Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Twentieth Century Spellers, Vol. 1 of 2: In Two Books
IT is suggested that oral spelling be not required until the beginning of the second year. During the first year the words should be recognized as wholes and should be so taught. It is presumed that the words selected will be found in the reading work of the year. The spelling work is intended to supplement the reading work so that the pupils will be called upon to copy only those words and sentences which they have first been taught to read. Let the teacher in the latter half of the first year con duct frequent and rapid drills on reciting the letters in order, beginning with a certain letter and completing the alphabet, rather than in reciting the entire alphabet, when once it has been taught. Let the pupils be led to observe the distinction between vowels and consonants by finding whether the letter can stand alone or has to lean on some other letter. Thus: Does a lean on any other letter? Does 6? Does 6? Does f? In this way all the letters of the alphabet may be treated, and the pupils led to determine which are vowels and which are consonants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
