Have the children copy these sentences, telling them that the quotation marks are put around “Where are my baby stars?” because these are the words of the moon. If omitted in dictation lessons, have the children open the book and put them in, but do not count the omission as an error.
Capital Letters
Lesson 50, Page 38
In addition to teaching the use of a capital at the beginning of a sentence, the names of five of the months of the year are given in Lesson 50, and a proper name is introduced into Lesson 56. Here is a chance to emphasize that the names of the months, and the names of people, always begin with a capital letter no matter where they occur in the sentence.
Dictionary Preparation
1. The order of the letters should be thoroughly familiar at this time. If not, it must be made so. (See suggestions for drill on page [27].)
2. Have the pupils read clearly and distinctly the words in any lesson,—as, for example, Lesson 1, page 25,—telling the first letter in each, saying, “The first letter in moon is m; the first letter in soon is s; the first letter in noon is n; the first letter in spoon is s.”
3. Have the pupils group words that begin with the same letter, as, Lessons 1, 2, and 3. Teacher says, “Find all the words in these three lessons that begin with s.”
Teacher: Find the words that begin with b.
Pupils: Bid and bar begin with b.