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The Haliburton primer

Chapter 8: VOCABULARY
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A primary primer offers a carefully graded introduction to reading through brief conversational episodes featuring young children at play and simple domestic scenes. Vocabulary is deliberately small and repeatedly recycled in varied sentence frames while phonics lessons unfold with rhythmic, jingle-like phrasing and occasional musical notation. Each lesson pairs letter-sound practice with meaningful comprehension tasks—commands, questions, and short narratives—so learners decode new words from familiar ones and practice common verbs and actions. The book emphasizes thought-getting over isolated drills and supports early sight-word and phonetic development.

VOCABULARY

1. run
now
stop
2. see
Frank
Alice
3. do
you
I
4. the
ball
get
5. and
can
6. pitch
to
7. said
me
8. catch
it
9. did
a
yes
10. bounce
like
11. saw
him
12. toss
up
13. have
with
14. kick
high
15. play
boy
not
16. Grace
will
hide
17. them
he
18. sister
find
19. us
she
20. come
jump
rope
21. has
children
22. here
walk
baby
23. is
your
24. dance
may
25. does
no
her
26. sing
for
27. hear
too
28. whistle
little
29. am
glad
31. what
my
32. show
hen
chicks
33. white
are
black
34. Jet
mother
duck
pretty
35. name
Ducky
Bet
36. Dot
kitty
but
37. how
look
Mink
38. make
sweet
cake
39. cousin
Max
must
40. Father
let
41. live
this
home
43. drum
doll
give
44. his
big
45. march
tap
rub-a-dub
46. quick
ran
that
say
47. Lad
dog
at
go
48. rats
49. stick
over
50. spot
on
bat
then
52. rabbit
Bun
apples
an
53. away
keep
pen
54. bed
sleep
in
55. where
oh
into
56. they
we
58. town
59. barn
horses
says
60. red
pull
oxen
drive
61. through
woods
know
were
62. tell
trees
birds
as
63. head
there
sap
hole
65. school
write
way
nests
66. which
came
another
67. hop
quit
chickadee
tomtit
69. cows
pigs
greedy
be
70. Piggie Wee
Piggie Wig
curly
tail
goes
71. funny
rimes
about
73. pond
under
violets
after
74. day
water
lay
all
75. bloom
brook
sheep
lambs
76. don’t
of
77. other
back
cluck
quack
80. caught
shoo
peep
bow-wow
81. frog
eggs
some
82. went
made
watch
84. again
out
time
please
85. ground
86. was
thank
one
88. fly
hat
mouse
89. when
bake
90. down
hay
91. owl
flew
cat
93. window
95. shook
so
97. much
98. swing
100. very
Mr.
Mrs.
101. well
103. orchard
flower
104. bees
hum
107. meadow
clover
108. Bossy
bell
109. tinkle
hill
112. two
Jack
Jill
sat
113. hickory
dickory
dock
clock
struck
114. pease
pudding
pot
hot
old
cold
115. fell
tumbling
pail
broke
crown
117. song
love
cunning
120. nimble
candle
night
good