The Elson Readers by William Harris Elson Lura E. Runkel

Author:William Harris Elson , Lura E. Runkel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scott, Foresman and Co.
Published: 1920-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

We'll build a dot

Of a nest—^why not? Cronvenient, cozy, and snug and sweet."

Said the bumblebee,

"Dear me, dear me! Such a house would never do for three."

Well, Mistress Mouse

Built a wee, wee house, And cuddled under the sun-warmed hay.

The bumblebee

From his hole in the tree Buzzed and hummed through the sunny day,

While the cricket stole

To the darkest hole And chirruped till morning's earliest ray. And though they could never live together. All rejoiced in the sweet spring weather.

— Sydney Daybb.

Second St^p —Dramatization.

Ghabactebs Mouse Cricket Bee

SOEITB

Mouse sitting in the sun. Cricket and Bee come along.

Mouse: Winter is over. Let us make a house. We are so little we can live in one house.

Cricket: That is a good plan.

Bee: I like that plan, too. Where shall we make a house?

Cricket: Let us find a dark place. It is dark under the bam. I like the dark. I like to chirp in the dark. I do not like the light.

Mouse: I do not like the dark. The warm sun is the place for me. Let us try to find a light place.

Bee: I like the sunshine, too. I know a good place for a house. It is up in a tall tree. The sun will keq> us warm. The wind will sing to ub. I am so happy in the sunshine.

Cricket: I never chirp in the sunshine and I cannot fly. I cannot live in a tree. What shall I dof

House: I know a gbod place for a house. It is on the ground. It is in the sunshine, too. I like to lire in a com field. We can eat the com. There we can he rery happy.

Bee: I cannot eat com. That place would not do for me. We cannot live together.

(The bee flies to a tree,)

Bee: Buzz, Buzz! See how high I am. My home is best.

(The cricket runs under the ham,)

Cricket: Chirp, chirp! I have a good hiding place. My home is best.

(The mouse runs into the field.)

Mouse: Squeak, squeak! My home is best.

(She goes to sleep,)

Third Step—Sentence, Phrase, and Word Developm^t: Phonetics.

Sentences

One spring day she sat in the sun. We can be so happy thete. That is a good plan. Let us find a very dark place. Let us try to find a light place. That place would not do for me. We can not live together. My home is best.

PHONEmcs ipl, eat)

(New) From play develop pi, plate From pi and an develop plan From nest develop est, best, rest, west, test

New Set VIII. Game 25, page 204.

Fourth Step—Beading Lesson. (Book I, pp. 19-23.)

Study the picture on page 19. Whom do you see in the picture? What did they want to do? Where did they want to live? What did they finally do?

\

Silent Reading Exercise

Seat work in silent reading may well be given here, based on Card 3, New Set VII-B.

I

THE ELSON READERS, BOOK ONE

327

BOBBIE'S YELLOW CHICKEN

nxBt stop—The Oral Story.

Second Stop—Dramatization (at beginning or close of lesson).

Tbizd Stop—Sentence, Phrase, and Word Development: Phonetics.

Sentences Make sentences, using the phrases.

Phbases

One summer

many

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.