The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-14

corrected and especial attention should be given the position
Ct the body and 10 vocal and breathing exercises
FIRST GRADE
8Br ClaSs-Preiplinary blackboard lessons. Paymatss
nes ,hsrs y oas royai read toward the isashng q
Coordination Method
Seven eight weeks asal be spent in thorough mastery
OF from seyen-ve hundred words in script The words
shall Be chosen from the first part Of the adopted and shalt
h presented n the anos Interesting BY Of stories
about the cailiHe experiences memory gems pictures
picture stories objects and dranatzaton. These lessons shall
be given from the blackboard and shall be supplemented BY
use q perception cards in interesting drills and games Make
the drills interesting and rapid They drag Every
pupil be the alert AS sufficiently large vocab
uiaFy : mastered combine the words into sentences
The primer shall be placed the hands OF the pupils the
eighth o. ninth week # the preliminary work from the black
board has been thorough the transition from script print will
be made without much difficulty The words the first part
oi the book already familiar the pupils the boo-readng
srads T ps nsr word rs @ @ ~ u s later s work r. Of s tRf
mind most effectively The teacher OF primary pupils
any teacher must V resourceful .&
Such words as this that" there where when
which words about which few can woven NAV
b presented BY Of naming the letters them Be careful
that exercises OF this do become parot-
that the child Is yisuaizng each time letter named In this
way ne gets the form OF the word and incidentally gets the
of the letters Such the copying Of
words and sentences from the blackboard constitute the spelling
work OF this grade
Make that the reading this grade, all grades
Be houghgettng and ioughgving Give the pupils time
glance through every sentence before reading aloud but d
allow much time This gives the teacher opportunity 10
help them the hard places previously cleared AMI
nsues more nearly their ability give the thought with proper
expression WlerNver possible dramatic the lessons
The Oklahoma Reading Chart maybe used at the teacher
discretion She wifi find helpful in making the transition from
script to print and for supplementary reading
"a Cass-Weeler First Reader and Heath Reader
The work Of this grade is presented IN much the same mar
ne was that Of the first grade In this grade howeve
Manual OF Phoncs in Reading the basis for the Rapid
Ponc drills shall be given daily and period separate from
the reading recitation Let damatzaton play important part
awakened Interpretation of the gained Bet
ter expression is the result
SECOND GRADE
"Bn Class Wheeler Second Reader CGrst halo Heath
Second Reader first halN.
a. Class Wheeler Second Reader (econd half Heath
The second grade teachers should read carefully the sue
geston for the first grade Work in phoncs shall be continued
pupils become more and sefhepu acquiring
words By applying their knowledge Of phoncs Teach pupils
grouping As the sentences become longer do not allow the
reading become word calling but by continued drill in looking
through the sentence before the oral reading and the gaspns
Of thought groups work for natural smooth conversational
oral reading Give drill in silent reading and telling the story
THIRD GRADE
"B9 Class-Whceer Third Reader Cfirst half Heath
Third Reader first half)
"A" Class-Wheeler Third Reader (sceond half) Heath
Third Reader (second half
In grade the pupil must complete mastery OF phonc
and diacical marks New words shall be presented with their
diacritical marks. Continue teaching the child groups
that his expression be and Call
literary and fguatye expressions thereby enrichng the
ds vocabulary and giving him material for beautiful mental
pictures: g. the poem September "Aster by the brook
side make in the brook. in Sevensons Foreign
Lands there the dhnplng river the grownup river ami
the river is The sky blue looking glass
FOURTH GRADE
rfses (-r.,iol Cl,sc I,,~, p,sder ,rd IIestbss
Fourth Reader supplementary.
a. Class--Graded Classcs Fourth Reader and Hsaths
Fourth Reader
The selections the books for this grade especially rich
their literary value Read selections by authors and not from
back Of book Select author discuss MS style
characteristics read selections in first booeu given read
elections in second book
Make careful stud, OF words 70 their meaning the
Teach pupils ihe vocabulary, dictionary and
notes 10 not allow pupils read high strained voice,