What parades have you seen besides the circus parade? Tell about one of these:

Illustrate on the blackboard some of the things you saw in the circus parade.

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THE CIRCUS

Conversation:

Which would you rather do, see the parade or go to the circus? Why?

Make five sentences about the elephant.
Did you ever play circus?

Tell when, where, and how you played circus.
Tell about the circus.

Written Exercise :

Write the names of all the animals you saw at the circus. Will you begin them with capitals or with small letters? See how the names of animals

Read these sentences:

The men teach the animals many tricks.
The men taught the animals many tricks.

Which sentence tells what the men do now?
What does the other sentence tell?

Conversation:

Remember to make complete statements.

- your

Tell something that some one teaches you. father, your mother, your big brother or sister, or your teacher.

Tell something that you have taught some one else or that you have taught a pet animal.

Exercise :

In these sentences, use taught in place of teach and teaches. Read the sentences aloud.

Charles teaches his dog to beg for candy.
The bird teaches its young to fly.

My parents teach me to tell the truth.
They teach me to be brave.

Our teachers teach us to love our country.

The big boys teach the little ones to swim.
Our mistakes teach us to be careful.

The study of language teaches us to speak well.

We

say teach. We teach when we

Do not say learn when you should say learn when we find out things. help others to find out things. walk. Its mother teaches it to helps it to learn.

A baby learns to walk because she

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Review

Oral Exercise :

Change the words in italics to tell what the persons or animals did, and what they have done :

We see many strange animals at the circus.
The lions and tigers eat raw meat.

The horses in the ring run very fast.

The wise elephants do many funny tricks.

The animal trainers teach the elephants to do tricks.

Read your sentences to the class.

Try to use these words correctly all the time, at home and on the playground as well as in school.

"To-whit! To-whit! To-whee!

Will you listen to me?

Who stole four eggs I laid,

And the nice nest I made?"

"Not I," said the cow, "Moo-oo!
Such a thing I'd never do.
I gave you a wisp of hay,

But didn't take your nest away.
Not I," said the cow, "Moo-oo!
Such a thing I'd never do."

"To-whit! To-whit! To-whee!

Will you listen to me?

Who stole four eggs I laid,

And the nice nest I made?"

"Bob-o'-link! Bob-o'-link!

Now what do you think?
Who stole a nest away

From the plum tree to-day?"

"Not I," said the dog, "Bow-wow!
I wouldn't be so mean, anyhow!

I gave the hairs the nest to make,
But the nest I did not take.
Not I," said the dog, "Bow-wow !
I'm not so mean, anyhow."

"Not I," said the sheep, "Oh, no!
I wouldn't treat a poor bird so!
I gave wool the nest to line,

But the nest was none of mine.

Baa! Baa!" said the sheep, “Oh, no, I wouldn't treat a poor bird so."