This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...caught the hare? Who taught you that a and u make the drawling sound? FOR DRILL ON LESSONS 17 AND 18. 7. c t System for marked and ttfcnl letters applicable to the script form:--a i i Suggestions. Think the sounds of the letters as I point, but do not speak them: h-a-re. Who has thought the word? Think the sounds in this word: p-a-re. In this one: f-a-re, etc. Think the sounds in these words: f-I-ve, d-I-ve, h-I-ve, etc. Think the sounds in these words: s-i-x, f-i-x, m-i-x. Let us think the sounds in these words: n-i-n, m-i-ne, f-I-ne, etc. Think the sounds in these words: g-d, s-o, n-o. Think the sounds in these words: c-au-glit, t-au-glit. The object of this exercise is to lead the child to find out words silently. If trained to do this, we shall see the result, later, when, as he reads from the book he recognizes, almost at a glance, the pmcers of the letters and their combination into words. Tell me some little stories to write about some of these words that you have thought. Let us take those that have lazy a. VOCABULARY 10. Showing a system of marked and silent letters applicable to the script form. For the Teacher. Shoe. the mare. bare. But. the colt, let. the horse. Xotk. Have a little talk about the blacksmith and his work. Suggestions. 1. What do horses wear on their feet? Why? What do you call the man who shoes the horses? Of what are the shoes made? Why are they not made of leather? Does the little colt need shoes? Why not? If you wore neither shoes nor stockings, you would say your feet were.... Listen: sh-oe. Hear glad o: o, o, o. h-o-r-s-. Hear drawling o: 6, 6, 6. m-4-re. Hear lazy a: a, a, a. Watch the chalk while I write. Find shoe, horse, mare. Read: "Shoe the horse, and shoe the mare." 2. Listen again: B-u-t. Hear short u: u, u...
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