. Murray’s house.

I’m not getting into that pond with all that guck floating on top.

I am not going to take any more of that bully’s guff!

There’s a gull getting into our picnic basket!

There was a good TV detective show in the early 1960s called “Peter Gunn.”

I hope that no one will hack into my computer!

I could eat an entire half of a chicken for dinner.

Hmm, what should I have for dessert?

This hat is too small to fit on my head.

What the heck is that up in the sky?

The preacher’s sermon was all about hell, today.

My great-grandpa was a country hick from the mountains.

That hill is too steep for me to climb.

If you get too close, that weird cat will hiss at you.

The musician had to hock his favorite guitar to get some cash.

Now, who would be mean enough to name their daughter “Ima Hogg?”

     
FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #3, “MOST FREQUENT WORDS”

My brother lifts weights.

I brought fruit to school for my snack.

Let’s build a snow fort!

Look up at that tall building.

My Dad’s lawn business does great in the spring.

If you keep busy, then you can’t be bored.

We said good-bye to Gramps.

I sent a thank-you card to Gran for her gift to me.

Take care when you cross the street!

Put the eggs into the pot carefully.

Carry these back to the car, please.

Put this lamp on the center of that desk.

Are you certain that you locked the door?

I like a chair with a straight back.

I need to change my school clothes to go out and play.

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WEEK FOUR    

WEEK FOUR READING PASSAGES

Lesson 8 – Poems And Rhymes

NEW WORDS: bugged, bull, bumped, crowed, milked, mooed, morn, queen, shaved, shorn, torn, waked, worn

Five Wee Bull Frogs
 
Five wee bull frogs jumped on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mom called the Doc,
And the Doc, he said,
“No more bull frogs on the bed!”

Four wee bull frogs jumped on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mom called the Doc,
And the Doc, he said,
“No more bull frogs on the bed!”

Three wee bull frogs jumped on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mom called the Doc,
And the Doc, he said,
“No more bull frogs on the bed!”

Two wee bull frogs jumped on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mom called the Doc,
And the Doc, he said,
“No more bull frogs on the bed!”

One wee bull frog jumped on the bed.
He fell off and bumped his head.
Mom called the Doc,
And the Doc, he said,
“No more bull frogs on the bed!”

The House That Jack Built
 
This is the house that Jack built.

This is the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the dog,
That bugged the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cow with the big sharp horn,
That mooed at the dog,
That bugged the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the Queen, all sad in love,
That milked the cow with the big sharp horn,
That mooed at the dog,
That bugged the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the man all worn and torn,
That sang to the Queen, all sad in love,
That milked the cow with the big sharp horn,
That mooed at the dog,
That bugged the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the friend all shaved and shorn,
That helped the man all worn and torn,
That sang to the Queen, all sad in love,
That milked the cow with the big sharp horn,
That mooed at the dog,
That bugged the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the bird that crowed in the morn,
That waked the friend all shaved and shorn,
That helped the man all worn and torn,
That sang to the Queen, all sad in love,
That milked the cow with the big sharp horn,
That mooed at the dog,
That bugged the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the farm hand with his corn,
That kept the bird that crowed in the morn,
That waked the friend all shaved and shorn,
That helped the man all worn and torn,
That sang to the Queen, all sad in love,
That milked the cow with the big sharp horn,
That mooed at the dog,
That bugged the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the salt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

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Lesson 9 – Fry-Builder

NEW WORDS: God, Greek, determine, electric, exciting, experiment, general, government, heavy, himself, history, however, important, include, information, insects, inside, instruments, interest, interesting, iron, island, itself, joined, killed, language, law, length, less, lifted, located, main, major, march, matter, measure, members, metal, middle, minutes, modern, moment, months, movement, nation, natural, north, northern, notice, object, observe, office, oil, order, oxygen, page, particular, pattern, pay, period, plains, planets, poem, position, possible, problem, wrote

Did you determine who did it?

Have you had an electric shock?

Our experiment did not work.

It was an exciting show.

She took a trip to France.

His father was a French General.

Wash that glass.

God is good.

Will you work for the government?

I love Greek food.

Go to that group.

What happened?!

I’m happy!

Ug, this is heavy!

He said so, himself!

Let’s learn about history.

Hoe the garden for me.

It took two hours.

I love eggs, however you cook them.

Aliens aren’t human.

It’s important that you do this!

My feet are ten inches long.

Does that include a drink?

That’s not enough information.

Insects bug me!

Go inside!

Instead, I’ll take that one.

There are lots of instruments in a band.

Does this interest you?

That was interesting!

Iron my dress.

He lives on an island.

Isn’t she nice?

It turned on by itself!

We joined a swim club.

We kept quiet.

I killed a bug.

Who’s that lady?

Always follow the law!

I’m not the least bit good at that.

That length is too short.

I eat less, now.

Dad lifted me up.

Listen up!

We located the gold!

I’m at Main Street.

March fast!

Don’t light that match.

I don’t know what that means.

She’s an Army Major.

What’s that language?

What’s the matter?

Measure how long the baby is.

They’re club members.

It’s a metal chair.

I’m a middle child.

Pull up that root.

Climb that rope.

Smell this rose.

Run a mile.

Cross the road.

Never mind.

It took two minutes.

We live in a modern time.

Just a moment.

He’s three months old.

Snow is on the mountains.

Don’t make a movement.

I like rock music.

Our nation is the U.S.

This food is all-natural.

Santa lives up North.

See the Northern Lights?

Write her a note.

Nothing makes her mad.

Did you notice that?

What’s that object in the sky?

Observe his golf swing.

Sail to the ocean.

Dad’s at his office.

Don’t do that often.

Bring the oil can.

No problem!

That’s an order!

We breathe oxygen.

See page twenty.

I’m particular about what I eat.

Tom passed the ball well.

I don’t see a pattern.

Will you pay me?

Eighty people came.

Pass out two per child.

Put a period at the end.

Who’s that person?

Here’s a piece of cake.

The Great Plains are flat.

The plane landed.

I can name eight planets.

Zack wrote this poem.

Point to her.

Get in position, then run!

That’s not possible! 

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Lesson 10 – Poems And Rhymes

NEW WORDS: England, Spain, blanket, bustle, butter, butterfly, candy, daddy, dandy, decide, dozen, finger, flying, frozen, fruit, gobble, golden, grocer’s, hobble, hush, lady, mama, pandy, pigeons, playhouse, puppy, purple, quicker, reason, riddle, robin’s, seem, shower, skyscraper, sniff, south, sparkling, spread, sprightly, stiff, sun’s, sunbeam, thicker, yesterday’s
 
 

One, Two, Three
 
One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
But I let it go again.
    
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
The little one upon the right.

Moon-Come-Out
 
Moon-Come-Out,
And Sun-Go-In,
Here’s a soft blanket,
To cuddle your chin.

Moon-Go-In,
And Sun-Come-Out,
Throw off the blanket,
And bustle about.

    
Poem by Eleanor Farjeon
   
     

The Old Woman From France
 
There came an old woman from France,
Who taught grown-up children to dance.
But they were so stiff,
She sent them home in a sniff,
This sprightly old woman from France.

    
Poem by Ivy O. Eastwick
   
     

The Puppy Chased The Sunbeam
 
The puppy chased the sunbeam,
All around the house.
He thought it was a bee,
Or a little golden mouse.
He thought it was a spider,
On a little silver string.
    
He thought it was a butterfly,
Or some such flying thing.
He thought, but OH! I cannot tell you,
HALF the things he thought,
As he chased the sparkling sunbeam,
Which just would not be caught.

Hush-A-Bye
 
Hush-a-bye, baby,
Daddy is near.
Mama is a lady,
And that’s very clear.

Skyscraper
 
Skyscraper, skyscraper,
Scrape me some sky.
Tickle the sun,
While the stars go by.

Tickle the stars,
While the sun’s climbing high,
Then skyscraper, skyscraper,
Scrape me some sky.

   
Poem by Dennis Lee
   
      

Handy Pandy
 
Handy Pandy,
Jack-a-dandy,
Loves plum cake,
And sugar candy.

He bought some,
At a grocer’s shop,
And out he came,
Hop, hop, hop!

Yesterday’s Paper
 
Yesterday’s paper makes a hat,
Or a boat,
Or a plane,
Or a playhouse mat.

Yesterday’s paper makes things
Like that,
And a very fine tent,
For a sleeping cat.

   
Poem by Mable Watts
   
     

The Robins
 
A robin and a robin’s son,
Once went to town to buy a bun.
They couldn’t decide on plum or plain,
And so they went back home again.

How A Puppy Grows
 
I think it’s very funny,
How a puppy grows,
A little on his wiggle-tail,
A little on his nose,
A little on his tummy,
And a little on his ears.
I guess he’ll be a dog, all right,
In half a dozen years.

   
Poem by Leroy F. Jackson
   
     

The Girl In The Lane
 
The girl in the lane,
Who couldn’t speak plain,
Cried, “Gobble, gobble, gobble!”
    
The man on the hill,
Who couldn’t stand still,
Went Hobble, hobble, hobble!

Yellow Butter
 
Yellow butter,
Purple jelly,
Red jam,
Black bread.
Spread it thick,
Say it quick.
Yellow butter,
Purple jelly,
Red jam,
Black bread.
Spread it thicker,
Say it quicker.
Yellow butter,
Purple jelly,
Red jam,
Black bread.
Now repeat it,
While you eat it.
Yellow butter purple jelly red jam black bread!
Don’t talk with your mouth full!

   
Poem by Mary Ann Hoberman
   
     

A Plum Pudding
 
Flour of England,
Fruit of Spain,
Met together in a shower of rain,
Put in a bag tied round with a string.
If you’ll tell me this riddle,
I’ll give you a ring.

Snowman
 
My little snowman has a mouth,
So he is always smiling south.
My little snowman has a nose,
I couldn’t seem to give him toes,
I couldn’t seem to make his ears.
He shed a lot of frozen tears,
Before I gave him any eyes,
But they are big ones for his size.

   
Poem by David McCord
   
      

Two Pigeons
 
I had two pigeons,
Bright and gay,
They flew from me,
The other day,

What was the reason,
They did go?
I cannot tell,
For I don’t know.

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WEEK FOUR PHONICS READ-ALONGS

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #1, ABOVE READING PASSAGES       
    

The Old Woman From France
   

There came an old woman from France,
Who taught grown-up children to dance.
But they were so stiff,
She sent them home in a sniff,
This sprightly old woman from France.

      
    
From The Puppy Chased The Sunbeam    
   

He thought, but OH! I cannot tell you,
HALF the things he thought.

       
    
From How A Puppy Grows
   

I guess he’ll be a dog, all right,
In half a dozen years.

   
   
From The Girl In The Lane
   

The man on the hill,
Who couldn’t stand still,
Went Hobble, hobble, hobble!

      
   
From Yellow Butter
   

Purple jelly,
Red jam,
Black bread,
Spread it thick.

   
   
From Head And Neck, Knees And Toes
    

Head and neck,
Knees and toes,
Knees and toes.

      
  
From Wee Boy Blue
   

He lies on a hay stack,
He’s gone, fast, to sleep.

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #2, “SCOPE AND SEQUENCE”     
   

Activity 19) Other non-CVCC / CCVC single-consonant and short-vowel 2-, 3-, & 4-letter words, all applicable short-vowels, but now with silent letters added … continued:

One of the characters on a popular 60s TV show called Bonanza was named “Hoss.”

Huck Finn was adopted by the Widow Douglas.

Mary stomped off in a huff after losing the tennis match.

The exploding torpedo put a huge hole in the hull of the ship.

Jack just got stung by a bee.

There’s rotting wood in this door jamb.

My sister plays the keyboard in a jazz ensemble.

My favorite Jell-O flavor is cherry.

Can you tell Jess to come down for dinner?

I have to run a quick errand, and I’ll be back in a jiff.

Jill got a good part in the school play.

That football jock is always wearing his letter-jacket.

Tell John that he needs to mow the lawn this weekend.

They named their newborn baby girl “Joss.”

That putrid sewer smell made me keck.

I can’t believe how far that pro can kick a soccer ball.

That mean dog up the street tried to kill our cat.

Give your Granny a kiss.

Mom is going to knit some mittens for us.

I can’t get this door knob to turn.

Blast it, I can’t undo this knot in my shoelace.

That boy has a complete lack of good manners.

That baby lamb is so cute.

That young lass has a pretty singing voice.

My mechanical pencil has run out of pencil lead.
       

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #3, “MOST FREQUENT WORDS”
   

Check to see if Dad’s up from his nap.

That child can run so fast!

My church has a great youth group that I’m in.

Our city is closed down due to a huge snow storm.

A vet came and talked to our class.

My hands are good and clean now.

I need to clear my throat so that I can give my speech.

This thick coat will keep you warm.

I want to go to college when I get out of high school!

What color shoes should I get?

Gran is coming to stay with us for a week.

That poor kid just does not have much common sense.

My best gift was a complete set of bowls and plates.

Look here, can I show you the correct way to do that?

How much will this book cost?

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WEEK FIVE    
     

WEEK FIVE READING PASSAGES

Lesson 11 – Poems And Rhymes

     
NEW WORDS: Halloween, Hanukkah, Hanukkah’s, Tittlemouse, Tommy, blackbirds, blankets, boring, counting, cover, covers, dainty, ditches, doctor, dreidel, eleven, fiddle, finest, fingers, gentlemen, goblins, hanging, harm, honey, hungry, kissed, ladies, leather, manage, men’s, mitten, mittens, nighttime, nor, ourselves, papa, parlor, rye, sixpence, snowflakes, spin, sport, straightway, thumbs, twirl, weather, whether, witches
    
    

Cry, Baby
   
Cry, baby, cry,
Put your finger in your eye,
And tell your mother it wasn’t I.

Doctor Fell
    
I do not like thee,
Doctor Fell.
The reason why,
I cannot tell.

But this I know,
And know full well.
I do not like thee,
Doctor Fell!

In The Summer We Eat
    
In the summer we eat,
In the winter we don’t.
In the summer we’ll play,
In the winter we won’t.

All winter we sleep,
Each curled in a ball,
As soon as the snowflakes,
Start to fall.

But in spring, we each
Come out of our den,
And start to eat,
All over again.

Poem by Zhenya Gay
    
    

Little Fred
    
When little Fred went to bed,
He always said his prayers.
He kissed Mama,
And then Papa,
And straightway went upstairs.

On Halloween
    
We mask our faces,
And wear strange hats,
And moan like witches,
And screech like cats,

And jump like goblins,
And thump like elves,
And almost manage,
To scare OURSELVES!

    
Poem by Aileen Fisher
   
    

The Cat And The Fiddle
    
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
     
The little dog laughed,
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Hot Boiled Beans
    
Ladies and gentlemen,
Come to supper,
Hot boiled beans,
And very good butter.

The Mitten Song
     
“Thumbs in the thumb-place,
Fingers all together!”
This is the song
We sing in mitten-weather.

When it is cold,
It doesn’t matter whether,
Mittens are wool,
Or made of finest leather.

This is the song
We sing in mitten-weather.
“Thumbs in the thumb-place,
Fingers all together.”

   
Poem by Marie Louise Allen
   
     

Little Kitty
    
I like little Kitty,
Her coat is so warm,
And if I don’t hurt her,
She’ll do me no harm.

So I’ll not pull her tail,
Nor drive her away,
But Kitty and I,
Very gently will play.

Dreidel Song
    
Twirl about,
Dance about,
Spin! Spin! Spin!
Turn, Dreidel, turn.
Time to begin!
Soon it is Hanukkah,
Fast, Dreidel, fast!
For you will lie still,
When Hanukkah’s past.

   
Poem by Efraim Rosenzweig
   
    

Sing A Song Of Sixpence
    
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye,
Four-and-twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing,
Was not that a dainty dish,
To set before the king?

The king was in his counting-house,
Counting out his money.
The queen was in the parlor,
Eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird,
And snapped off her nose.

Covers
   
Glass covers windows,
To keep the cold away.
Clouds cover the sky,
To make a rainy day.

Nighttime covers,
All the things that creep.
Blankets cover me,
When I’m asleep.

   
Poem by Nikki Giovanni
   
    

Tommy Tittlemouse
    
Little Tommy Tittlemouse,
Lived in a little house.
He caught fishes,
In other men’s ditches.

It’s Eleven O’Clock
    
It’s eleven o’clock,
And there’s nothing to do,
But stand on one leg,
And then stand on two.

Eleven o’clock,
It’s not a nice hour.
It’s boring and hungry,
And heavy and sour.

    
Poem by Nancy Chambers
     
     
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Lesson 12 – Poems And Rhymes

   
NEW WORDS: Easter, Gloster, arrow, beetlebombs, begs, belongs, bough, breaks, brooks, bubbling, bumblebees, chimney’s, chopping, cover’s, dirty, everyone, everywhere, fireflies, flower’s, fluttering, follows, foresters, foster, grandmother, grownup, hasty, haughty, helping, hostesses, humble, joyful, lilac, makers, middling, mommy, moonbeams, neighbors, pierces, pollywogs, preparing, rivers, roars, sailormen, salty, savage, seam, sewing, spark, springs, stem, thatchers, thatching, toast, tortoises, trembles, warrior, wriggles
   
    

Joyful
   
A summer day is full of ease,
A bank is full of money.
Our lilac bush is full of bees,
And I am full of honey.

   
Poem by Rose Burgunder
   
    

Hush-A-Bye
   
Hush-a-bye, baby,
On the tree top!
When the wind blows,
The cradle will rock.

When the bough breaks,
The cradle will fall.
Down will come baby,
Bough, cradle, and all.

A Modern Dragon
   
A train is a dragon,
That roars through the dark.
He wriggles his tail,
As he sends up a spark.
     
He pierces the night,
With his one yellow eye.
And all the Earth trembles,
When he rushes by.

   
Poem by Rowena Bennett
   
    

Mary Middling
   
Mary Middling had a pig,
Not very little,
And not very big.
Not very pink,
Not very green.
Not very dirty,
Not very clean.
Not very good,
Not very naughty.
Not very humble,
Not very haughty.
Not very thin,
Not very fat.
Now what would you give,
For a pig like that?

    
Poem by Rose Fyleman
   
     

Ten To One
     
Ten tired tortoises,
Lying in the sun,
Nine nice neighbors,
Helping everyone.

Eight hasty hostesses,
Preparing toast for tea,
Seven salty sailormen,
Sailing on the sea.

Six savage sharks,
All swimming through the deep,
Five fluttering fireflies,
Where the moonbeams peep.

Four fat foresters,
Chopping fine fir trees,
Three thin thatchers,
A’thatching in the breeze.

Two tall sailors,
Sewing at a seam,
And one wild warrior,
Very wild warrior,
Bow-and-arrow warrior,
Eating pink ice-cream.

    
Poem by Ivy O. Eastwick
    
     

Ride Away, Ride Away
     
Ride away, ride away,
Johnny shall ride,
And he shall have kitty-cat,
Tied to one side.

And he shall have little dog,
Tied to the other,
And Johnny shall ride,
To see his grandmother.

The Top And The Tip
     
Hair is the top of a person,
A chimney’s the top of a house.
A cover’s the top of a book,
The tail is the tip of a mouse.

The sky is the top of the world,
The top of the sky is space.
A flower’s the top of the stem,
The nose is the tip of the face.

   
Poem by Charlotte Zolotow
   
     

Rain
    
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
And never come back again.

Chums
    
He sits and begs,
He gives a paw,
He is, as you can see,
The finest dog you ever saw.

And he belongs to me.
He follows everywhere I go,
And even when I swim.
I laugh because he thinks, you know,
That I belong to him.

   
Poem by Arthur Guiterman
   
     

Doctor Foster
    
Doctor Foster went to Gloster,
In a shower of rain.
He stepped in a puddle, up to his middle,
And never went there again.

Makers
     
Beetlebombs make jelly jam,
And bumblebees make honey.
Mommy makes the bread and cakes,
And Easter eggs make bunnies.

Bubbling springs make brooks and things,
And rivers make the sea.
Grownup frogs make pollywogs,
But who made me?

     
Poem by Nancy Dingman Watson
       
      
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Lesson 13 – Poems And Rhymes

    
NEW WORDS: blackbird, carpenter, disguise, extremely, fireplace, fledgling, flue, gaping, humming, monkey, monkey’s, mosquito, natured, note, notes, nursed, opened, pace, perched, question, rail, seemed, snail’s, snails, sooty, sparrow, swallow, swallowed, swooping, tadpole, tangled, tarry, toad, trudge, tumbled, turtle, warbler, warbles, whistle, whistled, winked, wished, wobbly, woman, woodpecker
   
   

A Big Turtle
    
A big turtle
Sat on the end of a log.
Watching a tadpole
Turn into a frog.

Snail’s Pace
   
Maybe it’s so,
That snails are slow.
They trudge along,
And tarry.

But isn’t it true,
You’d slow up, too,
If you had a house,
To carry?

   
Poem by Aileen Fisher
    
     

The Toad
   
I met a little woman,
Who was going up a hill.
And when she wasn’t hopping,
She sat extremely still.

She hadn’t any neck at all,
She hadn’t any chin.
She opened wide her great big mouth,
And snapped a young fly in.

She seemed to be good-natured,
And friendly as could be,
For while she swallowed down the fly,
She winked her eye at me.

   
Poem by Elizabeth Coatsworth
    
    

When You Talk To A Monkey
   
When you talk to a monkey,
He seems very wise.
He scratches his head,
And he blinks both his eyes.

But he won’t say a word.
He just swings on a rail,
And makes a big question mark
Out of his tail.

    
Poem by Rowena Bennett
   
    

Before The Monkey’s Cage
   
The monkey curled his tail about.
It looked like so much fun,
That as I stood and watched him there,
I wished that I had one.

   
Poem by Edna Becker
   
    

The Little Turtle
   
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn’t catch me.

   
Poem by Vachel Lindsay
  
    

Humming Birds
   
I think it is a funny thing,
That some birds whistle,
Others sing.
The Warbler warbles in his throat.
The Sparrow only knows one note.
But he is better off than some,
For Humming Birds can only hum.

   
Poem by Betty Sage
   
    

Singing In The Spring
   
As I was walking,
Along-long-long,
Singing a scrap of a
Song-song-song,

A blackbird perched
In a tree-tree-tree,
He whistled my song,
With me-me-me.

He whistled so sweet,
And high-high-high,
His notes tangled up,
With the sky-sky-sky.

   
Poem by Ivy O. Eastwick
    
    

The Swallow
   
Swallow, swallow,
Swooping free,
Do you not remember me?
I think last spring,
That it was you,
Who tumbled down,
The sooty flue,
With wobbly wings,
And gaping face,
A fledgling in the fireplace.
     
Remember how,
I nursed and fed you?
And then,
Into the air I sped you?
How I wish that you would try,
To take me with you,
As you fly.

   
Poem by Ogden Nash
   
     

Woodpecker In Disguise
   
Woodpecker taps,
At the apple tree.
“Little bug,
Open your door,” says he.

Little bug says,
“Who is it, sir?”
Woodpecker says,
“The carpenter.”

    
Poem by Grace Taber Hallock
     
    
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WEEK FIVE PHONICS READ-ALONGS
     
FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #1, ABOVE READING PASSAGES       
       

Doctor Fell
    

I do not like thee,
Doctor Fell.
The reason why,
I cannot tell.
But this I know,
And know full well.
I do not like thee,
Doctor Fell!

   
   
From Tommy Tittlemouse
    

Little Tommy Tittlemouse,
Lived in a little house.

    
   
From It’s Eleven O’Clock
   

It’s eleven o’clock,
And there’s nothing to do.

   
  
From Sam
   

Sam sits in Miss Mack’s class. The kids will print till class ends. Then the bell will ring.

Sam’s mom hands him his pack. Sam slips the pack on his back.

“Sam!” Miss Mack yells, “It’s that bad duck, the one that pecks!”

Max tracks mud on the deck.

FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #2, “SCOPE AND SEQUENCE”     
 

Activity 19) Other non-CVCC / CCVC single-consonant and short-vowel 2-, 3-, & 4-letter words, all applicable short-vowels, but now with silent letters added … continued:

Lech Walesa was a famous dissident in the country of Poland.

My diet should have less fat content in it.

That dog is trying to lick me on my mouth.

There’s a huge dead tree limb on the roof.

This painter likes to limn scenes of pretty rural countryside.

I wish that I could live in a house by the beach.

Gramps still believes that there’s really a Loch Ness monster in Scotland.

Don’t forget to lock the door when you leave.

You don’t have time to loll about; get your work done now!

They suffered a great loss when the tornado destroyed their home.

I wish you good luck in your game today.

I’ll lull the baby to sleep by humming this pretty tune.

We stayed in a really luxe hotel suite.

Uncle Mack is an army veteran of World War Two.

Mrs. Mann is a nice piano teacher, but she really pushes you!

There’s a big mass of matted fur on my cat’s back.

Tell your Uncle Matt that it’s time for dinner.

Tell the girls that we’re going shopping at TJ Maxx, in case any of them want to come with us.

The crowds rushed pell–mell into the mall to check out the Black Friday sales.

Please clean up this mess in your room before dinner.

Mick Jagger is the famous singer in the rock group “The Rolling Stones.”

The brother and sister were having a miff about which one was right about a rule in the board game.

Have you ever noticed how bad the air smells if you are driving near a paper mill?

Dad got back from a long business trip and asked, “Did you miss me?”

I learned how long it takes to get a brand new baseball mitt to become loose and pliable.
   
FROM AOCR PHONICS ACTIVITY #3, “MOST FREQUENT WORDS”
     

I am proud to be in the country where I live.

Of course, you can have a glass of milk.

You can’t paint the room till you cover the wood floor.

The cow bawled, “MOO!”

The priest made the sign of the cross with his hands.

I heard Mom cry out, “It’s time for lunch!”

Did you decide which pants to wear?

I decided to go on to bed at nine.

This brook is not deep, so we can walk in it.

I didn’t know that you’d gone to that school.

What on Earth are you doing?

Look at the new doll that I got as a gift!

I think that I will try to draw our cat.

I had a weird dream last night.

It’s hot out, and I need a cold drink.

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WEEK SIX    

WEEK SIX READING PASSAGES

Lesson 14 – Pattern-Builder Poems

    
NEW WORDS: Hagrid, Hamlet, Harry, Potter’s, Sid, acid, amen, avid, breakfast, bucket, chew, closed, closet, comet, crystal, debt, engine, eyelid, fluid, forbid, gigantic, goblet, grid, gross, hairball, horrid, howled, jar, knocked, liquid, longer, omelet, owe, pled, pool, putrid, rancid, shredded, solid, squid’s, stupid, surely, tastes, throat, tight, timid, toilet, tot, twelve, upset, using, vivid, wallet, work’s
   
     

Food In Bed?
   
My name’s Ed,
And I pled,
With Ted,
To get off my bed.

He said,
“Not till I’m fed!”
My face turned red,
And I yelled to my mom,
“Ted wants breakfast in bed!”

But that’s not what he got.
My mom got hot.
She cried,
“You’re no longer a tot!
In bed Ted,
Eat you shall not!”

No Hen For Ken
    
Well then, Ken.
How have you been?
You just turned ten.
So you want a hen?

Will you clean its pen?
Or will you sit in the den,
While your work’s done by Ben?
To this wish, I’m not open.

Not now.
We’ll talk of this,
AGAIN,
WHEN,
You’re twelve.
AMEN!

To Be Wet Or Not To Be Wet
    
I’ve not met a pet,
That wants to get wet,
Not yet.
Surely not my cat,
Who’s named Hamlet.

But he does drink water,
From the toilet.
But I hear from my Vet,
“Some pets love to get wet!
If you’ll let them.”

So I made him a bet.


“I’ll get my cat wet.
If he likes it, you’re set.
I’ll give you ten bucks.
But if he does not,
You’ll be in debt.
You’ll owe ME ten bucks.”

So I got my cat wet.
I thought about using a bucket.
But I dropped him in the pool.
He howled like the engine,
Of a gigantic jet!
He got out and ran like a comet!
He was very upset.

The next day,
Hamlet locked me in the closet,
Ate half of my omelet,
Shredded the cash in my wallet,
Knocked over a crystal goblet,
And left a hairball on the carpet.
So don’t get your cat wet!
That’s something to NEVER FORGET!

Vivid Squid
   
Did you eat squid?
GROSS!
It’s horrid!
I bet it slid down your throat!
    
I’m too timid to eat it.
Harry Potter’s Hagrid won’t eat squid!
I’d rather drink acid than eat squid.
Look!

It smells putrid.
It tastes rancid.
It’s more liquid than solid.
Chew it, it’s fluid!

And have you seen a squid’s eyelid?
The way it looks at you?!
Before you put it in your mouth?
Here’s the deal.
I’m avid about NO SQUID!
I forbid you to eat squid!

When I was a kid,
I hid rather than eat squid.
I’d get off the grid!
No one could find me.

And if it was in a jar,
I closed the lid! TIGHT!
I’m not stupid.
No squid for Sid.
GET RID OF SQUID!

   
     
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Lesson 15 – Poems and Rhymes
Beatrix Potter’s Favorite Poems

      
(Many are ones that she wrote herself!)

   
NEW WORDS: Cottontail’s, Hubbard, Tittle, ale, baker’s, barber’s, bare, basket, beer, beggars, charming, cobbler’s, coffin, craftsman’s, cupboard, curtsy, feeding, florist’s, flute, gown, grocery, hark, hatter’s, knocking, licking, linen, maidens, moss, nobody, pegged, playing, present, reading, rushes, seamstress, servant, smoking, spinning, tags, tailor’s, tappit, tavern, thatched, thistle, tripe, velvet, walled, wig, woven
    
     

Dame Get Up And Bake Your Pies
   
Dame get up and bake your pies.
Bake your pies! Bake your pies!
Dame get up and bake your pies,
On Christmas Day in the morning.

Dame what makes your maidens lie?
Maidens lie? Maidens lie?
Dame what makes your maidens lie?
On Christmas Day in the morning.

Dame what makes your ducks to die?
Ducks to die? Ducks to die?
Dame what makes your ducks to die?
On Christmas Day in the morning.

Their wings are cut, and they cannot fly,
Cannot fly, cannot fly.
Their wings are cut, and they cannot fly,
On Christmas Day in the morning.

To Market!
    
To market! To market!
Now isn’t that funny?
You’ve got a basket,
And I’ve got some money!

We went to market,
And I spent my money,
Home again! Home again!
Little Miss Bunny.

The Little Black Rabbit
   
Now who is this knocking,
At Cottontail’s door?
Tap tappit! Tap tappit!
She’s heard it before?

And when she peeps out,
There is nobody there,
But a present of carrots,
Put down on the stair.

Hark! I hear it again!
Tap, tap, tappit! Tap tappit!
Why, I really believe,
It’s a little black rabbit!