HC.BIG CAT POETRY A - Pacific Learning rhythm and rhyme makes every poem fun to read aloud with your class, ... Clap your hands, clap, clap! ... “Try your best.” Big Cat says,

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 A offers a wonderful selectionof poems to share with children in the classroom. Lively useof rhythm and rhyme makes every poem fun to read aloudwith 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 poets John Foster, Judith Nicholls, Kaye Umansky, and many more.

• Engaging illustrations that closely support each poem.

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

Big Bookof Rhymes A

Big Bookof Rhymes A

BigBook ofRhymes

A

Series Editor:Cliff Moon

BigBook ofRhymes

AJohn Foster

PL 7174

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Here Comesthe Giant!(pages 10–11)

The Bird (pages 12–13)

Raindrops(pages 14–15)

Ten Tubby Teddies(pages 16–17)

Alphabet Rhyme(pages 18–19)

Big Cat Says(pages 20–21)

The MOQ Cat(pages 22–23)

Rhyme withpredictableand patternedlanguage

Action rhyme

Countingrhyme

Rhyme with apredictableand patternedstructure

Chantingalphabetrhyme

Action rhyme;chant

Rhyme givinginstructions

Show an understanding of elementsof stories, e.g., main character;Read and recite rhymes withpredictable and repeated patterns

Make a collection of words linkedto a particular topic

Read on sight a range of familiarwords, e.g., number words

Read on sight a range of familiarwords, e.g. color words;Read and recite rhymes withpredictable and repeated patterns

Link sounds to letters, naming andsounding out the letters of thealphabet

Respond to rhythm and music bymeans of gesture and movement

Read and follow simple instructions;Make collections of words linked toa particular topic

© 2008 Pacific Learning© 2005 Written by John FosterSeries editor Cliff MoonStory and design © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2005Designers Rachel Hamdi/Holly MannIllustrated by Barbara Vagnozzi (cover, pp. 6, 7, 10); Joanne Stone (pp. 4, 5, 22); SamiSweeten (pp. 2, 16, 20); Joanne Partis (pp. 8, 14); Cecilia Johannson (pp. 12, 18)Poetry by: “Shake Your Leg,” “Hippo! Hippo!,” and “Alphabet Rhyme” by John Foster,copyright © John Foster 2005; “Can You Find the Tiger?” and “The MOQ Cat” by Jan Pollard,copyright © Jan Pollard 2005; “Splash!” by Judith Nicholls, copyright © Judith Nicholls 2005;“Caterpillar, Caterpillar” by Brenda Williams, copyright © Brenda Williams 2005; “HereComes the Giant!” by Ivan Jones, copyright © Ivan Jones 2005; “The Bird” by Tony Mitton,copyright © Tony Mitton 1996; “Raindrops” by Marian Swinger, copyright © Marian Swinger2005; “Ten Tubby Teddies” by Kaye Umansky, copyright © Kaye Umansky 1999; “Big CatSays” by Richard Caley, copyright © Richard Caley 2005.

DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of any material in this book.Any omissions will 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 byany means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or anyinformation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

This Americanized Edition of Big Book of Rhymes A, 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: 978-160457250-6PL-7174

Printed in the United States.

You can use this rhyme to introduceGoldilocks and the Three Bears by looking athow Goldilocks reacts to the bears.

You can also use this rhyme to introduceFunny Fish (First Grade). Children can latercontrast the reaction of the two children whenthey meet a giant.

This rhyme can be used to introduce The OakTree, with a discussion about different types ofbird. Ask the children to identify the names ofthe three types of birds in The Oak Tree: crow,woodpecker, owl.

You can use this to introduce Pirates. Bothinvolve counting words from one to five (oneto ten in Raindrops).

You can use this to introduce Cars, and itsfocus on color words. Ask the children to lookout for color words when reading the booktogether.

You can use this to introduce Cats and itssubject of cats, including big cats.

You can use this to revise the alphabet beforereading Hands (First Grade), which includes aplenary activity to find words which begin witheach letter of the alphabet.

You can use this to introduce Cat and Dog.When you recite the rhyme together, focuson the movement words run, jump, hop,reach as these will be useful when thechildren retell the story.

You can also use this to introduce Danceto the Beat (First Grade) and its topic ofmovement and dance.

You can use this rhyme to introduce Cats,which shares the same topic. You can also usethis to introduce instruction texts, e.g., How tohave a Party (First Grade), Dance to the Beat(First Grade), with its use of instructionallanguage to direct a child in a simple task.


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Contents

Shake Your Leg 2

Hippo! Hippo! 4

Can You Find the Tiger? 5

Girls and Boys 6

Splash! 7

Caterpillar, Caterpillar 8

Here Comes the Giant! 10

The Bird 12

Raindrops 14

Ten Tubby Teddies 16

Alphabet Rhyme 18

Big Cat Says 20

The MOQ Cat 22

Ideas for Using This Big Book 24

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Action involving moving parts of the body2 3

Shake Your Leg

Shake your leg,spin around,tap your feeton the ground.

Flap your elbowslike a hen.Once, twice,again and again.

Shake your hips,spin like a top,dance, dance,then come to a stop!John Foster

Clap your hands,clap, clap!Snap your fingers,snap, snap, snap!


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Modern rhyme4

Can You Find the Tiger?

Tiger, tiger, orange and black,with stripes all along his back.In the forest, dark and green,the striped tiger can’t be seen.Jan Pollard

5Poem with a familiar theme (animals)

Hippo! Hippo!

Hippo! Hippo! I told you so.We’ll never make this see-saw go.Hippo! Hippo! Why can’t you see?You’re too heavy to play with me!John Foster


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Splash!

Boys and girls, come out to play.Pull on your boots and run this way!Jump in a puddleand splash your gran,then run away as fast as you can!Judith Nicholls

Girls and Boys

Girls and boys, come out to play.The moon is shiningas bright as day. Leave your supperand leave your sleep,and join your playmatesin the street.

Anon

7Traditional rhymeModern version of traditional rhyme


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Caterpillar, Caterpillar

Caterpillar, caterpillar,crawling up a tree.

Caterpillar, caterpillar,how tired you must be.

Caterpillar, caterpillar,when you awake,give your wings a gentle shake.

Caterpillar, caterpillar,don’t be shy.Now you area butterfly!Brenda Williams

9Action rhyme; poem with a similar theme (animals)


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Rhyme with predictable and patterned language

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Here Comes the Giant!

Here comes the giant.Thump!

Thump!Thump!

He’s dragging his sack.Bump!

Bump!Bump!

He’s in a bad mood.Grump!

Grump!Grump!

I hear a rumble from histum!

Tum!Tum!

Time to get away!Run!

Run!Run!

Ivan Jones


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12 13Action rhyme; poem with familiar theme (animals)

The Bird

Here are the legsthat walk along.

Here is the beakthat sings a song.

Here are the wingsthat flap and spread.

And here is the birdabove my head.

Tony Mitton


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Counting rhyme

Raindrops

One drop, two drops, three drops, four, five drops, six drops, seven drops, more.

Eight drops, nine drops, ten drops. Plop!It’s raining, it’s pouring.When will it stop?

Marian Swinger

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Ten Tubby Teddies

Ten tubby teddieson a trampoline.Jump, teddy, jump!Jump, teddy, jump!

Their coats are red,their hats are green.Jump, teddy, jump!Jump, teddy, jump!

They jumped so high,they were so keen.Jump, teddy, jump!Jump, teddy, jump!

They made a holein the trampoline.Thump, teddy,

thump,thump,

thump!Kaye Umansky

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Alphabet Rhyme

a b c d e f gHow many birds are in the tree?

h i j k l m nHow many cats are in the den?

1918 Chanting rhyme; poem with a familiar theme (alphabet)

o p q r s t uHow many lions are in the zoo?

v w x y zHow many teddies can you see?

John Foster


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Big Cat Says

Big Cat says,“Turn around.”Big Cat says,“Touch the ground.”

Big Cat says,“Skip, hop.”Big Cat says,“Run, stop!”

Big Cat says,“Jump up high.”Big Cat says,“Reach for the sky!”

Big Cat says,“Try your best.”Big Cat says,“Take a rest.”Richard Caley

21Action rhyme; chant


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The MOQ Cat

23Rhyme including simple instructions

Make an M

for his ears.

Draw his face,

round and flat.

Put them on a Q

and you have made a cat!

Put two dots for his eyes,

fix a smile in place.

Add lots of lines for whiskers

to make a happy face!

Jan Pollard


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Ideas for Using This Big Book

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

Shake Your Leg(pages 2–3)

Hippo! Hippo!(page 4)

Can You Findthe Tiger??(page 5)

Girls and Boys(page 6)

Splash!(page 7)

Caterpillar,Caterpillar(pages 8–9)

Action rhyme

Modern rhyme

Animal rhyme

Traditionalrhyme

Modern versionof a traditionalrhyme

Action rhyme(and poemwith a similartheme)

Make collections of words linked toparticular topics;Read and recite rhymes with predictableand repeated patterns

Show an understanding of the elementsof stories, e.g., character, events

Make a collection of words linked toa particular topic;Find out about, and identify, somefeatures of living things thechildren observe

Listen to favorite nursery rhymesand songs;Blend phonemes in words with clustersfor reading

Practice grapheme/phonemecorrespondences, e.g., sh;Recite stories and rhymes withpredictable and repeating patterns,and experiment with similar rhyming patterns

Recognize critical features of words(e.g., words within words);Find out about, and identify,some features of living thingsthe children observe

You can use this rhyme to introduce TheRobot by focusing on words describingdifferent parts of the body.

You can also use this to introduceDance to the Beat (First Grade). Thereare many shared words and a similartopic, e.g., shake, around, clap, dance,hand, feet, and stop.

You can use this to introduce thestory The See-saw with the same maincharacter facing a similar problem.

You can use this to introduce the topicof cats with the nonfiction text Cats.

You can use this rhyme to introduce thenonfiction recount In the Dark. Youcould also focus on the word street,which appears in both the poem andthe guided reading text.

You can use this rhyme to introduce TheBig Splash!, which has a related theme.You could focus on the five phonemesthat spell out the title word (the word isbolded in the poem for emphasis) andask children to think of other words thatend with sh.

You can use this rhyme to introduceLook Out, Butterfly!, which covers thesame topic of butterflies.

“Caterpillar, Caterpillar” focuses on thelife cycle of the butterfly. It alsosupports What’s Inside?, which has twopages about butterflies and pupae.

This rhyme also supports The Oak Tree,which includes a page aboutcaterpillars. Ask the children to findshorter words within the wordscaterpillar and butterfly.


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Here Comesthe Giant!(pages 10–11)

The Bird (pages 12–13)

Raindrops(pages 14–15)

Ten Tubby Teddies(pages 16–17)

Alphabet Rhyme(pages 18–19)

Big Cat Says(pages 20–21)

The MOQ Cat(pages 22–23)

Rhyme withpredictableand patternedlanguage

Action rhyme

Countingrhyme

Rhyme with apredictableand patternedstructure

Chantingalphabetrhyme

Action rhyme;chant

Rhyme givinginstructions

Show an understanding of elementsof stories, e.g., main character;Read and recite rhymes withpredictable and repeated patterns

Make a collection of words linkedto a particular topic

Read on sight a range of familiarwords, e.g., number words

Read on sight a range of familiarwords, e.g. color words;Read and recite rhymes withpredictable and repeated patterns

Link sounds to letters, naming andsounding out the letters of thealphabet

Respond to rhythm and music bymeans of gesture and movement

Read and follow simple instructions;Make collections of words linked toa particular topic

© 2008 Pacific Learning© 2005 Written by John FosterSeries editor Cliff MoonStory and design © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2005Designers Rachel Hamdi/Holly MannIllustrated by Barbara Vagnozzi (cover, pp. 6, 7, 10); Joanne Stone (pp. 4, 5, 22); SamiSweeten (pp. 2, 16, 20); Joanne Partis (pp. 8, 14); Cecilia Johannson (pp. 12, 18)Poetry by: “Shake Your Leg,” “Hippo! Hippo!,” and “Alphabet Rhyme” by John Foster,copyright © John Foster 2005; “Can You Find the Tiger?” and “The MOQ Cat” by Jan Pollard,copyright © Jan Pollard 2005; “Splash!” by Judith Nicholls, copyright © Judith Nicholls 2005;“Caterpillar, Caterpillar” by Brenda Williams, copyright © Brenda Williams 2005; “HereComes the Giant!” by Ivan Jones, copyright © Ivan Jones 2005; “The Bird” by Tony Mitton,copyright © Tony Mitton 1996; “Raindrops” by Marian Swinger, copyright © Marian Swinger2005; “Ten Tubby Teddies” by Kaye Umansky, copyright © Kaye Umansky 1999; “Big CatSays” by Richard Caley, copyright © Richard Caley 2005.

DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of any material in this book.Any omissions will 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 byany means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or anyinformation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

This Americanized Edition of Big Book of Rhymes A, 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: 978-160457250-6PL-7174

Printed in the United States.

You can use this rhyme to introduceGoldilocks and the Three Bears by looking athow Goldilocks reacts to the bears.

You can also use this rhyme to introduceFunny Fish (First Grade). Children can latercontrast the reaction of the two children whenthey meet a giant.

This rhyme can be used to introduce The OakTree, with a discussion about different types ofbird. Ask the children to identify the names ofthe three types of birds in The Oak Tree: crow,woodpecker, owl.

You can use this to introduce Pirates. Bothinvolve counting words from one to five (oneto ten in Raindrops).

You can use this to introduce Cars, and itsfocus on color words. Ask the children to lookout for color words when reading the booktogether.

You can use this to introduce Cats and itssubject of cats, including big cats.

You can use this to revise the alphabet beforereading Hands (First Grade), which includes aplenary activity to find words which begin witheach letter of the alphabet.

You can use this to introduce Cat and Dog.When you recite the rhyme together, focuson the movement words run, jump, hop,reach as these will be useful when thechildren retell the story.

You can also use this to introduce Danceto the Beat (First Grade) and its topic ofmovement and dance.

You can use this rhyme to introduce Cats,which shares the same topic. You can also usethis to introduce instruction texts, e.g., How tohave a Party (First Grade), Dance to the Beat(First Grade), with its use of instructionallanguage to direct a child in a simple task.


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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 A offers a wonderful selectionof poems to share with children in the classroom. Lively useof rhythm and rhyme makes every poem fun to read aloudwith 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 poets John Foster, Judith Nicholls, Kaye Umansky, and many more.

• Engaging illustrations that closely support each poem.

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

Big Bookof Rhymes A

Big Bookof Rhymes A

BigBook ofRhymes

A

Series Editor:Cliff Moon

BigBook ofRhymes

AJohn Foster

PL 7174


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HC.BIG CAT POETRY A - Pacific Learning rhythm and rhyme makes every poem fun to read aloud with your class, ... Clap your hands, clap, clap! ... “Try your best.” Big Cat says,