A Spelling Game

See how many words you can make from the letters in the two words moving pictures. The one wins who makes the most words. There are so many letters in the two words that it will be easy to make a long list of words. The teacher will give a signal when to begin, and in five or ten. minutes she will give a signal to stop.

"Frank came over to my house last night after school. Me and him went to walk in the park. We saw two squirrels running on the ground. Frank had some peanuts in his pocket, and he gave them to the squirrels. The squirrels took them from his hand."

The boy said Me and him went to walk. How should he have said it?

Let us suppose that your friend comes to your home after school and you ask him to go into the house with you. After you open the door, should you go in first, or should you step aside and let your friend enter first? Why?

Perhaps your mother has been making some cookies and she hands you a plate of them for you and your friend. Should you take a cooky yourself and then pass the plate to your friend, or should you pass the plate to your friend first? Why?

USING THE RIGHT WORD-A GAME

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When you wish to speak of another person and yourself at the same time, which should always come first? Why?

Answering Questions

Play that you are the boy who went to walk with Frank. Answer the following questions. Make each answer a statement.

1. When did Frank come last night?

2. Who went to walk?

3. What did you see?

4. What did you do with the peanuts?

5. What did Frank do with his peanuts?
6. How did the squirrels take the peanuts?

A Catch Game

Your teacher will choose a pupil to act as leader. The leader will speak the name of another pupil, and the two will go to a window and look out. They will remember some object that they see, but they will not select any object that has been named by other pupils. They will then go back to their seats, and the leader may remain standing. The game is to catch a pupil who uses a wrong word. Let us suppose that the teacher chooses Nellie for leader. This is the game:

Teacher: Whom did you choose for your partner?
I chose Mary for my partner.

Nellie:

Teacher: Who went to the window?

Nellie: Mary and I went to the window.

Teacher: What did you see?

Nellie: We saw a bird on a tree.

Teacher: What did you do then?

Nellie: We came back to our seats.

There are several words in this game that need watching. What are they?

Find the Correct Word

Fill each blank with a word from the list below.

See how many short sentences, each of which contains one of the above words used correctly, the class can make in five minutes. The teacher will write them on the blackboard.

STUDY OF A POEM

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Make as much variety in the sentences as possible. For example, do not give I saw a dog, I saw a horse, I saw a bird. Make each sentence different from any one that has been given.

LESSON 13

My Shadow

Have you ever watched your shadow?
When can you see your shadow best?

Can you sometimes see your shadow after the sun has set at night? What makes it then?

Have you ever seen your shadow when it looked very long? What made it look long?

Have you ever seen your shadow when it was very short? What made it look short?

Have you ever watched your shadow when you were walking under an electric street light? How did your shadow change as you walked away from it? Is there any shadow in the daytime before the sun is up or when it does not shine? Why?

Here is a poem in which a little boy tells about his shadow. Was his shadow just like yours?

Read the poem aloud several times to understand and enjoy it. Then see how much of it you can repeat. At first you may have to look at the book for help in places, but soon you will be able to say the poem from memory.