The Alberta Public School Speller. Anonymous

STANDARD III. Junior. GRADE 4.

       Table of Contents

      1

      guide

       guard

       guess

      lose

       whose

       bosom

      prove

       worse

       worry

      worthy

       worship

       worsted

      beggar

       ragged

       stagger

      Add—er to fat, red, in, rob, up, hot, wet; as, fatter. Notice the single vowel and the single consonant at the end of each word.

      Guide the ragged beggar up the garret stair. He staggers. Whose bundle of clothes is here? I cannot guess. Fierce dogs guard the fruit. Fasten the bosom of your blouse. Did you lose any money? Don't worry. The trouble might have proved worse. Dr. Lee wears a suit of worsted. We worship the one living and true God. He is worthy of all praise.

      2

      cedar

       cellar

       cigar

      crocus

       cleanse

       custom

      mayor

       mirror

       parlor

      sponge

       shovel

       gloves

      circus

       govern

       common

      Add—ed—ing to shop, grin, stir, skip, chat, strap, sun, grip, mop; as, shopped, shopping.

      The deep cellar has a cedar floor. Don't smoke cigars; the custom is too common. The crocus is in bloom. A circus with a wild beast show is coming here. The mayor governs the city. He has a dozen beautiful doves. They hover round our cottage. The mirror in the parlor is of plate glass. Shovel out the earth. Wear no gloves. Cleanse your hands with a sponge.

      3

      auger

       August

       autumn

      saucer

       sausage

       laundry

      author

       caution

       auction

      limbs

       yield

       bored

      scarlet

       harvest

       crimson

      Write in full: Sun., Mon., Th., Fri., Sat.; as, Sunday. Aug., August; Sept., September; Oct., October; Nov., November.

      August and harvest have passed. October and autumn are here. The leaves are scarlet, crimson, and yellow. Soon they will carpet the ground, leaving the limbs and branches bare. The birds have flown south. The fields now yield them no food. Who is the author of the book? My linen is in the laundry. I bored holes with the auger. Cover the fried sausage with a saucer. Buy with caution at the auction sale.

      4

      sorrow

       borrow

       furrow

      feather

       weather

       leather

      tough

       rough

       enough

      detain

       obtain

       remain

      people

       squirrel

       sparrow

      With—low put fel, mel, yel, wil, pil, fol, hol, tal, mal; as, fellow. Write other words in—low—row—dow; as widow.

      The sparrow, woodpecker, and chickadee remain. But few others of the feathered people can obtain enough to eat. The squirrels are busy hiding away food in their narrow houses for the rough winter weather. They pick to pieces the tough pine cones to obtain the seeds between the scales. Borrow a neighbor's wheelbarrow. Plough deeper furrows to-morrow. Our leather shoes. The widow's sorrow. I'll not detain you long.

      5

      ferns

       herbs

       verse

      wonder

       perfect

       pattern

      observe

       servant

       pleasant

      merchant

       January

       February

      curious

       furious

       serious

      Dec. means December; Jan., January; Feb., February; Mar., March; Apr., April. Spring begins Mar. 21; Autumn, Sept. 21.

      Winter! It is cloudy but pleasant weather. Snowflakes are quietly falling. Observe the curious patterns. The wind often breaks their frail points. Snow forms a perfect covering for the herbs and ferns. The furious storm did serious damage. The servants were filled with wonder. Merchants buy and sell. January and February are cold months. Recite your verses on New Year's Day.

      6 (Review)

      limbs

       yield

       herbs

       whose

       worry

      sponge

       cigar

       circus

       mirror

       enough

      guess

       serious

       people

       beggar

       furrow

      saucer

       perfect

       between

       weather

       autumn

      auction

       worsted

       squirrel

       pleasant

       February

      Boughs are strong limbs. Don't yield to worry. Govern your temper. I guessed whose circus he saw. Sponge off the cigar ashes from the mirror. He ploughs an almost perfect furrow. Great swamps lie between us. The beggar looks serious. The saucy squirrel eats from a saucer. Autumn weather is pleasant enough. Our people will auction worsted goods in February.

      7

      Daisy

       dairy

       mainly

      rainbow

       railroad

       sailboat

      wired

       pores

       fibres

      toward

       mustard

       custard

      explain