4. TIME TO RISE
A birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon my windowsill,
Cocked his shinning eye and said:
“Ain’t you shamed, you sleepyhead!”
5. Answer the following questions about the poem.
1. Who do you think is the speaker of the poem?
• The birdie is the speaker of the poem.
2. What happened upon the windowsill?
• A birdie with a yellow bill hopped upon the windowsill.
3. What is the color of the bill?
• The color of the bill is yellow.
4. What did it say to the speaker?
• “Ain’t you ‘shamed, you sleepyhead!” is what the
birdie said to the speaker.
6. SYLLABLES
is a word or part of a word that is
said in a single sound.
Some words have only ONE syllable.
Examples: walk talk smile bat
7. SYLLABLES
Other words have TWO syllables.
Example: rainbow - rain + bow
butter - but + ter
sister - sis + ter
8. SYLLABLES
Other words have THREE syllables
or more
Example:
remember - re + mem + ber
grocery - gro + ce+ ry
Auditorium - au + di + to + ri + um
