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Poems and Songs

I Love Colors
Chorus:
I love colors, yes I do!
Red and orange and green and blue!
I love colors, dark or bright,
Yellow, purple, black and white!

What is red? Juicy beets!
What is brown? Chocolate treats!
What is white? A shiny moon! 
What is grey? A big baboon!
Chorus
What is orange? Carrot sticks!
Whay is yellow? Baby chicks!
What is gold? Bright goldfish!
What is black? Licorice!
Chorus
What is green? Grass so high!
What is blue? The open sky! 
What is purple? Eggplant shells!
What is silver? Silver bells!
Chorus


Short Vowel Song
(tune: Where is Thumbkin?)

Where is Short "A" Where is Short "A"? 
Here I am! Here I am!
I am in a hat rack, cracker jacks, and fat cats.
"A" "A" "A", "A" "A" "A".

Where is Short "E" Where is Short "E"? 
Here I am! Here I am!
I am in a red bed, jelly eggs, and jet sets.
"E" "E" "E", "E" "E" "E".

Where is Short "I" Where is Short "I"? 
Here I am! Here I am!
I am in a big fig, silly Rick and pig wig.
"I" "I" "I", "I" "I" "I".

Where is Short "O" Where is Short "O"? 
Here I am! Here I am!
I am in a hot pot, rocky top and stop clock.
"O" "O" "O", "O" "O" "O".

Where is Short "U" Where is Short "U"? 
Here I am! Here I am!
I am in a dump truck, lucky duck and skunk bumps.
"U" "U" "U", "U" "U" "U".



Long Vowel Song
(tune: Farmer in the Dell)

A consonant is here, A consonant is here
Standing still and all alone,
A consonant is here.

The consonant takes a vowel, the consonant takes a vowel
The a, the e, the i, o, u.
The consonant takes a vowel.

Then silent "e" appears, then silent "e" appears.
It makes the vowel say it's name,
The silent "e" appears.

In BONE, FACE, and SKATE,
In KITE, or in PLATE.
The "e" makes many vowels long,
And never makes a sound.



"E" Magic

There's a magical letter
the silent "e",
as easy to read as A-B-C!
It makes short vowels long,
time after time
turning "can" into "cane" 
and "dim" into "dime"

ABRACADABRA!!!

"Mop" becomes "mope"
"Hug" becomes "huge" 
and "hop" becomes "hope"



Dollar Hollar Rap

First grade knows a song
It's really kind of funny.
It's all about coins,
And learning to count money.

Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!

Now a penny means one,
And a nickel means five.
Dimes are worth ten,
And quarters....twenty-five!

Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!

Five pennies in a nickel.
Two nickels in a dime.
Five nickels in a quarter.
You'll know it every time!

Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters!



Bossy "R" Song
(tune: London Bridge)

Bossy "r" changes the vowel
changes the vowel, changes the vowel
Bossy "r" changes the vowel, 
Bossy "r" sound.

When an "r" comes after an "a", 
after an "a", after an "a"
When an "r" comes after an "a",
It says "ar".
Car and harp and chart and hard,
chart and hard, chart and hard,
When an "r" comes after an "a",
It says "ar".

When an "r" comes after an "e", 
after an "i", or after an "u"
When an "r" comes after these three
It says "er".
Her and germ and bird and nurse,
bird and nurse, bird and nurse,
When an "r" comes after these three,
It says "er".

When an "r" comes after an "o", 
after an "o", after an "o"
When an "r" comes after an "o",
It says "or".
Horse and fork and short and corn,
short and corn, short and corn,
When an "r" comes after an "o",
It says "or".

Bossy "r" changes the vowel
changes the vowel, changes the vowel
Bossy "r" changes the vowel, 
Bossy "r" sound.

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