Public school methods . duction to silent reading, assuch, but from this time no day should pass with-out requiring some work of this kind, to beget care-fulness. In fact, at no time during the first year shouldthe pupil be allowed to read any sentence orally untilhe has taken time first to read it silently. This course,rigidly adhered to, is of the utmost value, as it teachesthe child how to study and prevents the many bad habitsresulting from inattention or trying to do things withoutpreparation. (c) Action Sentences. As a childs life is largely madeup of action, action sentences may well be
Public school methods . duction to silent reading, assuch, but from this time no day should pass with-out requiring some work of this kind, to beget care-fulness. In fact, at no time during the first year shouldthe pupil be allowed to read any sentence orally untilhe has taken time first to read it silently. This course,rigidly adhered to, is of the utmost value, as it teachesthe child how to study and prevents the many bad habitsresulting from inattention or trying to do things withoutpreparation. (c) Action Sentences. As a childs life is largely madeup of action, action sentences may well be used in the processof learning to read. In giving a sentence for the first time,use the childs impulse to imitate. If the word hop is to beused, write it on the board with a capital and a period, toshow that it is a complete thought. Then let the teacherperform the action, so the child may make the connectionbetween the word and the action. Lastly, let the childrenwho can read the sentence perform the action, or select. First Year Reading 35 a slow child to perform it, and later let him read thesentence, e. g.: Hop. Hop to me. Hop to the door. Run. Run to me. Run to the door. Run around the room. Hop around the room. Other verbs that should be taught early in the term arerun, jump, walk, fly, skip, hop, bow, look, open, shut, give,take, throw, shake, laugh, cry, sing, ring, roll, bound, drop,erase, come, go, stop, hide, bring and show. All verbs of thisclass are easy to teach, because the meaning is shown ineach case by the action the word represents. Such wordsas is, are, and, but, for, if, and the like, must be taught inphrases and sentences without attempt at definition. Pupilsgain the meaning by inference. (d) Pictures and Reading. The value of showing illus-trative pictures with sentences, beside adding interest,emphasizes the meaning of the sentence as it is read. If the teacher can draw on the board, however crudely,she can give meaning to a vocabulary insisted upon by
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