The Summers readers: manual, first lessons in reading

by Maud Summers

A

1. The teacher writes an action word on the blackboard.

2. The teacher asks a child to perform the action.

3. The child looks at the blackboard and reads the word.
(This is the beginning of oral reading.)

B

1. The teacher asks a child to perform any action he chooses.

2. The teacher asks another child to tell what the first one did.

3. The teacher writes the action word on the blackboard.

C

1. One child tells another what action to perform.