THIRD YEAR
FIRST WEEK
Monday
To be committed to memory:
THE VOICE OF THE GRASS
Here I come creeping, creeping, everywhere;
By the dusty roadside,
On the sunny hillside,
Close by the noisy brook,
In every shady nook,
I come creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere.
All around the open door,
Where sit the aged poor;
Here where the children play,
In the bright and merry May,
I come creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
In the noisy city street
My pleasant face you’ll meet,
Cheering the sick at heart.
Toiling his busy part—
Silently creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere,
You cannot see me coming,
Nor hear my low sweet humming,
For in the starry night,
And the glad morning light,
I come quietly creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere,
More welcome than the flowers
In summer’s pleasant hours;
The gentle cow is glad,
And the merry bird not sad,
To see me creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
My humble song of praise
Most joyfully I raise
To Him at whose command
I beautify the land,
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.
—Sarah Roberts Boyle
Copy the first half of the poem.
Tuesday
Copy the rest of the poem.
Wednesday
Commit to memory the first two stanzas of the poem.
Thursday
Commit to memory the second two stanzas of the poem.
Friday
Recite the entire poem.
SECOND WEEK
Monday
Write a list of the nouns in the poem.
Tuesday
Write a list of the verbs in the poem.
Wednesday
Write a list of adjectives in the poem.
Thursday
For dictation:
In her dress of silver gray,
Comes the Pussy Willow gay;
Like a little Eskimo,
Clad in fur from top to toe.
Friday
Write five sentences about pussy willows.
THIRD WEEK
Monday
Write, to a classmate, a telegram of not more than ten words, saying that spring is coming.
Tuesday
Write a letter to a pussy willow.
Wednesday
Talk about the wind and what it does.
Thursday
Write five sentences telling what the wind does.
Friday
Write the story of St. Patrick.
FOURTH WEEK
Monday
For dictation:
Day after day, and year after year,
Little by little, the leaves appear;
And the slender branches far and wide,
Tell the mighty oak is the forest’s pride.
Tuesday
Write a list of at least ten objects beginning with m. Who can write the longest list?
Wednesday
Write a rhyme of four lines about the wind.
Thursday
Write a story about some pet that you have or that you know about.
Friday
Tell something that makes you happy.
Tell something that makes you sorry.
Tell something that you think it is right to do.
Tell something that you think it is wrong to do.