Front Cover

1) Robin
Tries

Written by Douglas J. Alford

Illustrated by C. J. Haacke
i Class-1
 Robin Tries
Table of Contents
Page Description
2 Live in a Nest
3 Want to Fly
5 Should I Try?
6 Friends Help
8 Important to Flap
10 Yes, Want to Try
11 Study How
14 Practice
16 Ready to Try
17 I Jump
19 I Can Fly!
22 Different View
23 Other Places
25 I Believe in Myself
26 Word List
27 Learn English

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 I live
on a tree
in a nest.

2 Class-1
 I can not fly.
I want to.

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 I am afraid.
I fear that
I will fail.

4 Class-1
 Should I even
try to fly?

5
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 My friends
show me...

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 how they fly.

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 It is very
important to flap.

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 Also, need to
learn how to land.

9
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 I decide!
Yes, I should
TRY to fly!

I believe
I can fly.

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  I study
how to fly...

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  with my family...

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 and my friends.

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 Next, I practice
short glides from
branch to branch.

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 I think about flying.

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 I am ready to try!

16 Class-1
 I jump
from the nest.

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 I flap and
flap so fast.

18
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 Suddenly!
I CAN FLY!
Hooray!

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 Oh me!  
Oh my!
I can fly!

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 I fly all
across the sky!

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 The world looks
different from
up here.

sky
mountain

lake

forest tree
22 Class-1
 I fly to
places that...

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 I could not
go to before I
learned to fly.

24
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 I feel different too.
Now, that I can fly,
I believe in myself more.

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 Word List
a fast jump study
about fear learn suddenly
across feel like that
afraid flap live the
all fly looks they
also flying me think
am for my to
and forest name too
before friends need tree
believe from nest tries
can glide not try
could go out up
decide here practice very
even hi Robin want
different hooray see when
fail how should will
family I show with
far important sky world
in/is so yes
it

26 Class-1
 Learn English

Learning
English is like...

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 learning to fly.

English

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 One - Study!

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 Two - Practice

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Three - Speak English!

Speak
Talk

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 1) Robin Tries
Video

Robin
Tries

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 Robin Tries Video Script
i-1) Welcome to Robin Tries Video Book
- Wings of Courage

1) Hi! My name is Robin.

2) I live on a tree in a nest.
3) I can NOT fly! I want to.
4) I am afraid. I FEAR that I will fail.
5) Should I even try to fly?
6) My friends show me …
7) how they fly.
8) It is important to flap to fly.
9)Also, need to learn how to land.
10) I decide!. Yes, I should TRY to fly!
11) I study how to fly
12) with my family
13) and friends.
14) Next, I practice short glides.
15) I think about flying.
16) I am ready to try!
17) I jump from the nest.
18) I flap and flap so fast.
19) Suddenly! I CAN FLY! Hooray!
20)Oh me! Oh my! I can FLY!
21) I can fly all across the sky!
22) The world looks different from up here.
23) I fly to places that …
24) I could not go to before I learned to fly.
25) I feel different too. Now, that I can fly.
I believe in myself more.

The End

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 Robin Tries
Word List
a fast jump study
about fear learn suddenly

across feel like that

afraid flap live the
all fly looks they
also flying me think
am for my to
and forest name too
before friends need tree
believe from nest tries
can glide not try
could go out up
decide here practice very
even hi Robin want
different hooray see when
fail how should will
family I show with
important
far sky world
in/is/it so
yes

34 Class-1
 Questions
-Robin Tries
Name ______________
Date ________

1) What is the bird’s name?

  _____________________
2) Where does the bird live?  
_____________________
3) What does Robin want to do?  
__________
4) What colors are the trees?  
_________________
5) What does Robin do before
she jumps from the nest?  
__________________
6) What does Robin do so she can fly?
_________________________
7) How does the world look
from high above the forest?
  _________________________

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 Answers
-Robin Tries
Name ______________
Date ________

1) What is the bird’s name?  

_____Robin______
2) Where does the bird live?  
_____in a nest________
3) What does Robin want to do?  
__fly________
4) What color colors are the trees?  
___brown and green___
5) What does Robin do before she
jumps from the nest?  
__think about flying__
6) What does Robin do so she can fly?  
_____flap very fast______
7) How does the world look from
high above the forest?  
______different________

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 Rules

Rules help me read.

Rules are common ways
to say letters and words.

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 Rule #1 One Sound
Many letters
make only one sound.

B bag P pig
D dog R run
F face S sit
G go T to
H hi V van
J job W water
K king X x-ray
L leg Y yell
M mop Z zero
N no

38 Class-1
 Rule Breakers

Each Rule has breakers.

That is, English does NOT
always follow the rules.

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 Breaker #1

C makes the K sound.

car cake

Sometimes ‘C’ makes an ‘S’ sound.

C in city, CD and center.

Certainly, this will take some practice.

40 Class-1
 1) Re-read
the Book.
“Robin Tries” is the story of wanting

Robin
to fly but being afraid to try. Robin
overcomes fear and learns to fly! We
learn to try new things too, like English!

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Ask yourself the question, what

is the main point of this story?

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 I read “Robin Tries”. 1 of 4

Front Cover
My name is Robin.
Robin Tries

May the ‘Robin’ in each of

us find the courage to fly!
1 2

I live on a tree. I want to fly.

3 4

40 Class 1
 I read “Robin Tries”. 2 of 4

My friends fly up. I think about flying.

I am down.

5 6

I am afraid. Mom talks with me.

7 8

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 I read “Robin Tries”. 3 of 4

Dad teaches me.  I am not afraid.

9 10

 I jump from the tree.  I flap very fast.

11 12

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 I read “Robin Tries”. 4 of 4

 I fly up.
 I fly in the sky.
I see the world down below.

sky
mountain

lake

forest tree

13 14

I learn to fly. In life too, Back Cover

what I try is where I fly. Robin wants to fly. At
first, Robin is afraid.
She tries and tries.
She learns to fly.
We learn to try new
things too. We can
learn to read.

The End
15 16

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 What is a word?

A word is a group of letters.

A word is something or does
something.

girl
sun

tree

book

shoe home run

mom
baby boy
dad

read

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 Many Words

There are many

different kinds of words.

Let us look at words for:

greetings
people, places or things
actions
rhymes
a an the
How many?
What color?

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 Greet
Greet is what we say
when we first see someone.

Example are:
hello
hi
welcome

Which greet we use depends

on time of day.
. good morning
. good afternoon
. good evening

Hi

46 Class 1
 What do we say when
we greet each other?

good _______

morning

afternoon

evening

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 Nouns

A noun is a person,
place or thing.

Robin forest nest

mom sky tree
dad

A Pronoun
replace a noun in a sentence.

I, me, he, she, they

___________________

48 Class 1
 Actions

Some words show action.

fly flap
Examples:
ask believe fall jump

live see teach tell think

___________________
verb

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 Rhyme

Some words sound

similar or rhyme.

small pay try my

tall day fly sky

greet see he be
meet tree she me

fat
cat

See how the word is spelled

“rhyme” but we say (rime).
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 a an the

English often uses “a,

an or the” before nouns.

the sky

the tree

a nest

an egg
To mean one of something, use “an”
when the next word makes a vowel sound.
Else, use “a.” English has features.
articles

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 Describe Words

Some words
describe nouns.

blue sky

The tree is tall.

Describe words also tell:

How many?
What color?
adjectives

52 Class 1
 1) Read “Robin Tries” - One Pager.
Front Cover
My name is Robin.
Robin Tries to Fly! I live on a tree. I want to fly.

May I try English too.

1 2 3 4

But, I am afraid. I see my friends fly. I think about flying.  I want to try to fly.

5 6 7 8

 I study how to fly.  I jump from the tree.  I flap very fast.  I can fly! Wow!

9 10 11 12

I fly to new places. I can fly by myself.

 I fly up in the sky. I see a
new world below.

13 14 15 16

Back Cover
Two -Try it! Three-Keep trying.
 English is like flying.
One - Study Robin learns
to try to fly.
I learn to try
English too!

Stick with it!

17 18 19 20

Robins try & try until they can fly!

Class 1 53
 1) Try English!

In Class 1, we use the

“Robin Tries” story to try
more English. We learn
that letters make words.

Robin
Tries

54 Class 1
 Back Cover

“Robin Tries” is the story of wanting

to fly but being afraid to try. Robin
overcomes fear and learns to fly!
We learn to try new things too,
like English!

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