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... thank Miss Nebraska Cropsey , Assistant Superintend- ent of Schools in Indianapolis , for suggestions concerning the teaching of reading covering a period of twenty years ; Miss Alice Louise Harris , Assistant Superintendent of Schools ...
... thank Miss Nebraska Cropsey , Assistant Superintend- ent of Schools in Indianapolis , for suggestions concerning the teaching of reading covering a period of twenty years ; Miss Alice Louise Harris , Assistant Superintendent of Schools ...
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... Thank you ! Godmother . Here is your coach . Here you Holds up her wand / are ! Twelve o'clock ! Do not forget . V ( The next morning ) Cinderella . I did forget . What will godmother say ! I ran all the way home . I lost one slipper ...
... Thank you ! Godmother . Here is your coach . Here you Holds up her wand / are ! Twelve o'clock ! Do not forget . V ( The next morning ) Cinderella . I did forget . What will godmother say ! I ran all the way home . I lost one slipper ...
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... Indians have two eyes ! They see with their eyes ! Ha ! Ha ! I So they do . Ha ! Ha ! i Now , may I walk with you ? I Yes . i I like you . You are funny . Thank you very much . JOHNNY CAKE , JOHNNY CAKE ! A little old man 46.
... Indians have two eyes ! They see with their eyes ! Ha ! Ha ! I So they do . Ha ! Ha ! i Now , may I walk with you ? I Yes . i I like you . You are funny . Thank you very much . JOHNNY CAKE , JOHNNY CAKE ! A little old man 46.
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... Thank you . I am cold and hungry . Are you tired ? Sit by the fire . King Alfred . Yes , I am tired . I have walked all day . Woman . You are sad . Can I do anything for you ? King Alfred . No , thank you . Woman . I am going to milk ...
... Thank you . I am cold and hungry . Are you tired ? Sit by the fire . King Alfred . Yes , I am tired . I have walked all day . Woman . You are sad . Can I do anything for you ? King Alfred . No , thank you . Woman . I am going to milk ...
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... angry with me ! Those cakes are all I have . Here is some milk . I am glad to eat the burned cakes . Thank you . SOUND DRILL such white sea roar much while mean coat rich which read coach THE LION AND THE MOUSE It is a fine morning 53.
... angry with me ! Those cakes are all I have . Here is some milk . I am glad to eat the burned cakes . Thank you . SOUND DRILL such white sea roar much while mean coat rich which read coach THE LION AND THE MOUSE It is a fine morning 53.
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Aladdin asked Blount castle cat That caught caught the rat Cinderella cluck cried crumpled horn David Dick Whittington Doctor Marigold dog That worried dress Dustman Echo ECHO AND NARCISSUS fairy dancer fast Fitzwarren forlorn That milked glad Godmother Goody Two-Shoes grunted White Pig Hialmar horn That tossed house that Jack Jack built Johnny Cake kind King Alfred kissed the maiden little boy Little Boy Blue Little fish little mouse little old wife looked lovely magician Magpie maiden all forlorn malt That lay mice milked the cow morning Narcissus night North Wind Old Mother Hubbard Primer Prince Cherry quacked Fat Goose queen rabbit Raleigh Red Hen shoes Simple Simon sister sleep SOLOMON GRUNDY Sophy SOUND DRILL squeaked Black Rat story suggestions to teachers tell Tin Soldier Tootsy torn That kissed tossed the dog walk Walter Raleigh Woman words worried the cat
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Page 59 - Monday's child is fair of face/ Tuesday's child is full of grace/ Wednesday's child is full of woe/ Thursday's child has far to go...
Page 41 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 43 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, 20 That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn...
Page 63 - She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat, But when she came back He was feeding the cat. She went to the barber's To buy him a wig, But when she came back He was dancing a jig. She went to the fruiterer's To buy him some fruit, But when she came back He was playing the flute.
Page 81 - Indeed, I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale; All the water he could find Was in his mother's pail!
Page 44 - ... the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that caught the rat, that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built (Z 51).
Page 34 - SOLOMON Grundy, Born on Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday ; This is the end Of Solomon Grundy ! XL VII.
Page 81 - SIMPLE Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny"; Says Simple Simon to the pieman. "Indeed I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale; All the water he had got Was in his mother's pail. Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle.
Page 63 - OLD mother Hubbard, Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone ; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker's To buy him some bread, But when she came back The poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner's To buy him a coffin, But when she came back The poor dog was laughing.
Page 22 - The cock crows in the morn To tell us to rise, And he who lies late Will never be wise. For early to bed, And early to rise, Is the way to be healthy And wealthy and wise.