First Lessons in Reading; Based on the Phonic-Word Method (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ... correctly any one of them. Write and have marked nut, mule, cattle. (The Roman letters in Italicized words indicate silent letters, which should be crossed out by the children when marking words diacritically.) Write cub, have it developed, and, by changing a letter or letters, form the following words and have them developed: cube, cure, pure, tub, tube, rub. Write, Let Tom have my--Utter the sounds of gun, the children writing the letters. Have the sentence read. Use drum, pup, and cube in the same manner. Write, Do you see the--Pronounce sun. Have a child separate it into its elementary sounds as the teacher writes the letters. Ask what sound was heard first, what vowel sound came next, and what was the last sound; also, what was the last letter, the first letter. LESSON XXII. ch, sh. Ship, catch, fish, much.--The sounds of ch and sh, although composed of two letters, are elementary consonant sounds. Each of these sounds is entirely distinct from the sound of the letters of which they are composed when used singly; and each is just as completely a single sound, as if it were represented by a single letter. Speak of these sounds as the sound of ch or sh, and not as c and h, or s and h. To make the sound of ch, press the tongue against the roof of the mouth, and force breath through suddenly. To learn the sound of ch, say chin, and observe the first sound; or much, and observe the last sound. To make the sound of sh, place the tongue in position for s, only farther back, and force breath over it. To learn the sound of sh, say ship, and observe the first sound; or fish, and observe the last sound. Teach this pair (ch, sh) sounding them alternately. Lead the children to notice that the sound of ch is very sharp and short, while that of sh is soft and a litt...