Chapter I: Front Matter

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_THE SUMMERS READERS_

MANUAL
FIRST LESSONS IN READING

BY
MAUD SUMMERS

FRANK D. BEATTYS AND COMPANY
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1908, by
+FRANK D. BEATTYS AND COMPANY
NEW YORK+

THE DE VINNE PRESS

CONTENTS.

Chapter Page

+PART I.+

LEARNING TO READ 3

1. The Fundamental Principles in Learning to Read.

2. Elements of Reading:

(a) The Thought Element.

(b) The Symbol Element.

(c) The Phonic Element.

3. Methods of Teaching Reading.

4. Summary.

+PART II.+

FIRST HALF YEAR: FIRST STEP 21

1. Ear Training Exercises.

2. Preliminary Blackboard Lessons.

+PART III.+

FIRST HALF YEAR: SECOND STEP 49

1. Blackboard Lessons and Primer.

2. Phonic Lessons:

(a) The Consonant Sounds.

(b) Phonograms derived from Words used
in the Primer.

(c) Word Drill.

+PART IV.+

SECOND HALF YEAR: THIRD STEP 75

1. Reading from the First Reader.

2. Phonic Lessons:

(a) The Vowel Sounds.

(b) Equivalent Vowel Sounds.

(c) Word Drill.

+PART V.+

THIRD HALF YEAR: FOURTH STEP 99

1. Reading from the Second Reader.

2. Phonic Lessons:

(a) Initial and Final Syllables taught as
Phonograms.

(b) Word Drill.

3. Later Work.

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CONSONANT SOUNDS 112

VOWEL SOUNDS 113