Opis: Professor of English, University of Nebraska GEORGE E. MARTIN President State Teachers College, Kearney, Nebraska THE UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY 1929 , str. 340, stan db+ (lekko podniszczona, zakurzona okładka, pieczątka, całość czytelna) PREFACE READING with appreciation is a fine art. As soon as children can read well the simplest sentences and easiest stories, they are entitled to the best. Children love those stories which they have heard their mothers or fathers tell or read. They also love to read charming new stories. This volume contains a choice collection of prose and poetry selections adapted to the needs of pupils who are familiar with the elementary mechanics of reading. These selections offer pupils an opportunity to perfect themselves in the mechanics of reading while acquiring a taste for the best in child reading and literature. The pupil should study his reading lesson with relish. The brief, simple introduction to each lesson leads him to approach the study intelligently. The notes, drills, and exercises outline for him a definite program of work. This program should be varied as the needs of the pupil and the judgment of the teacher dictate. The additional readings suggest a wider field from which the teacher and her pupils may obtain material to broaden and deepen the impressions gained from the study of each single selection. Special emphasis should be placed upon correct pronunciation, distinct enunciation, perfect articulation, and the correct use of words in sentences of the pupils' making. Diacritical markings should be used to show the correct pronunciation of words on the board, in the reader, or in the dictionary. Diacritical marking of difficult words, articulation drills taken from the poem or story read, and simple directions for relating the study of reading vitally to the life of the pupil, are given with each selection. The authors desire to acknowledge their indebtedness to the intermediate and rural school teachers who have proved the worth of these studies in schoolroom practice. Especial thanks are due to Lucy Williams Tinley of Council Bluffs, Iowa; to Superintendent A. H. Waterhouse of the Public Schools of Fremont, Nebraska; to Superintendent H. B. Wilson of the Public Schools of Topeka, Kansas; to E. L. Holton, Professor of Sociology and Rural Education in the Kansas State Agricultural College, for practical suggestions and helpful criticisms; and to former State Superintendent W. K. Fowler of Nebraska, for expert care, criticism, and corrections in the preparation of this volume.
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