LESSON 11
WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT

WORD LIST

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1. Why do you come to my apple tree,

Little bird so gray?

Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-twit-twee!

That was all he would say.

2. Why do you lock your rosy feet

So closely round the spray?

Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-tweet!

That was all he would say.

3. Why on the topmost bough do you get,

Little bird so gray?

Twit-twit-twee! twit-twit-twit!

That was all he would say.

4. Where is your mate? come, answer me,

Little bird so gray.

Twit-twit-twit! twit-twit-twee!

That was all he would say.

(Alice Cary)

STUDY GUIDE

A. Sound Work—Break the sounds into chunks by putting a slash between the syllables.

Example: him/self or un/der/stood

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B. Word Work—Fill in the missing letters to make a list word.

_ ou _ _

l _ _ _

_ a _ _

_ _ _ y

_ _ ee- _ _ ee

C. Sentence Work—Find a list word that can replace the bolded word in the sentence. Then rewrite the sentence using the list word you found.

1. Why do you lock your pink feet so closely round the spray?

_______________________________________________________

2. Why on the upper bough do you get, Little bird so gray?

_______________________________________________________

3. Where is your partner?

_______________________________________________________

D. Game—Decode the sentence below.

Example:

the numbers 1 = t 3 = o

when put together mean 13 = “to”

Key:

Sentence: