The sun slowly emerged from behind the distant forest. It illuminated the forests and fields, all white - covered with snow. Only in some places on a hillock the wind blew away the white dress of winter. There was a dark frozen earth, covered with last year's brown grass.
Suddenly, from one of these hillocks, a small gray bird flew up - a lark. It took off, but did not rush off into the distance, not at all.
She fluttered her wings and began to slowly rise higher and higher. And from there, from a blue height, a joyful ringing song poured onto the earth.
In this song, one could hear the quiet ringing of a spring drip, and the murmur of a troublesome brook, and something else so bright, joyful, which cannot be expressed in words.
Far, far away, the song of the lark resounded through the fields, through the meadows, and even through the dense forest slums.
Hearing this spring song, everyone who was hiding from the fierce winter cold hastily climbed out of their minks, from the cracks, from the cracks. Bugs, spiders, bugs... They got out into the sun, basked there, spread their wings, antennae, legs...
Crawled out of the hole and a fat lazy badger. Even the huge bear shifted from side to side in his lair.
All the animals and birds and tiny insects listened to the song of the lark, and all, probably, thought of one thing: that now the fierce cold was no longer terrible.
And the lark kept singing, rising higher and higher. The bright sun illuminated him, and now he no longer looked like a gray bird from the ground, but a golden star trembling in the sky.
Lesson topic: G. Skrebitsky "Lark"
Purpose: to introduce children to the work of G. Skrebitsky and his work "The Lark"
Learning objectives:
Aimed at achieving personal results:
- to teach to show emotional responsiveness, personal attitude to reading;
- to promote the formation of the ability to express their emotions, love for nature.
Aimed at achieving meta-subject learning outcomes:
- Regulatory: to teach to take part in educational cooperation, to take the position of a listener, reader in accordance with the educational task;
- Cognitive: consciously build a speech statement, work with models, build a message orally;
- Communicative: use available speech means to convey your impression, build a monologue, negotiate, come to a common decision when working in a group.
Aimed at achieving subject learning outcomes:
- continue work on the formation of the foundations of reading activity, analyze a work of art, work with proverbs;
- contribute to the formation of the ability to model the cover, the development of the skill of correct conscious reading in whole words, the enrichment of the students' vocabulary;
- to promote the development of students' creative abilities, the education of moral and ethical qualities, love and respect for nature.
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literary reading lesson
Teacher: Vlasova V.I.
TECHNOLOGICAL CARD OF THE LESSON
Lesson topic: G. Skrebitsky "Lark"
Purpose: to introduce children to the work of G. Skrebitsky and his work "The Lark"
Learning objectives:
Aimed at achieving personal results:
- to teach to show emotional responsiveness, personal attitude to reading;
- to promote the formation of the ability to express their emotions, love for nature.
Aimed at achieving meta-subject learning outcomes:
- Regulatory: to teach to take part in educational cooperation, to take the position of a listener, reader in accordance with the educational task;
- Cognitive: consciously build a speech statement, work with models, build a message orally;
- Communicative: use available speech means to convey your impression, build a monologue, negotiate, come to a common decision when working in a group.
Aimed at achieving subject learning outcomes:
- continue work on the formation of the foundations of reading activity, analyze a work of art, work with proverbs;
- contribute to the formation of the ability to model the cover, the development of the skill of correct conscious reading in whole words, the enrichment of the students' vocabulary;
- to promote the development of students' creative abilities, the education of moral and ethical qualities, love and respect for nature.
Lesson equipment:
Materials for students: cards for reflection, textbook "Literary reading" Grade 2 (author L.A. Efrosinina), workbook on literary reading, cards for individual and group work, test tasks.
Materials for the teacher: textbook "Literary reading" grade 2 (author L.A. Efrosinina), presentation, computer, projector.
Stage | Teacher activity | Student activities | UUD |
1.Self-determination to activity. organizational stage. | Here comes the bell The lesson starts. We don't waste time We are starting the lesson! We listen carefully and answer correctly. How do we work in the lesson of literary reading? (Repeat, think, tell, learn, consolidate, summarize) | Forecasting Let's repeat Let's think Let's tell Learn Let's fix Summarize | Regulatory: Aiming for success. Personal: Express a positive attitude towards the process of cognition, show a desire to show something new. Communicative: Developing the ability to listen and hear. |
2. Actualization of knowledge and fixation of difficulties in activities. | 1. Speech warm-up. a) breathing exercises Inhale through the nose, exhale through the nose; Inhale - hold the breath - exhale; Inhale, exhale, hold your breath. Exercise for lips and tongue "Smile" Look at each other and smile. b) work with a proverb. A starling flies - the end of winter. Read. c) updating the reading experience of students, working with models. Spring is a wonderful time of the year, the time of the awakening of nature. Many literary works have been written about spring, let's remember them. D) checking homework What product was prepared at home? Name the genre of the work. | Breathing exercises Good morning to both the sun and the birds: Good morning smiling faces. 1 row - with interrogative intonation; 2 row - fun; 3 row - fast. Students use models to name the work Reading A. Barto's poem "April" Expressive reading of a poem | Regulatory: acceptance of the objectives of the lesson, readiness to read and discuss the text. Cognitive: search for facts and judgments. Communicative:ability to justify your proposal. |
3. Statement of the learning task. | What birds are called the messengers of spring? Birds herald the arrival of spring, many works have been written about each bird, but the Russian people have a special relationship with one of them - a holiday is dedicated to it. Formulation of the topic of the lesson by students. | Work on visual marks. Students' statements, the formulation of the topic and the purpose of the lesson. Student's message about the lark. On the Larks day and night are compared. Winter ends, spring begins. Russian people everywhere had a belief that on this day forty different birds fly from warm countries, and the first of them is a lark. On Zhavoronki, "larks" were usually baked, in most cases with outstretched wings, as if flying, and with tufts. The birds were handed out to the children, and with a cry and ringing laughter, they ran to call for the larks, and with them the spring. Baked larks were impaled on long sticks and ran out with them to the hillocks and screamed with all their might. After the baked birds, they usually ate them, and their heads were given to cattle or given to their mothers. | Regulatory: control of their activities during the execution of the task. Cognitive: satisfaction of reader's interest, search for facts, judgments. |
4. Building a project to get out of the difficulty. | 1. Teacher's story about the writer, acquaintance with the biography (presentation) G. Skrebitsky Georgy Alekseevich Skrebitsky - writer - naturalist. He wrote stories and fairy tales about nature. Skrebitsky from childhood loved to listen and read books about nature. He liked to go to the forest, to the river. He imagined himself a brave traveler, hunter, loved to watch animals. Titmouse, magpies, hedgehogs, squirrels, hares always lived in his house. In every season, he knew how to find something surprisingly beautiful.In his works, he draws pictures of nature, teaches to observe nature, to see and understand its beauty. 2. Primary perception. 3. Content conversation. Did you like the work? What was especially memorable? What pictures of nature did you imagine? 4. Physical education minute 5. Cover modeling What did you hear? - Is this model suitable for the listened piece? 6. Vocabulary work. The text contains words with unknown meanings. 5. Physical education minute for the eyes (simulator "Eight") | Introductory reading by children: G. Skrebitsky "The Lark" They listen to the story. Listen to the piece. They answer questions. little birds, little birds, They fly through the forest Songs are sung. A violent wind has blown I wanted to take the birds. The birds hid in the nest It's cozy and warm there. Modeling the cover, protecting the model at the board (slide) Student responses Vocabulary work: Game "Find the Matches" hillock - a small hill Slums - impassable places Fierce cold - evil, ferocious | Regulatory: forecasting, cognitive: modeling, construction of reasoning. Communicative:the ability to argue one’s assumption, to negotiate, to find a common solution. |
5. Primary fastening. | Reading the text in a "chain" by paragraphs. Reading text discussion: What does G. Skrebitsky call the white dress of winter? Where did the lark fly from? How did the lark fly? What was heard in his song? Where did the song of the lark go? Who heard the song of the lark? What animals are awake? What were the animals thinking? 2. Physical culture minute for the eyes according to the method of V.F. Bazarny 3. Selective reading of text Where did the lark fly from? (2 paragraph) What was heard in his song? (4 paragraph) Who listened to the spring song? (8 paragraph) 4. Work in the notebook "Literary reading" 5. Independent work with self-checking algorithm Test execution | Reading aloud in paragraphs, talking on questions. Performing a physical culture minute according to the method of V. Bazarny Reading the text and students' answers. Option 1 - p.67 task 1 - What does the author compare the lark to? Option 2 - p.67 task 2 Complete the sentence: The lark is a small ... Mutual check of work 1. Where did the song of the lark spread? a) in the village and village; b) in fields and meadows. 2. What were all the birds and animals thinking about? a) the fierce cold is no longer terrible; b) a fierce winter will return. Algorithm self-test | Regulatory: control, correction, cognitive: structuring knowledge, choosing a way to solve a problem, building a speech statement, communicative. |
6. Independent work with self-checking according to the standard. | Group work: Drawing up the project "Herald of Spring" Group 1 - restoration of the poem Group 2 - leaving a call Group 3 - Restoration of the puzzle Group 4 - drawing up a sign Group 5 - compiling a tongue twister | Group work: Field lark! There is no better singer! In an open field - your house, In the clear sky - a song! You are little birds, larks, Fly to us Spring red, spring clear Bring us. Wants to fly straight Wants - hangs in the air, Falls like a stone from the heights And sing, sing, sing The lark flies towards the warmth. The lark circles over the stubble in the heat. | Regulatory: control and correction communicative - managing the partner's behavior. |
7. Reflection of activity (the result of the lesson) | Generalization What did they do in class? What did you like? What were the conclusions? Reflection On the desks you have drawings of larks. If you worked confidently and did not make mistakes, the lark flew up to the sun, if there were difficulties - in the middle, if it was difficult - it just started to take off (showing cards). | Answer questions Self-assessment exercise (children show cards) | Communicative: the ability to argue your proposal, to find a common solution Cognitive: reflection, personal: Meaning formation. |
Literary reading lesson in grade 2
Topic: “Works about native nature. G. Skrebitsky. "Lark"»
Planned results:
Subject: to form the ability to work with the text of the work;
enrich the reading experience of children; learn to apply the acquired knowledge;
expand the circle of children's reading on the topic of works about native nature;
to form reading skills through listening and independent reading: correctly name the work, theme and genre of the work; enrichment of speech with expressive means of the language.
Metasubject:
- cognitive: to form the ability to understand contextual speech based on the reconstruction of the picture of events; develop the ability to solve creative problems; develop psychological processes: perception, attention, imagination, thinking, speech.
-regulatory: to form the ability to learn to determine the activity in the lesson; develop self-control, educational independence.
- communicative: to form the ability to listen and understand others; the ability to arbitrarily build contextual speech; work in groups; stimulate learning motivation through the use of ICT.
- personal: to awaken love for the native nature and for all living things; inculcate respect for the environment; education of emotional and aesthetic perception of a work of art of creative activity.
Lesson type: learning new material
Methods: verbal, visual, practical.
Type of lesson: a lesson using multimedia tools.
Equipment: traffic lights, computer presentation, recording with the singing of a lark, album sheets, task cards.
Literature: textbook by L. A. Efrosinin “Literary reading”, grade 2 (part 2), notebook on literary reading (part 2).
Stages of the lesson Course of the lesson Formation of UUD
1.Psychological setting for work. 1 slide
U. Good afternoon, good hour!
How glad I am to see you.
looked at each other
And everyone quietly sat down.
Now determine your mood with the help of a traffic light Regulatory UUD
(self-control)
2.Updating knowledge
3. Checking homework (2 slide)
- What big topic are we working on during several lessons? (Spring, red spring) 3 slide
Spring is a wonderful time of the year. A time of awakening of nature, a time of hope. Many poems, songs, fairy tales and stories have been written about spring.
- Give the author's name and title.
“The sun shines brightly, and its rays, playing and smiling, bathe in puddles along with sparrows. (A. Chekhov “Spring”)
“She didn’t get down to business right away. At first I thought: what kind of picture would she draw? (G. Skrebitsky “Spring is an artist”)
“Lark flew to the noise, looked around, listened and chirped: Spring, the sun, the sky is clear, and you quarrel?” (N. Sladkov "Thawed patch")
A) identifying the reader's experience:
What piece of work did you work on at home? (A Barto's poem "April" 4 slide
Can you show me the model of the cover that fits the work prepared at home?
B) Exercise with a work memorized at home.
- Expressive reading of the poem "April" or by heart at will. Cognitive UUD
4. Work in groups It was believed that birds are the messengers of spring. Namely, they bring on their wings the warmth and awakening of nature. Remember the proverbs about birds. Let's work in groups, finish the proverbs.
Group 1: I saw a rook - …………………. welcome spring.
he is a messenger of spring.
so many larks.
Group 2: Starling on a pole,………………………..
welcome spring.
he is a messenger of spring.
so many larks.
Group 3: How many thawed patches - ………………………..
welcome spring.
he is a messenger of spring.
so many larks.
What birds are sayings about? List. It is these birds that fly to us first. It is they who announce the arrival of the long-awaited spring. Many poems and songs have been written about each bird, stories and fairy tales have been invented. But the Russian people have a special relationship with one of them. Our lesson is dedicated to one of these birds. Communicative UUD (coordination of actions with a partner)
5. Message of the topic of the lesson. Riddle "Guess who it is?" (5 slide).
Wants to fly straight
Wants - hangs in the air,
Stone falls from heights
And in the fields sings, sings. (lark)
The story of the lark (6 slide)
Would you like to listen to the song of the skylark?
sound recording (voice of a bird).
7 slide
March 22 in Rus' celebrated the wonderful holiday "Larks". In different areas, this holiday was called by its own name: where "Larks", where "Magpies". It was believed that on this day 40 different birds arrive, and the very first one is a lark, and spring comes into full force. Communicative UUD
Regulatory UUD
Cognitive UUD
6.Opening new
Fizminutka - Georgy Skrebitsky has a story, which is called “The Lark”.
Acquaintance with the author G.A. Skrebitsky (8-9 slide).
Reading the work of G.A. Skrebitsky "The Lark" (a well-read student).
- Did you like this piece?
- Tell me what exactly?
What words didn't you understand?
- Vocabulary work. Reading difficult words 10 slide
ZENITH - the highest imaginary point of the celestial sphere, located above the observer's head.
slum - difficult place lye - a small gap.
hillock - a small hillock
fierce (cold) - evil, ferocious, merciless (strong cold, frost).
Reading by students of the text in a chain by paragraphs.
- Think about why everyone rejoiced at the song of the lark?
How does the author describe the sunrise? read. (11 slide)
- Where did the lark fly from? (12 slide)
- What was heard in the song of the lark? Read. (13 slide)
- Who listened to the spring song? Read. (14, 15, 16 slide)
- What were they thinking? (17 slide)
- Read the last paragraph.
- What does the author of the lark compare with? (18 slide)
- Give the picture a title. Communicative UUD (construction of speech statements)
Cognitive UUD
Communicative UUD (construction of speech statements)
7.UPDATED EXPERIENCE.
WORK IN PRINTED NOTEBOOKS p.67 - 68
a) Read the last paragraph of the text. What does the author compare the lark to? Write it down.
b) Complete the sentence with words from the text.
The lark is a small…
c) Who listened to the lark's song? What was everyone thinking? Find answers in the text. Write it down.
d) Solve the riddle. Write down the riddle and the answer.
(In a voice like a call to the sky tiny blue tiny) Cognitive UUD
(The ability to work with text, the ability to highlight the essential) 8. Literary and creative work Close your eyes for a moment ... (Music sounds). Imagine clear, clear skies. Light clouds. From behind the distant forest, the sun slowly rises, illuminating the fields, forests and hillocks in pink. Suddenly, from one of these hillocks, a small gray bird flies up and from there, from a blue height, a joyful, ringing song pours onto the ground. Listen... The quiet ringing of drops, the murmur of a troublesome brook, and something else so bright... Have you imagined?
I won't ask. Let this be a secret that will later be revealed to everyone.
(Children begin to draw illustrations for this work.) Personal UUD
9.Result
10. Reflection What new did you learn in the lesson?
What did the author want to convey to the readers with this work?
(To evoke a feeling of admiration for the awakening of spring nature, to show the image of a small gray bird, what joy it brings to all living beings: animals, insects, animals and humans).
What do you think, what important things will the birds have? (breed new offspring, destroy insects harmful to plants and humans; and sing so that we enjoy their singing.)
- Therefore, birds must be protected: do not destroy nests and help them in winter.
-What did you like?
(19 slide) Assess your mood, you see different larks on the board, if you think that you worked in the lesson with a desire, you were confident. It was interesting for you to attach your drawing to the green lark. If you think that you worked at the lesson with desire, but not very confidently, felt some kind of inconvenience, worried, attach your drawing to the blue lark. If you think that you worked in the lesson without desire, were afraid to answer and do the work, attach your drawing to the red lark. Cognitive UUD
Personal UUD
Regulatory UUD
Regulatory UUD
(self-esteem)
11. HOMEWORK (20 slide) Learn by heart one of the paragraphs of G. Skrebitsky's story "The Lark"
Draw a drawing.
Make up riddles about birds. - The lesson is over. We tried to reveal the theme of spring in literature, music and art. Let everyone take with them the purity of azure, the warm rays of the April sun and the March song of the flooded lark.
Sections: Primary School
Class: 2
Main goals:
- Identification of the circle of erudition of students, consolidation of literary concepts of works of art, the formation of reading skills.
- Development of reading skills, development of speech, development of the level of possession of a certain system of skills and abilities to work with a book, enrichment of speech with expressive means of the language.
- Education of emotional and aesthetic perception of a work of art of creative activity.
Lesson equipment:
- Cover model, genre substitutes.
- Exhibition of books about spring.
- Homemade books.
- Cards for individual reading.
- Musical arrangement.
- Pictograms.
- Tokens for responders.
Board layout:
- Lesson topic.
- Epigraph.
- Cover models (small).
- Heading “Happy birthday!”
- Model of G. Skrebitsky's story "The Lark" (deputy genres)
I. Comprehensive knowledge test
- At the beginning of the lesson, we will make a journey into the world of literature and turn the pages of famous works.
Page 1.
- Recognize the work from the passage you read.
- “The sun shines brightly, and its rays, playing and smiling, bathe in puddles along with sparrows. ( A. Chekhov"Spring")
- “She didn’t get down to business right away. At first I thought: what kind of picture would she draw? ( G. Skrebitsky"Spring is an artist")
- “Lark flew to the noise, looked around, listened and chirped: Spring, the sun, the sky is clear, and you quarrel?” ( N. Sladkov"Thawed patch")
Page 2
Now name the heroes of the work. (Dialogue on roles.)
- Dude, what's wrong with you? Yes, you have no face! Shriveled and blackened!
- Bad things, - I evaporate ... (Snow and Wind)
Page 3
- Think...
What works correspond to these models?
(Children name the works corresponding to these models.)
What do these works have in common?
Student responses:
– These works are about nature, about spring.
- And how does A.S. Pushkin call this season in the poem “Driven by spring rays”?
Student responses:
- Pushkin calls spring - the morning of the year.
What is the name of this technique in the literature?
Student responses.
II. Introduction to new work
- And now let's slightly open the door to the world of music, literature and art (the musical excerpt of Tchaikovsky's "Song of the Lark" sounds).
- Show your feelings in motion.
- Use the pictograms to show the mood that this piece of music evoked in you.
Let's try to carry this bright cheerful mood through the whole lesson. After all, the epigraph to today's conversation are the lines of Baratynsky, let's read them in chorus:
Spring, spring! How clean the air is!
How clear is the sky...
- And the theme of the lesson is: Spring in literature, music and art. Georgy Skrebitsky "Lark".
Now compare the music and the following lines.
(The teacher reads the text.)
III. Definition of the genre and theme of the work
- Did you like this piece?
– What did you hear?
- Is this model suitable for the listened piece?
(The teacher poses a problem that the children must solve and prove.) Why is it not suitable?
- Help to fill in the table-diagram:
| Works about nature |
– Skrebitsky
- Prishvin
– Ushinsky
– Sladkov
– Zhukovsky
– Pushkin
– Tyutchev
- Thanks!
IV. Work with text
- 1 paragraph. How does the author describe sunrise?
- 2 paragraph. Read How does a lark appear?
- Last paragraph. What does Skrebitsky compare the lark to?
V. Work in a notebook on literary reading under the guidance of a teacher.
VI. Literary and creative work
Teacher: Close your eyes for a moment... (music plays).
Imagine clear, clear skies. Light clouds. From behind the distant forest, the sun slowly rises, illuminating the fields, forests and hillocks in pink. Suddenly, from one of these hillocks, a small gray bird flies up and from there, from a blue height, a joyful, ringing song pours onto the ground. Listen... The quiet ringing of drops, the murmur of a troublesome brook, and something else so bright... Have you imagined?
I won't ask. Let this be a secret that will later be revealed to everyone.
(Children begin to draw illustrations for this work.)
Showcase of good work. When the children finish illustrating, the teacher asks them: “Come to me! The cover model is ready!”
- What work did you meet?
- Who wrote it?
– What other works by Skrebitsky do you remember?
– What does Skrebitsky write about?
- Name the writers, poets who write about nature? Let's welcome the book model. Happy birthday, another DIY!
VII. Group work
Checking creative homework.
Theatrical performance.
1 group. Dramatization of an excerpt from M. Gorky's work "Sparrow".
Sparrow: What is the world and is it good for me? Why do trees sway?
(A person walks by.)
Sparrow: Ouch! Ouch! Purely his wings were cut off by a cat, only the bones remained ...
Sparrow Mom: This is a man, they are all wingless.
Sparrow: Nonsense! Everyone must have wings!
2 group. Homemade.
Children go to the board with homemade products in their hands. Their number is announced as follows: "Under the sail of spring, spring sketches." Children read their own thoughts, naming the work (title, author).
For example: “Thawed patches are islands of new life…” Nikolay Sladkov, “Thawed patches”.
Or
“A flower coming towards us in the snow, - A simple flower,
But how much does he carry.” E. Shim “What does spring smell like”.
3rd group. A work of folklore.
Children in Russian folk costumes perform with their own work.
Walk round dance
In honor of the cheerful, eminent
Our mother - Spring,
Call "Vesnyanka"
Come spring, red spring,
Come spring, spring with joy!
Oh-lyuli-lyuli, come!
Sun clear rise
Illuminate a thousand people.
Failure - into the XXI century - do not let go!
Oh - Lyuli, do not let go!
VIII Homework
Level task.
- Expressive reading of the story (weak level).
- By heart - favorite passage (strong level).
VIII Summary of the lesson
- The lesson is over. We tried to reveal the theme of spring in literature, music and art. Let everyone take with them the purity of azure, the warm rays of the April sun and the March song of the flooded lark.
We treat everyone present with “Larks” biscuits.
It happened a long time ago. Spring-Krasna flew from the south to our region. She gathered to decorate the forests with green foliage, to spread a motley carpet of herbs and flowers in the meadows. But here's the trouble: Winter doesn't want to leave, apparently, she liked visiting us; every day, it becomes fervent: it will spin a blizzard, a blizzard, it will roam with all its might ...
- When are you going to your North? Spring asks her.
- Wait, - Zima answers, - your time has not come yet.
Waited, waited for Spring and was tired of waiting. And then all the birds and animals - all living things prayed to her: "Drive away Winter, she froze us completely, let us at least bask in the sun, lie in the green grass."
Again Spring asks Winter:
- Are you leaving soon?
And Winter is cunning, that's what she came up with:
- I have become old, - replies Vesna. - I mixed up all the months, I don’t remember when the time comes for me to pack on a long journey. Let's decide this: as the first bird sings in spring, so, then, I'm going to the North.
Spring agreed. She flew through the fields, through the forests, called all the birds that wintered in these parts, and said to them:
- Sing some fun songs! Winter, as soon as he hears them, will leave here.
“It’s not difficult,” the birds agreed happily. - Tomorrow morning, as soon as the sun comes out, we will immediately sing.
Morning came, the sun rose. I wanted to look at the earth, but it was not there: Winter covered the whole sky with gray clouds and, well, let's sprinkle fields and forests with snow flakes. And then, as it spins like a blizzard, you can’t see the white light.
All the birds hid in all directions. And Winter is happy. Spring says:
- Something I do not hear a bird's cheerful song. So it's early for me to leave. I'll live another month, maybe two.
And on the second, and on the third day - everything is bad weather: either it is snowing, or it is raining along with snow.
"How can we get rid of Winter?" the birds think.
Finally, the most mischievous of them - sparrows - decided to sing. It does not matter that it is cold and damp outside. Sparrows chirped outside the village outskirts, I can’t stop it straight. Wings open, tails spread out, jump on each other, scream, make noise, climb out of their skin, they try so hard.
- Do you hear how cheerfully the sparrows sing? Spring says to Zima. But she didn't listen.
- Is it singing? she replied. - I have bullfinches and crossbills screaming from morning to night. I don't think it's singing...
The spotted woodpecker heard their conversation and says to Spring:
“You can’t seem to get by without my help. Tomorrow I will get down to business: I will arrange such a concert in the forest, it will be a pleasure to listen to it.
Spring agreed, she is looking forward to what kind of spring concert the spotted woodpecker will arrange in the forest.
She just didn't have to wait long. As soon as dawn broke, a woodpecker flew up to the top of a dry pine tree, sat there more comfortably on its trunk, grabbed the bark with tenacious claws, leaned on its outstretched tail, and how it tapped its beak on a dry tree.
Far away through the forest, the drum roll of the forest drummer - woodpecker echoed. And now, from different directions, there was an answering chatter. All the woodpeckers, as if on cue, began to drum, welcoming the arrival of Spring.
- Do you hear how joyfully woodpeckers meet me? It's time for you to leave! Spring says to Zima.
And Winter just waved her hand.
- Listen, - he answers, - how old pines and spruces creak in a storm, it turns out even more fun. Your woodpeckers do not know how to sing at all, they only knock with their noses. What is this song?!
"What's true is true," Spring sighed. She decided to look for other singers.
“Let me try,” the tit suggested, “neither snow nor frost are terrible for me.” Let the sun come out, I'll sing right away.
The tit waited until the sun came out from behind the clouds. She began to flit from branch to branch, and she sang in a clear voice: “Chik-chik, chik-chik….” Deftly she does it, as if a silver bell is ringing.
- Do you hear how well the tit sings? Spring asked Winter. - Or do you not even consider this a song?
“Of course not,” Zima replies. - Come with me to the forest, better listen to how the icicles on the branches ring when the wind shakes them. Where better to go. No, it's not a song at all.
Cunning Winter. He does not want to recognize the tit as a real singer. What can you do, you'll have to find someone else.
What if I try my luck? - the long-tailed gray bunting offered its services. - I lived all winter with sparrows on the village threshing floors, and now I have moved to a forest clearing. There I will sing my first song.
“Well, try it,” Spring agreed.
And so, as soon as morning came, the oatmeal sat on the top of the tree and sang in a thin voice: “Zin-zin-zin-z-i-i-i-i-i-n.” She paused, rested a little and again: "Zin-zin-zin-ziiiiiiiiiiin."
A simple song turned out, but such a good, sincere one.
- Do you hear how nice the oatmeal sings? Spring said to Zima. So, it's time for you to go on a long journey.
Winter laughed.
- Well, a song, well, a singer! Yes, in my forest, kinglets and pikas squeak from morning to night. I don't consider this a song.
Spring is sad. Which singer should she turn to? He doesn't even know who to ask.
And then, lo and behold, out of nowhere - a black grouse flew in. He looks handsome: the feathers are black with a bluish tint, the eyebrows are red, the tail curls in pigtails on two sides. It is immediately obvious - a forest artist.
“I should have been asked long ago,” he said to Spring. - I'll sing to the whole forest. Both birds and animals - all my singing is well known.
Spring was delighted: “Finally, a real singer was found. Now Zima can’t answer back.”
And now, only morning came, from a high birch there was a fervent cry of a black grouse. “Choo-fshshshshsh! Chufshshshshshshsh!" - he hissed, so loudly that it was heard not only in the forest, but also in the fields, and in the whole district.
“Look, the black grouse zachufykal,” people in the neighboring village said, “it means that soon it will be warm.”
Spring flew to Winter.
- Do you hear how loud the grouse sings in the forest? People in the village interpret that it’s because of the warmth that he’s so sung, so it’s time for you to go home.
What do I care about people? Winter replies arrogantly. - You make the birds sing like spring, then I'll leave. And the black grouse does not sing at all, only hisses like a snake. Can this be called a song?
Spring didn't answer her. She flew away, thinking: what should she do next, what kind of singer to find, so that Winter would not be able to dissuade her again. There are many singers: warblers, robins, nightingales ... you can’t count them all, only they all winter in the south. Now these birds cannot wait until the snow melts in their native lands, the grass turns green and it will be possible to return to their home again. But while the whole earth is covered with snow, while Winter rules in the fields and forests, migratory birds are afraid to return to their homeland.
So Spring could not come up with anything for the whole day.
Night came again, followed by morning. The sun slowly emerged from behind the distant forest. It illuminated the forests and fields, all white - covered with snow. Only in some places on a hillock the wind blew away the white dress of winter. There darkened the frozen ground, covered with last year's brown grass.
Suddenly, from one of these hillocks, a small gray bird flew up - a lark. It took off, but did not rush off into the distance, not at all. She fluttered her wings and began to slowly rise higher and higher. And from there, from a blue height, a joyful ringing song poured onto the earth.
In this song, one could hear the quiet ringing of a spring drip, and the murmur of a troublesome brook, and something else so bright, joyful, which cannot be expressed in words.
Far, far away, the song of the lark resounded through the fields, through the meadows, and even through the dense forest slums.
Hearing this spring song, everyone who was hiding from the fierce winter cold hastily climbed out of their minks, from the cracks, from the cracks. Beetles, spiders, bugs ... got out into the sun, basked there, spread their wings, antennae, legs ...
Crawled out of the hole and a fat lazy badger. Even the huge bear shifted from side to side in his lair.
All the animals and birds and tiny insects listened to the song of the lark, and all, probably, thought of one thing: that now the fierce cold was no longer terrible, that there was nothing to be afraid of it, because bright spring days always come after the winter storm.
And the lark kept singing, rising higher and higher. The bright sun illuminated him, and now he no longer looked like a gray bird from the ground, but a golden star, a second tiny sun born from the earth itself.
- What, and this is not a song? Spring asked Winter.
But Winter did not answer her, only waved her hand. She was already on her way.
