Student Line Read after Skill book 1, Lesson 4
The Apple Bird The valley girl has a bird. He is an apple bird. The girl picks up the bird in her hand. The bird is jumping on her neck. The bird is kicking a leg. The valley girl gives her bird a look.
The valley girl puts her bird in a cup. She has to look up the bird man. He has a tent at the river. She gives her bird to the bird man. “This bird is an apple bird. Look at him. He is kicking his leg.”
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The bird man gives the bird a checkup. He gives the bird a jumping checkup. The apple bird is jumping up and up. The bird man is writing in a chart. He gives the bird a kicking checkup. The apple bird is kicking and kicking. The bird man is writing in the chart. The bird man puts the bird in the cup. He gives the cup to the valley girl. He puts the girl’s hand in his hand. “Listen, this bird is kicking. Kicking is his homework. He is a kicking apple bird.” Sandy Orlow © Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD., Inc., Revised 2012
© Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD., Inc., Revised 2012
