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A Scholar's Day

Nursery rhymes retold from The Nursery Rhymes of England by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps

This reader is drawn from The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps in the nineteenth century. The original section, 'Fifth Class—Scholastic,' gathered rhymes children said at school about lessons, numbers, and good behaviour. Here those rhymes are woven into a single story of a boy's day at an old-fashioned school. Nursery rhymes preserve how children played with language, made sense of rules, and remembered what they were taught—often with humour and a bit of complaining. This reader gives young children a glimpse of school long ago and the rhymes that helped children learn. This text reflects its era.

Band

Purple · Pre-readers and first readersTypical starting range: ages 4–5

Length

short · about 360 words in 5 sections · 4 pictures

Source

The Nursery Rhymes of England, J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps and William Bell Scott

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (6 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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