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The Squirrel
SCANNING THE POEM
Punctuation

commas (11)

periods (3, at the end of lines 2, 4, and 7)

exclamation points (3, at end of lines 5, 6, and 8)

question mark (1)

apostrophe (1)

dash (1)

Repetition

_____ as a ______ (2)

Sight Words
he (2)

to

the (3)

what

as (2)

his

in

it

a (3)

MODELED READING
Whisky, frisky, hippity, hop,
Up he goes to the treetop.
Whirly, twirly, round and round,
Down he scampers to the ground.
Furly, curly, what a tail!
Tall as a feather, broad as a sail!
Wheres his supper? In the shell.
Snappity, crackityout it fell!

WORD STUDY
Words that Rhyme

whisky frisky

hop top

whirly twirly furly curly

round ground

tail sail

shell fell

Rhyme Pattern

lines 1 and 2

lines 5 and 6

lines 3 and 4

lines 7 and 8

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Multisyllable Words

2: whisky
scampers

frisky
furly

treetop
curly

3: hippity

snappity

crackity

whirly
feather

twirly
supper

Compound Word

treetop

tree + top

Contraction

wheres

where + is

Word Endings

s:

goes (go + es)

scampers

y:

whisky

frisky

whirly

ity: hippity

snappity

crackity

twirly

curly

UNDERSTANDING THE POEM

Word Meaning

frisky: playful and full of energy

scamper: run lightly and quickly

whirly: moving fast in circles

twirly: spinning around

broad: wide

Nonsense Words (possible meanings)

whisky: moving quickly

hippity: hopping motion, like a rabbit

furly: curling and uncurling (like a sail unfurls)

snappity, crackity: sounds of a nutshell cracking open

Visualize

squirrel running to the top of the tree

squirrel circling down the trunk of the tree

squirrels bushy tail curling and uncurling

squirrel finding nut to eat

squirrel cracking the shell to get the nut out

MY BOOK OF POETRY
Use page 9 in Section 2 to make a page for My Poetry Book.

EXTENDING THE LEARNING

Use pages 1718 in Section 3 to build comprehension and word knowledge.

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The Squirrel
Whisky, frisky, hippity, hop,
Up he goes to the treetop.
Whirly, twirly, round and round,
Down he scampers to the ground.
Furly, curly, what a tail!
Tall as a feather, broad as a sail!
Wheres his supper? In the shell.
Snappity, crackity _ out it fell!

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Name ____________________________________

The Squirrel

1. Write the words from the poem that rhyme.

_____________ and _____________

_____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________
2. Write the words that end with these letters.

ly _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________
ity _________________ _________________
_________________
3. Write a contraction for each.

where is __________________
he is ____________________
it is _____________________
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Name ____________________________________

4. Fill in the blanks with words

from the Word Bank.
Use each word one time.

Word Bank

frisky ground supper

tail treetop

Do you see the _________ squirrel?

He has a furry _________.
He eats nuts for his _________.
He goes up to the _________.
Then he comes down to the _________.
5. Explain what the poem means in your own words.

_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
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