I Heard a Bird Sing Copywork
A six-line December poem — the shortest copywork page in the set
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About this printable
The briefest poem in the collection and a perfect low-pressure warm-up for reluctant writers. Its circular structure repeats the opening couplet at the end, so students copy the same two lines twice and can see their own improvement immediately. Fits neatly on a single page with room for wide practice lines. 9 pages, 3/8-inch letters in Chaloops display on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only. Oliver Herford, 1913. Public domain text.
ON THIS SHEET: I heard a bird sing · In the dark of December · A magical thing · And sweet to remember. — "We are nearer to Spring · Than we were in September," · I heard a bird sing · In the dark of December. — Oliver Herford, 1913. LETTER SIZE: 3/8-inch. HANDWRITING: Chaloops display. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only.
- Category Poetry
- Price $0.50
- Format Printable PDF
- Usage Print unlimited copies
Inside the PDF
3 pages from the 9-page PDF, as they print.
A plan for this set
A short text: Steps 1, 2 and 3 fit in one school week, one sheet a day.
- Days 1–2 Copywork (Step 1). Read the whole text, then copy it exactly.
- Days 3–4 First Letter Hints (Step 2). Write it again with only the first letter of each word as a prompt.
- Day 5 Memory Lines (Step 3). Write it from memory on lines sized to each word.
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