CHECK YOURSELF PAGE 66 Read the words aloud, Circle the Words, that are

pronounced with / ɚ /  

EXAMPLE acre shirt afternoon

1. return supper purple
2. enter curtain dirty
3. third backward inform
4. nurse soldier pleasure
5. silver weather Satürday

Read aloud the paragraph about Mother Goose. Remember NOT to

stress the / ɚ / sound.
Mother Goose
Mother Goose was supposed to be an older lady who told popular rhymes to younger children. Printers and
publishers put together these familiar rhymes. Some were finger plays such as "Tinker, tailor, soldier,
sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief!" Many remember such favorites as "Little Jack Horner sat in
a corner eating his Christmas pie." The king of England's steward was called Jack Horner. He was a
messenger who may have delivered a Christmas pie with hidden papers baked inside. Whether or not we
believe these colorful tales, we know that nursery rhymes are wonderful!

Translate:
Mamá ganso
Se suponía que Mother Goose era una mujer mayor que contaba rimas populares a los niños más pequeños.
Impresoras y editoriales reunieron estas rimas familiares. Algunos eran juegos con los dedos, como "Tinker,
sastre, soldado, marinero, hombre rico, hombre pobre, mendigo, ladrón". Muchos recuerdan favoritos como
"Little Jack Horner se sentó en una esquina a comer su pastel de Navidad". El mayordomo del rey de
Inglaterra se llamaba Jack Horner. Era un mensajero que pudo haber entregado un pastel de Navidad con
papeles escondidos horneados dentro. ¡Ya sea que creamos o no estos coloridos cuentos, sabemos que las
canciones infantiles son maravillosas!

CHECK YOURSELF 1 page 66 Read aloud the following phrases and sentences. identify the / ɝ /
and / ɚ / sounds.

Write the sounds above the syllables. Remember the / ɝ /sound is stressed and the / ɚ /
sound is unstressed.

[ɚ][ɚ]
1. silver urn
[ɝ] [ɝ]
2. dangerous curve
[ɚ] [ɝ]
3. sermon in church
[ɝ] [ɚ]
4. regular exercise
[ ɝ] [ɚ]
5. grammar teacher
[ɚ] [ɚ] [ɚ] [ɚ]
6. The grammar teacher worked on verbs.

[ɝ] [ɚ] [ɚ]

7. One good turn deserves another.
[ɝ] [ɚ] [ɚ ]
8. Birds of a feather flock together.
[ɚ [ɝ]
9. Actions speak louder than words.
[ɚ] [ɚ] [ɚ] [[ɚ]
1O. Actors perform better after rehearsing.

CHECK YOURSELF 1 page 67 Read the following paragraph about

pearls carefully. Underline words pronounced with / ɝ / and circle words
pronounced with / ɚ /.
Pearls
The pearl is one of the world's most treasured gems. Pearls are formed inside the shells of oysters. The largest
pearl fisheries are in Asia. Cultured pearls were developed by the Chinese in the twentieth century. They are
larger than nature's pearls that is round and has great luster is worth a lot of money. Perhaps “diamonds are
girl´s best friend," but pearls will always win a woman's favor!