The Alberta Public School Speller. Anonymous

dipper

       friend

      appear

       become

       narrow

      A barrel of flour. Scour the dipper. Half an hour. Thou shalt not steal. Clouds in the south shroud the sun. Proud of his friends. The yeast was sour. The toad is dark brown, with a fatter body and shorter legs than the frog. Little warts cover its body. It eats insects, spiders and worms. From its eggs come little black tadpoles. Soon the hind legs appear, then the front ones. The long, narrow tail slowly becomes shorter. So, after some weeks, the tadpoles have turned into toads.

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      pout

       spout

       sprout

      couch

       crouch

       slouch

      quart

       quite

       quilt

      timid

       fellow

       supper

      can't

       seeing

       careful

      With—out put ab, g, r, sh, sc, sn, st, tr. To qu—add ack, ail, een, eer, ill, iet. With—ouse put h, d, l, m, s, gr.

      Fetch the quilt to the couch. Timid quails crouch down and keep quiet. Walk quickly, do not slouch. Plants sprout in the spring. Not quite a quart of cream. "Be careful," said a mother trout to her son, "some school boys shout; they come here to fish." "They can't catch me," cried the foolish fellow, "I know their tricks." He swam off in search of supper. Seeing a plump worm twisting about, he snatched it. There was a loud splash, but one trout swam in the brook never again.

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      bound

       found

       ground

      ounce

       bounce

       flounce

      squaw

       animal

       settlers

      ripened

       Indians

       wigwam

      easily

       season

       between

      Write h, m, p, r, s, w with—ound.

      Sixteen ounces make a pound. A tiger pounced upon the hound. She wears flounces. Bounce your ball. He wound the clock. The French were the first white settlers in Canada. They found here many Indians. These lived by fishing and the chase. They dressed in the skins of animals which they had killed. Their wigwams were easily moved, and often this was done each season. The squaws tilled the crops. They ground the ripened corn between two stones.

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      light

       fight

       fright

      ought

       fought

       brought

      native

       safety

       bravely

      kettle

       candle

       tallow

      strange

       instead

       blazing

      With—ight put m, n, kn, r, s, t, br, fl, sl.

      The Indians were friendly at first, but later they thought it right to fight the French. But these settlers fought bravely. The guns they had brought frightened the natives, who sought safety in flight. The settlers built rude log houses, now a strange sight. Often oiled paper was used for glass. Tallow candles gave light at night. Instead of an iron stove a huge fireplace might be found. Over the bright blazing fire hung iron kettles for cooking.

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      edge

       wedge

       sledge

      judge

       budge

       grudge

      dodge

       badge

       bridge

      cradle

       simple

       lessons

      rattle

       paddle

       silently

      Write h, l, pl, dr with—edge. Put f, n, sm, dr, tr with—udge.

      Trudge to the edge of the bridge. Nudge John. He grudges a badge for the judge. We could not budge the wedge. He dodged the sledge. The Indian baby was strapped into a wooden cradle. The children played many games, and had simple toys, dolls and rattles. They had many lessons not found in books. They knew where to find the birds and animals. They could tell their colors and habits. When twelve the boy could build a boat, and paddle swiftly and silently.

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      dodge

       fright

       cradle

       crouch

       simple

      easily

       bounce

       judges

       native

       blazing

      quilt

       ounce

       safety

       paddle

       friend

      kettle

       animal

       season

       grudge

       insect

      candle

       tallow

       sought

       Indian

       between

      The Indian crouched down and sought to dodge the animal. My friend paddled in safety to the blazing dredge. He grudges even an ounce of sugar. The judge bought a pound of tallow candles. Simple folk are easily frightened. I tumbled the quilts in the cradle. Are there many native insects? Bounce baby on your knee. A quiet season. Between you and me.

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      head

       bread

       spread

      health

       wealth

       stealth

      sweat

       threat

       breath

      solid

       travel

       mostly

      letter

       post-office

       newspaper

      With—ead put d, l, r, dr, st, tr, thr, r—y, st—y.

      Health is better than wealth. Horses sweat. He read tales by stealth. A steady breath. As heavy as lead. Ready to spread the news. Thread the needle. Does he dread such threats? For many years there were no horses in Canada. Travel was mostly by boat in summer. The solid log houses were built along the rivers. There were no post-offices; letters were sent by friends. Newspapers were not known, books were few. A few schools were kept for white or Indian children.

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      aught