The Summers readers: manual, first lessons in reading

by Maud Summers

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.
CONSONANT SOUNDS		112
VOWEL SOUNDS		113