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BigBook ofRhymes

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Series Editor:Cliff Moon

BigBook ofRhymes

BJohn Foster

Big Cat is the only reading series for grades K–2that combines fantastic books from the best children’sauthors and illustrators with the careful structure andsupport that young readers need.

The Big Cat Big Book of Rhymes B offers a wonderfulselection of poems to share with children in the classroom.Lively use of rhythm and rhyme makes every poem fun toread aloud with your class, and develops vital literacy skills.

This Big Book includes:

• Rhythmic rhymes to read aloud, action rhymes to move to,patterned poems to chant, and nursery rhymes to join in.

• Rhymes especially written for Big Cat by poetsJohn Foster, Wes Magee, Tony Mitton, and many more.

• Engaging illustrations that closely support each poem.

• Ideas to help you use this Big Book in the classroom.

Big Bookof Rhymes B

Big Bookof Rhymes B

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Title and Genre/ Learning opportunities Ideas for using withpage number text type Big Cat titles

Who LikesPancakes?(pages 12–13)

Fries, Fries, Fries(pages 14–15)

Animal Sounds(pages 16–17)

Best of All(pages 18–19)

Here Is the Seed(pages 20–21)

Suncream,Suncream,(pages 22–23)

Rhyme with apredictable,patternedstructure; poemwith a familiartheme (food)

Chantingrhyme; poemwith a familiartheme (food)

Counting chant

Modern poemwith a familiartheme(seasons)

Action rhyme;poem with afamiliar theme(seasons)


Collect new words linked to aparticular topic

Read and follow instructions;Knowledge of onomatopoeias, e.g., sizzle;Collect new words linked to aparticular topic

Read high frequency words(number words)

Describe story settings and incidents

Collect new words related to aparticular topic;Links to Geography: the local area

Collect new words related to a particulartopic

You can use this to introduce WormLooks for Lunch. Discuss what childrenlike to eat versus what worm liked toeat, and use the rhyme to stimulate atopic word list.

The rhyme includes instructions and can be used to introduce How to Have a Party.

This rhyme can also be used tointroduce Rebecca and the Fun Fair. Youcan discuss why tasty foods are notalways the healthiest foods to eat.

You can use this to introduce Funny Fish.Ask the children to recite “AnimalSounds,” in order to reinforce theirreading of number words one to ten.

You can use this rhyme to introduce TheWind, a nonfiction text about one aspectof weather. Discuss with the studentswhich season is the windiest.

You can also use it to introduce KindEmma, which is a story set in winter.Discuss winter weather and how itaffects people.

You can use this to introduce What’sUnderground?, which shares the theme ofunderground. After reading the poem,discuss with the children what kinds ofthings are found above ground as well asunderground, e.g., flowers, worms.

You can use this to introduce Horses’Holiday, which shares the theme ofvacation, and time at the beach. Afterreading the action rhyme, ask childrento compare and contrast how the littlegirl and the horses have fun at thebeach, and what steps they take toprotect themselves.

© 2008 Pacific Learning© 2005 Written by John FosterSeries editor Cliff MoonStory and design © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2005Designers Rachel Hamdi/Holly MannIllustrated by Tim Archbold (pp. 2–3, 8–9, 12–13); Joanne Partis (pp. 4–5, 18–19); Barbara Vagnozzi(pp. 6–7); Deborah Allright (pp. 10–11, 16–17, 22–23); Cecilia Johannson (pp. 14–15, 20–21)AcknowledgmentsThe author and publisher wish to thank the following for permission to use copyright material:“Big Cat, Big Cat” (p. 3), “The Band” (pp. 8–9), “Animal Sounds” (pp. 16–17), “Here Is the Seed” (pp. 20–21) byJohn Foster, copyright © John Foster 2005; “Four and Twenty Monkeys” (p. 5) by Kaye Umansky, copyright © KayeUmansky 2005; “The Magic Map” (pp. 6–7), copyright © Clare Bevan 2005; “Listening in Bed” (pp. 10–11) by TonyMitton, © Tony Mitton 2005; “Who Likes Pancakes?” (pp. 12–13) by Wes Magee, copyright © Wes Magee 2005;“Fries, Fries, Fries” (pp. 14–15) by Mary Green, copyright © Mary Green 2005; “Best of All” (pp. 18–19) byClive Webster © Clive Webster 2005; “Sunscreen, Sunscreen” (pp. 22–23) by Coral Rumble, © Coral Rumble 2005.

DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of any material in this book. Any omissionswill be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publishers.

John Foster asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

This Americanized Edition of Big Book of Rhymes B, originally published in England in 2005, is published by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

12 11 10 09 08 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Published by Pacific LearningP.O. Box 2723Huntington Beach, CA 92647-0723www.pacificlearning.com

ISBN: 978-160457251-3PL-7176

Printed in the United States.

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Contents

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat 2

Big Cat, Big Cat 3

Sing a Song of Sixpence 4

Four and Twenty Monkeys 5

The Magic Map 6

The Band 8

Listening in Bed 10

Who Likes Pancakes? 12

Fries, Fries, Fries 14

Animal Sounds 16

Best of All 18

Here Is the Seed 20

Sunscreen, Sunscreen 22

Ideas for Using This Big Book 24

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Traditional rhyme

Modern version of traditional rhyme2 3

Big Cat, Big Cat

Big Cat, Big Cat,

where have you been?

I’ve been up to London

to visit the Queen!

Big Cat, Big Cat,

what did she say?

She gave me a pat

and said, “Have a nice day!”

John Foster

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

Pussy cat, pussy cat,

where have you been?

I’ve been up to London

to visit the Queen.

Pussy cat, pussy cat,

what did you there?

I frightened a little mouse

under the chair.

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Traditional rhyme4 5

Nonsense version of traditional rhyme

Four and Twenty Monkeys

Sing a song of sixpence,

a pocket full of cheese.

Four and twenty monkeys

swinging in the trees.

They picked all the bananas

and dropped them on my head!

I had to call the monkey king

who sent them off to bed.

Kaye Umansky

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence,

a pocket full of rye.

Four and twenty blackbirds

baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,

they all began to sing.

Now, wasn’t that a dainty dish

to set before the King?

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The Magic Map

Go down the magic garden,and around the magic well.Hear the magic statueschant their magic spell.

Find the magic lake,touch the magic tree.Walk the magic pathway,find the magic key.

Go in the magic castle,go up the magic stair.See the magic princessbrush her magic hair.

Take the magic applefrom its magic dish,and ask the magic mirrorto grant your magic wish.Clare Bevan

7Poem with predictable and patterned structure

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Bang! Bang!

Hear the rat-a-tat,hear the drums beat,hear the tramp, tramp,of the marching feet.

See the baton twirlas it flies up high!Hear all the cheersas the band goes by.John Foster

Poem with predictable and patterned structure

The Band

Listen to the music!Listen to the beat.Here comes the bandmarching down the street.

Hear the trumpet tooting.Hear the cymbals clang.Hear the big drum booming.Bang!


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Poem with a familiar theme (sounds)

And very near I can hear

my little brother breathing deep.

Ssssh...

He’s fast asleep.

Tony Mitton

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Listening in Bed

If I listen hard

in bed at night,

I can hear the floor creak,

the door squeak,

the faucet leak.

I can hear

the dishes clink

down in the kitchen sink.

I can hear

the television boom

down in the living room.


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Who likes pancakes?

Who likes beans?

Who likes pizza?

Who likes greens?

Who likes apples?Who likes cheese?Who likes jello?

Who likes peas?

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Who Likes Pancakes?

13Rhyme with predictable, patterned structure; poem with a familiar theme (food)

Who likes a sundaepiled so high?

Mom

and

Dad

and

Grandma

and

I!

Wes Magee


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15Chanting rhyme; poem with a familiar theme (food)

Hear them sizzle,hear them sing,as they begin to heat.Fries! Fries! Fries!Fries for us to eat!

Golden brown,long or short,flat or fat or thin.Fries! Fries! Fries!Fries with everything.Mary Green

One potato,

two potato,

chopped right before our eyes,

toss them in the frying pan.

Fries! Fries! Fries!

Fries, Fries, Fries

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Animal Sounds

Onefor the cluck of a hen.

Twofor the purr of a cat.

Threefor the buzz of a bee.

Fourfor the squeal of a rat.

Fivefor the quack of a duck.

Sixfor the bark of a dog.

Sevenfor the cheep of a chick.

Eightfor the croak of a frog.

Ninefor the hiss of a snake.

Tenfor the roarof a dinosaur!

John Foster

17Counting chant


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Best of All

In autumn whenthe leaves fall down,

I love the red,the gold, the brown.

In wintertimeI like the snow.I’m always sad

to see it go.

I like to see the lambs in spring,when all the birds

begin to sing.

But summer’s best!I like it a lot

when the sun shines and makes it hot.

Clive Webster

19Modern poem with a familiar theme (seasons)


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Here Is the Seed

Here is the sun.Here is the shower.Here are the petals.Here is the flower.John Foster

Here is the seed,small and round,hiding underneaththe ground.

Here is the shoot,tiny and small,slowly, slowlygrowing tall.

21Action rhyme; poem with a familiar theme (seasons)


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Sunscreen, Sunscreen

Sunscreen, sunscreen, everywhere,

in my mouth and in my hair,

but it should be . . .

on my cheeks

and on my nose,

on my ears

and then it goes . . .

on my shoulders,

on my tummy,

on my back

(with help from Mommy),

on my arms,

and then it goes

on my legs,

my feet, and toes.

Coral Rumble

23Action rhyme; poem with familiar theme (seasons)


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Ideas for Using This Big Book


Pussy Cat,

Pussy Cat

(page 2)

Big Cat, Big Cat

(page 3)

Sing a Song of

Sixpence

(page 4)

Four and Twenty

Monkeys

(page 5)

The Magic Map

(pages 6–7)

The Band

(pages 8–9)

Listening in Bed

(pages 10–11)

Traditional

rhyme

Modern version

of a traditional

rhyme

Traditional

rhyme

Nonsense

version of a

traditional

rhyme

Poem with

patterned and

predictable

structure

Poem with

patterned and

predictable

structure

Poem with a

familiar theme

(sounds)

Identify and discuss characters;

Sight-read familiar and high frequency

words

Generate rhyming strings

Collect class and individual poems and

participate in reading aloud;

Collect new words related to a

particular topic;

Links to Understanding and Knowledge

of the World: identifying features of

living things


Generate rhyming strings

Identify range of common themes in

poems and stories;

Compare and contrast themes in

stories and poems



particular topic


particular topic;

Science link: sound and hearing

You can use this rhyme to introduce Sam

the Big, Bad Cat – both are about

mischievous cats. You can also introduce

the word under, which appears in both.

You can use this rhyme to introduce

Rat-a-tat-tat. Both include words from the

rhyming string at. Ask the students to find

the words that rhyme.

You can also use this rhyme to introduce

Big Cat Babies. The rhyme offers a

light-hearted look at a different kind of

“big cat.”

You can use this rhyme to introduce /

Want a Pet!, by practicing reading aloud

and with expression appropriate to the

humor and absurdity of the rhyme.

You can use this rhyme to introduce The

Oak Tree (Kindergarten) and its theme of

animals, including birds and their habitat.

You can use this to introduce Mojo and

Weeza and the Funny Thing, which also

has mischievous monkey characters.

You can also use this rhyme to introduce

the rhyming story Rebecca at the Fun Fair.

Focus on words that rhyme with please –

can the children find three of these in

“Four and Twenty Monkeys”?

You can use this poem to introduce the

fantasy story The Mermaid and the

Octopus, which shares the theme of a

different world where fantastic things

happen.

You can use this to introduce Sounds,

which also focuses on sounds that things

can make. Students can identify words

that appear in both texts, e.g., bang.

You can use this to introduce When Arthur

Wouldn’t Sleep, with a discussion that will

help the students connect the text to their

own experience of trying to fall asleep.


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Who LikesPancakes?(pages 12–13)

Fries, Fries, Fries(pages 14–15)

Animal Sounds(pages 16–17)

Best of All(pages 18–19)

Here Is the Seed(pages 20–21)

Suncream,Suncream,(pages 22–23)

Rhyme with apredictable,patternedstructure; poemwith a familiartheme (food)

Chantingrhyme; poemwith a familiartheme (food)

Counting chant

Modern poemwith a familiartheme(seasons)



Collect new words linked to aparticular topic

Read and follow instructions;Knowledge of onomatopoeias, e.g., sizzle;Collect new words linked to aparticular topic

Read high frequency words(number words)

Describe story settings and incidents

Collect new words related to aparticular topic;Links to Geography: the local area

Collect new words related to a particulartopic

You can use this to introduce WormLooks for Lunch. Discuss what childrenlike to eat versus what worm liked toeat, and use the rhyme to stimulate atopic word list.

The rhyme includes instructions and can be used to introduce How to Have a Party.

This rhyme can also be used tointroduce Rebecca and the Fun Fair. Youcan discuss why tasty foods are notalways the healthiest foods to eat.

You can use this to introduce Funny Fish.Ask the children to recite “AnimalSounds,” in order to reinforce theirreading of number words one to ten.

You can use this rhyme to introduce TheWind, a nonfiction text about one aspectof weather. Discuss with the studentswhich season is the windiest.

You can also use it to introduce KindEmma, which is a story set in winter.Discuss winter weather and how itaffects people.

You can use this to introduce What’sUnderground?, which shares the theme ofunderground. After reading the poem,discuss with the children what kinds ofthings are found above ground as well asunderground, e.g., flowers, worms.

You can use this to introduce Horses’Holiday, which shares the theme ofvacation, and time at the beach. Afterreading the action rhyme, ask childrento compare and contrast how the littlegirl and the horses have fun at thebeach, and what steps they take toprotect themselves.

© 2008 Pacific Learning© 2005 Written by John FosterSeries editor Cliff MoonStory and design © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2005Designers Rachel Hamdi/Holly MannIllustrated by Tim Archbold (pp. 2–3, 8–9, 12–13); Joanne Partis (pp. 4–5, 18–19); Barbara Vagnozzi(pp. 6–7); Deborah Allright (pp. 10–11, 16–17, 22–23); Cecilia Johannson (pp. 14–15, 20–21)AcknowledgmentsThe author and publisher wish to thank the following for permission to use copyright material:“Big Cat, Big Cat” (p. 3), “The Band” (pp. 8–9), “Animal Sounds” (pp. 16–17), “Here Is the Seed” (pp. 20–21) byJohn Foster, copyright © John Foster 2005; “Four and Twenty Monkeys” (p. 5) by Kaye Umansky, copyright © KayeUmansky 2005; “The Magic Map” (pp. 6–7), copyright © Clare Bevan 2005; “Listening in Bed” (pp. 10–11) by TonyMitton, © Tony Mitton 2005; “Who Likes Pancakes?” (pp. 12–13) by Wes Magee, copyright © Wes Magee 2005;“Fries, Fries, Fries” (pp. 14–15) by Mary Green, copyright © Mary Green 2005; “Best of All” (pp. 18–19) byClive Webster © Clive Webster 2005; “Sunscreen, Sunscreen” (pp. 22–23) by Coral Rumble, © Coral Rumble 2005.

DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of any material in this book. Any omissionswill be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publishers.

John Foster asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

This Americanized Edition of Big Book of Rhymes B, originally published in England in 2005, is published by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

12 11 10 09 08 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Published by Pacific LearningP.O. Box 2723Huntington Beach, CA 92647-0723www.pacificlearning.com

ISBN: 978-160457251-3PL-7176

Printed in the United States.


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BigBook ofRhymes

B

Series Editor:Cliff Moon

BigBook ofRhymes

BJohn Foster

Big Cat is the only reading series for grades K–2that combines fantastic books from the best children’sauthors and illustrators with the careful structure andsupport that young readers need.

The Big Cat Big Book of Rhymes B offers a wonderfulselection of poems to share with children in the classroom.Lively use of rhythm and rhyme makes every poem fun toread aloud with your class, and develops vital literacy skills.

This Big Book includes:

• Rhythmic rhymes to read aloud, action rhymes to move to,patterned poems to chant, and nursery rhymes to join in.

• Rhymes especially written for Big Cat by poetsJohn Foster, Wes Magee, Tony Mitton, and many more.

• Engaging illustrations that closely support each poem.

• Ideas to help you use this Big Book in the classroom.

Big Bookof Rhymes B

Big Bookof Rhymes B

PL 7176


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