McGuffey's Alternate First[-sixth] Reader, Book 1

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Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1887 - Readers
 

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Page 44 - For it is a pleasant day. Bring the hoop, and bring the ball, Come with happy faces all ; Let us make a merry ring, Talk and laugh, and dance and sing. Quickly, quickly, come away, For it is a pleasant day.
Page 43 - Come, my children, come away, For the sun shines bright today; Little children, come with me, Birds and brooks and posies see; Get your hats and come away, For it is a pleasant day.
Page 61 - BY ROSA GRAHAM. Sow, sow, sow, So the farmers sow ! Busy, busy, all the day, While the children are at play, Stowing, stowing close away Baby wheat and rye in bed, So the children may be fed, So, so, so. Sew, sew, sew, So the mothers sew ! Busy, busy, all the day, While the children are at play, Sewing, sewing fast away, So the children may have frocks, Trowsers, coats, and pretty socks, So, so, so, Sow, sew, so, So they sow and sew ; S, and O, and W, This is what the farmers do ; Put an E, in place...
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Page 70 - Create in me a clean heart, O LORD ; and renew a right spirit within me.
Page 6 - I. IN this book, all new words in each lesson are given at the head of that lesson. The pupil should be able to identify these words at sight, and to pronounce them correctly, before reading aloud the sentences in which they occur.
Page 79 - cried Arthur, " I don't want my horse. I can't take a real ride on him. He 's wooden, and I was tired of him long ago. I thought you meant for me to take a real ride," and the little fellow's eyes filled with tears. " So I do, my son," said his father, " and here comes the horse on which you are to take it. Is that animal real enough for you, sir ? " Around the corner came Joseph, leading a plump little black pony, with a long tail and mane, and a saddle, and bridle, and stirrups. Arthur was so...
Page 6 - The language work of pupils using the First Reader must be mainly oral. Exercises in writing short sentences containing words given by the teacher, and in describing pictures, both orally and in writing, will be found useful. The illustrations in all the books of this series will serve admirably for lessons in language work of this kind.

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