I came into your class to learn and grow, but what touched me most is the loved you have shown. (Who is the poet writing to?)

My book and heart will never part. (Which are the rhyming words?)

I love books and they love me. I get them free at the library. Read them once, read them twice. Library books are oh so nice!

Swish wish down the slide. Long thin ribbon ride. Slippery shiny silver glide. Swish whish down the slide.

The drinking fountain in the hall is only for the very tall. I have to stand up on my toes. The water squirts me in the nose. We have a fountain in first grade, But truthfully, I'd rather trade. Someday I'll be tall for the fountain in the

I come to work as well as play; I'll tell you what I do; I whistle all the live-long day, Woo-oo-oo! Woo-oo-oo! I toss the branches up and down and shake them to and fro, I whirl the leaves in flocks of brown and send them high and low.

Rain on the green grass, and rain on the tree, and rain on the housetop, but not on me!

It's not funny when your nose is runny. You feel all soggy, hoarse, and froggy. Your throat is scratching. The germs are hatching. You know it's catching. Kerchooooo! (What idea? emotion?)

I'm glad the sky is painted blue, and the earth is painted green, with such a lot of nice fresh air all sandwiched in between. (What idea? emotion?)

Swing low. Swing high. Pump fast. Soar. Fly. Ride wind. Touch sky. Swing low. Swing high.

A big bright loud bumpy stop and start fast and slow on and off open - shut yellow box on wheels. Stuffed with kids!