The Squirrel
The SquirrelAnonymous
Becky Miles Poem LessonWhisky Frisky,Hippity Hop, Up he goesTo
the tree top!Whirly, Twirly,Round and roundDown he scampersTo the
ground
Furly, CurlyWhat a tail!Tall as a featherBroad as a snail!Wheres
his supper?In the shell,Snappity, crackityOut it fell!
Day 1 Thinking Critically
What is a squirrel? What do squirrels like to do? Where can you
find a squirrel? What are some words that describe squirrels and
what they do?
Day 2 Exploring Language
Some of the difficult words in the poem: scampers, whisky,
whirly, broad, furlyFor this day, the students can play a game of
charades with the words from the poem. Some of the words that they
could act out would be: whirly, twirly, scamper, round and round,
hippity, hop, up, tree, fell.Another activity would be to play
vocabulary Pictionary in group of four. One student draws a card
and the other students need to try and guess the word they are
drawing. This poem works well for this because there are a lot of
descriptive words including: ground, tree, snail, tall, feather,
round, shell, tail, up, and down.
Day 3 Exploring Language
We will talk about the punctuation in the poem. (Ex. question
marks, exclamation points, commas)The students can write the poem
in the form that the poem takes shape of. They could write it
twirling on the page or in the shape of a tree. They will use the
words to help determine what shape to create. See next slide for an
example.
Day 4 Exploring Language
Consonant blendsBroad, crackity, frisky, ground, tree, scampers,
frisky, whisky, snail, snappity, shell, the, feather, what, where,
whisky, whirly, crackity, squirrelVowelsLong a- a, tail, snail,
Short a- what, and, tall, as, snappity, crackity, Short i- whisky,
hippity, frisky, whirly, twirly, his, in, it Long o- goes, Short o-
to, top, broad, out
Vowel combinationsTail, snail, feather, tree, broad, goes,
round, ground, out, squirrelR, L, W Controlled VowelsFeather,
where, supper, scamper, squirrel, whirly, twirly, furly, curly,
downSyllables1 syllable- hop, up, he, goes, to, the, tree, top,
round, and, down, ground, what, a, tail, tall, as, broad, snail,
his, wheres, in, the , shell, out, it, fell 2 syllables- whisky,
frisky, whirly, twirly, scampers, furly, curly, feather, supper, 3
syllables- hippity, snappity, crackity, Prefixes/suffixesWhirly,
twirly, furly, curly; feather, scamper, supper; whisky, whirly,
what, wherePlurals(N/A)ContractionsWheresCompound words(N/A)Silent
lettersCrackity, goes, feather, supperSight wordsThe, and, a, in,
it, he, as, his, what, up, out, down Day 5 Processing
Information
Today, we will sing the poem. It goes to the tune of Wags the
Dog.Once the students learn the song, they can add actions where
the poem describes what is happening.Scampering, whirly, twirly,
down, up, hop, round and round, down to the ground, tail, tall,
broad, fell
