But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
—Robert Louis Stevenson.
Have the children copy two stanzas of the poem.
Friday
Have the children copy the rest of the poem, “My Shadow.”
THIRD WEEK
Monday
Teach the children the first stanza of “My Shadow.”
Who has a shadow? When can we see our shadow? How does the shadow “Jump before me, when I jump into my bed”?