SPELLER GRADES ONE, TWO, AND THREE BY JULIA HELEN WOHLFARTH FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF HORACE MANN ELEMENTARY SCHOCL AND LILLIAN EMILY ROGERS TEACHER IN HORACE MANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK WORLD BOOK COMPANY NEW-WORLD SPELLERS By Julia H Wohlfarth, formerly principal of Horace New-World Speller: Grades 1 and 2 Illustrated in color. vi+96 pages. List price, 25 cents; New-World Speller: Grades 3, 4, and 5 Illustrated. viii+96 pages. List price, 20 cents; mailing New-World Speller: Grades 6, 7, and 8 Illustrated. viii+96 pages. List price, 20 cents; mailing Illustrated. vi+128 pages. List price, 30 cents; mailing New-World Speller: Briefer Course Grades 3 to 8 slightly abridged, in one volume. Illustrated. WORLD BOOK COMPANY Caspar W. Hodgson, Manager WRNWS123-1 Copyright, 1908, 1910, by World Book Company. Entered at Stationers' Hall, London. All rights reserved. ON THE TEACHING OF SPELLING IN THE PRIMARY GRADES THIS book is not a language book nor a supplementary reader, Introduction but a speller pure and simple. It aims to teach spelling from the outset in the same definite and systematic way in which number is taught. This involves devoting a few minutes each day to spelling as a distinct subject. The attempt to teach spelling incidentally has proved a failure. Equally fruitless has been the effort to select all words for the spelling lesson from the nature, language, and reading lessons. The words so selected may easily be read by the child, because reading involves grasping the words as wholes; but they are frequently too difficult to be spelled, and many do not lend themselves to definite, progressive spelling instruction. If it becomes necessary to use these more difficult words in written exercises, they should invariably be copied. The work of each primary grade is introduced by directions applying specifically to that grade. Read the suggestions to first grade teachers for the first steps. The following suggestions apply to all work in primary spelling. The sections are numbered to indicate the lessons which an Length of average class should devote to the study of a given group of lessons words. This numbering will guide the teacher in assigning lessons, but progress may be faster or slower according as the individual class is strong or weak in spelling. Each teacher, knowing the power of the class, must determine how much time is necessary to complete the work satisfactorily. Two or three words really mastered each day will insure a strong foundation and gradually develop power to advance more rapidly. Proceed slowly, leaving no weak spot to endanger future progress. In spelling, as in all other school subjects, one of the prin- Methods of cipal duties of the teacher is to train the pupils how to study. study and To accomplish this end it is imperative that the time devoted drill 223753 |