Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too

by Shel Silverstein

Recited by first grade

Repeated readings of the poem Whisky Frisky help build automatic sight word recognition, reading with expression, and comprehension.

Practice phonics skills with the word families /-ell/ and /-ou/.

Comprehension activity:  draw/write a visualization of the poem.

Whisky Frisky

(Anonymous)

Hippity-Hop

Up he goes

To the treetop!

Whirly, Twirly,

Round and round,

Down he scampers

To the ground.

Furly, Curly,

What a tail!

Tall as a feather,

Broad as a sail!

Where’s his supper?

In the shell,

Snap, cracky

Out if fell.

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Test post to figure out how to use this pod bean.