SEE, SAW, SEEN A GAME

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Do you find any

Now look at saw in the story. helping word with it? Can you make a rule about saw? When you get a good rule, you may write it on the blackboard. Then you must try to remember that a helping word should never be used with saw.

The See-Saw Game

First Part

Each pupil may rise and look at some object in the room. Then, while he is looking at the object, he may say:

I see a (an)

If a pupil uses the wrong word, he is out of the game. Each pupil should name a different object.

Second Part

The teacher may choose a pupil to act as leader, and he may stand in front of the class. The game may then go like this:

Leader: Frank, please go to the window and look out.

(Frank goes to the window and looks out.

Then he returns to his seat and remains standing.)

Leader: What did you see?

Frank: I saw a tree.

I have seen one before.

If Frank answers correctly, he may be the next leader. If he does not answer correctly, the leader will call upon another pupil to go to the window. Each pupil should name a different object. The leader should not call upon the same pupil twice.

Find the Word That Fits

Fill each blank space with see, saw, or seen. Use the one that you think is correct.

10. Charlie told his mother what he had

Read the sentences aloud until you can select the right word without hesitation. Be careful to use the correct words at home.

Should you like to match the boys against the girls in your class to see which can make in three minutes the larger number of sentences, using correctly see, saw, or seen? Your teacher will look the sentences over and will mark the incorrect ones. Then she will appoint two pupils to count the correct sentences on each side.

STUDY OF A POEM

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LESSON 17

The Story of a Squirrel

Where does a squirrel live?

What does he eat?

Where does he stay when it is cold?

What does he do for food when the weather is cold and snow is on the ground?

If you have ever seen a squirrel eating a nut, tell the class about it.

Tell a story about a squirrel that you have seen. What did it do that you liked to watch?

Perhaps you can bring to school a picture of a squirrel. Or you may have a story about a squirrel that you would like to have your teacher read to the class.

Here is a poem that tells a great deal about a squirrel. Read it and see if you like it as well as you like the stories you told about squirrels.

The Squirrel

(A poem to learn)

A hole in a log is the squirrel's home,
And a merry fellow is he.

He works all day from morn to night,

As busy as busy can be.

And when through the woods the strong wind blows,
He swings on the branch of a tree,

Then low, low down on the ground he runs
To find what his harvest may be.

He gathers the acorns and seeds and nuts,
All through the bright fall days,

And, when in the winter the snow lies deep,
In his warm nest he quietly stays.

Eleanor Smith.

A Busy Squirrel

Find in the list below the correct word for each

SPEAKING DISTINCTLY

LESSON 18

Watch Your Words

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"This is a cole morning," said James as he came in with his cap drawn down over his ears.

What did James mean when he said it was a cole morning? How should he have said it?

"I heard the win blowin when woke up," said James. What does win blowin mean? What did James mean to say? How should he have said it?

"George said it blew las night, but I didn't hear it," James

said.

What did James mean when he said las night? What should he have said?

"This is the firs mornin that the thermometer has gone down to ten below," said James.

Say it as James should have said it.

"I spose I mus go to school even if it is cole," said James after he had eaten his breakfast.

You have seen that James was was very very careless about pronouncing words. What words are there in this sentence that he did not pronounce correctly?