Transcript book list
1. Three Little Pigs 2
2. Little Red Hen 1
3. Seahorses 1
4. Baby Wolf 2
5. Health Text 3 lots
6. Looking at bears 1
7. Thunder and Lightening 1
8. Weather, Rain, Shine 3
9. Deserts 2
10. Crawl Low 1
11. Stop, Drop and Roll 1
12. Polar Regions 2
13. Glaciers 2
14. Amazing Bats 1
15. Clipper Ship 3
16. Tsunamis 2
17. Watch Me Grow 2
18. Turtles 1
19. Bear Cub 2
20. Kangaroos have Joeys 2
21. Cinderella 2
22. Volcanos 2
23. Solar System 4
24. Space Missions 1
25. Water Everywhere 2
26. Smell 3
27. Whales 2
28. What’s Inside Me 1
29. Yellow Star 3
30. Penguins 1
31. Eat Healthy- Feel Great 2
32. Viva Mexico 5
33. Frog Girl 2
34. Desmond Tutu 3
35. Eleanor Everywhere 5
36. Blizzards 4
37. Why Do Snakes Hiss? 2
38. Life On Earth- The Story of Evolution - 5
39. Nature’s Yucky- 3
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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS L1 - 1 (2)
Once upon a time there was an old sow with three little pigs. She had no money to keep them, so she sent them off to seek their fortune.
The first little pig met a man with a bundle of straw, and said to him: Please, Man, give me that straw to build me a house.” So the man did, and the little pig built his house with it.
Along came a wolf. He knocked at the door, and said: “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” said the little pig. “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.”
“Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in,” said the wolf.
So the wolf huffed and he puffed, and he blew the house in. And he ate up the first little pig.
The second little pig met a man with a bundle of sticks, and said: “Please, man, give me those sticks to build me a house.” So the man did, and the little pig built his house with them.
Along came a wolf. He knocked at the door, and said: “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” said the little pig. “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.”
“Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in,” said the wolf.
So the wolf huffed and he puffed, and he blew the house in. And he ate up the second little pig.
The third little pig met a man with a load of bricks, and said: “Please, man, give me those bricks to build me a house.” So the man did, and the little pig built his house with them.
Soon the wolf came along. He knocked at the door, and said: “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” said the little pig. “Not by he hair of my chinny chin chin.”
“Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in,” said the wolf.
Well, he huffed and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed. But, he could not blow the house in.
At last the wolf stopped huffing and puffing and said¨; “Little pig, I know where there is a nice field of turnips.”
“Where” said the little pig.
“On Mr. Smith’s farm,” said the wolf. “I will come for you tomorrow morning. We will go together, and get some turnips fro dinner.”
“Very well,” said the little pig. “What time will you come?”
“Oh, at six o’clock,” said the wolf.
Well, the little pig got up at five. He went to Mr. Smith’s farm, and got the turnips before the wolf came to his house.
“Little pig, are you ready_” asked the wolf. The little pig said, “Ready! I have been and come back again and I got a nice pot full of turnips for my dinner.
The wolf was very angry. But then he thought of another way to get the little pig, so he said: “little pig, I know where there is a nice apple tree.”
“Where_” said the pig.
“Down at Merry Garden,” replied the wolf. “I will come for you at five o’clock tomorrow morning and we will get some apples.”
Well the little pig got up the next morning at four o’clock, and went off for the apples. He wanted to get back home before the wolf came. But it was a long way to Merry Garden, and then he had to climb the tree. Just as he was climbing back down with his basket full of apples, he saw the wolf coming!
“Little pig!” the wolf said. “You got here before me! Are the apples nice?”
“Yes, very,” said the little pig. “I will throw one down to you.” And he threw the apple as far as he cold throw. While the wolf ran to pick it up, the little pig jumped down and ran home.
The next day the wolf came again and said to the little pig: “Little pig, there is a fair at Shanklin (name of a town) this afternoon. Would you like to go?”
“Oh, yes,” said the little pig. “When will you come to get me?”
“At three,” said the wolf.
Well, the little pig went off at two o’clock and bought a butter churn at the fair. He was going home with it when he saw the wolf coming! The little pig jumped into the butter churn. The churn fell over and rolled down the hill with the little pig in it. This frightened the wolf so much that he turned around and ran home.
Later the wolf went to the pig’s house and told him what had happened. “A great round thing came rolling down the hill right at me,” the wolf said.
“Hah, I frightened you then,” said the little pig. “I went to the fair and bought a butter churn. When I saw you, I got into it, and rolled down the hill.”
The wolf was very angry indeed. “I’m going to climb down your chimney and eat you up!” he said.
When the little pig heard the wolf on the roof, he hung a pot full of water in the fireplace. Then he built a blazing fire. Just as the wolf was coming down the chimney, the little pig took the cover off the pot, and in fell the wolf. The little pig quickly put the cover on again, boiled up the wolf, and ate him for supper.
And the pig lived happily ever after.
THE LITTLE RED HEN L1-2 (1)
Once upon a time a cat and a dog and a mouse and a little red hen all lived together in a cozy little house.
The cat liked to sleep all day on the soft couch.
The dog liked to nap all day on the sunny back porch.
The mouse liked to snooze all day in the warm chair by the fireside.
So the little red hen had to do all the housework. She cooked the meals and washed the dishes and made the beds. She swept the floor and washed the windows and mended the clothes.
She raked the leaved and mowed the grass and hoed the garden. One day when she was hoeing the garden she found some grains of wheat.
“Who will plant this wheat?” cried the little red hen. “Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the mouse.
“Then I will,” said the little red hen. And she did. Each morning the little red hen watered the wheat and pulled the weeds. Soon the wheat pushed through the ground and began to grow tall.
When the wheat was ripe, the little red hen asked, “Who will cut this wheat?” “Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the mouse.
“Then I will,” said the little red hen. And she did. When the wheat was all cut, the little red hen asked, “Now who will take this wheat to the mill to be ground into flour?”
“Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the mouse. “Then I will,” said the little red hen. And she did.
The little red hen returned from the mill carrying a small bag of fine white flour. “Who will make a cake from this fine white flour?” asked the little red hen. “Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the mouse. “Then I will,” said the little red hen. And she did.
She gathered sticks and made a fire in the stove. Then she took milk and sugar and eggs and butter and mixed them in a big bowl with the fine white flour. When the oven was hot she poured the cake batter into a shining pan and put it in the oven.
Soon a delicious smell filled the cozy little house. The cat got off the soft couch and strolled into the kitchen. The dog got up from the sunny back porch and came into the kitchen. The mouse jumped down from his warm chair and scampered into the kitchen.
The little red hen was just taking a beautiful cake out of the oven.
“Who will eat this cake?” asked the little red hen. “I will!” cried the cat. “I will!” cried the dog. “I will!” cried the mouse.
But the little red hen said, “All by myself I planted the wheat, I tended the wheat, I cut the wheat, I took the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour.
All by myself I gathered sticks, I built the fire, I mixed the cake.
And by myself I am going to eat it!” And so she did, to the very last crumb.
After that, whenever there was work to be done, the little red hen had three very eager helpers.
SEAHORSES L1-3 (1)
Sea horses are a type of fish.
They live in the ocean.
Sea horses can be many colors.
Like other fish, sea horses have fins. They also breathe out of gills.
Unlike most fish, sea horses do not have scales. Instead, their bodies are covered in a thick skin with bony ridges.
Sea horses are weak swimmers. Strong waves of water, called currents, can easily move them. Their long tails wrap around coral and other objects. This helps them stay in place.
Sea horses do not have teeth. They swallow their food whole. Sea horses eat all of the time. This is because they do not have a stomach to store food.
Sea horses can be food for predators. Crabs, tuna, and other creatures eat sea horses.
Sea horses can blend into their surroundings. This is called camouflage.
A seahorse can look like a piece of coral. This helps the sea horse hide from predators.
A female seahorse is ready to lay her eggs. She puts the eggs in a male sea horse’s pouch.
The male protects the eggs while they grow. Soon the baby sea horses are ready to be born.
Male sea horses are the only male animals that have babies. The baby sea horses stay close to their father, then, they swim away
Many sea horses are endangered. It is important for people to protect them.
BABY WOLF L1-4 (2)
Underground in a warm den, a baby gray wolf is born. The mother gray wolf licks the pup to clean her. Soon another pup is born, then another and another. There are four babies in all.
The babies crawl over each other. They drink their mother’s warm milk. They cannot hear or see yet. For now, all they do is eat and sleep.
Outside, it is spring on their island home. For the first few weeks, the father wolf brings food for the mother. She needs to stay inside the den with her babies. The father and the mother are leaders of the wolf pack. This pack is lucky. No hunting is allowed here on the island.
One sunny morning, the baby wolves go outside the den for the first time. Everything is new to them. The baby wolf feels the heat of the sun. She sees the tall trees and the sky. She plays in the grass with her sister and brothers. They look and act like puppies. That is not surprising. Wolves and dogs are part of the same family.
The baby wolf is eight weeks old now. She no longer drinks her mother’s milk. She sniffs and licks at the mouth of an adult wolf. This is how she asks for food. The adult spits up some food for the little wolf. This might not sound good to you. But it is perfect food for a growing wolf pup.
All the adult wolves help feed and take care of the babies. The fifteen wolves in the pack are all one family.
One day in early summer, the baby wolf smells something new. It is not her mother. It is not her father or any other wolf. The other wolves smell it, too. Right away their ears and tails stand up. It is a large black bear and her cubs.
The baby wolf hides behind a rock with her sister and brothers. Her father, mother and two other wolves rush to attack. They show their sharp teeth and growl.
At first the bears stand still. They do not want to fight. Then slowly they move away. All the wolf pups come out from behind the rock. They are safe!
The baby wolves are growing up fast. They have left their den for good. Now, they stay outside and sleep with the adults. Sometimes one pup climbs on top of another pup. Just like the pack leaders do to keep order. The pups watch the adult wolves and copy them.
They even try to hunt, too. The baby wolf spots a mouse. Off she goes after it. She chases it under a log. This time the mouse gets away. But one day, the baby wolf will be a great hunter like her mother and father.
AuOOOOhoooooo. The baby wolf and her brothers and sister learn to howl, too. Howling is wolf talk. It calls the pack together. First one wolf howls. Then others join in. They wag their tails. They act as if they are singing a happy song. Often wolves howl before they go hunting.
Summer turns into fall. The weather gets colder. By late October, the first snow falls. The pups are only six months old. But they look almost grown up. Their puppy teeth are gone. Now they have big teeth and thick coats to keep them warm.
Wolves need a lot of space to live and hunt. Sometimes the pack travels many miles in a day. Usually, wolves hunt at night. It is easier to sneak up on other animals in the dark. The pack members work together to kill a big animal like a moose.
Wolves do not find food every time they hunt. So when they kill a moose or deer, they eat a lot. Each wolf can eat as much as twenty pounds of meat in one meal. You would have to eat eighty large hamburgers to eat that much.
By the end of winter, the baby wolf is almost a year old. She is not a baby anymore. She knows her father and mother are leaders of the pack. Like the other wolves, she holds her tail low or lies on the ground when they are nearby. Each wolf knows its place in the pack.