LESSON 13
IF I WERE A SUNBEAM

WORD LIST

woodlands divine raised until drooping

blessed whose seek upward hovels

inner steal heaven hearts lilies

die roaming

1. “If I were a sunbeam,

I know what I'd do;

I would seek white lilies,

Roaming woodlands through.

I would steal among them,

Softest light I'd shed,

Until every lily

Raised its drooping head. ”

2. “If I were a sunbeam,

I know where I'd go;

Into lowly hovels,

Dark with want and woe:

Till sad hearts looked upward,

I would shine and shine;

Then they'd think of heaven,

Their sweet home and mine.”

3. Are you not a sunbeam,

Child, whose life is glad

With an inner brightness

Sunshine never had?

Oh, as God has blessed you,

Scatter light divine!

For there is no sunbeam

But must die or shine.

STUDY GUIDE

A. Sound Work—Unscramble the words into one of your list words.

ddlwoaons _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

stareh _ _ _ _ _ _

tilnu _ _ _ _ _

driesa _ _ _ _ _ _

ide _ _ _

sohew _ _ _ _ _

vindie _ _ _ _ _ _

B. Word Work—Find the rhyming word from your list words and write them on the line.

shine ________

feel ________

beak ________

dinner ________

C. Sentence Work—Find the list word that:

1. combines two words together to make a new word and has 7 letters__________

2. begins with an h and is 6 letters long and means a home that is in disrepair __________

3. is a group of flowers and starts with an l __________

4. is 5 letters long and means to take something __________

5. begins with the letter w, is 9 letters long and combines two words together to make a new word __________

D. Slate work—Copy the stanzas from the poem onto the lines provided. Underline the list words.

1. “If I were a sunbeam, I know what I'd do;

I would seek white lilies, Roaming woodlands through.

I would steal among them, Softest light I'd shed,

Until every lily Raised its drooping head. ”

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. “If I were a sunbeam, I know where I'd go;

Into lowly hovels, Dark with want and woe:

Till sad hearts looked upward, I would shine and shine;

Then they'd think of heaven, Their sweet home and mine.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Are you not a sunbeam, Child, whose life is glad

With an inner brightness Sunshine never had?

Oh, as God has blessed you, Scatter light divine!

For there is no sunbeam But must die or shine.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________