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A First Reader

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Aimed at beginning readers, this book pairs short rhymes, dramatizations, and illustrated readings about nature and childhood life with systematic phonics drills to build sight vocabulary and decoding skills. Lessons emphasize concrete, lively scenes—birds, flowers, wind, snow, play, and simple seasonal episodes—using language suited to a child's point of view. Early sight words introduced in a primer are expanded through engaging repetition and comparison exercises that teach children to observe sounds and letters, gain independent word‑mastery, and read aloud with accuracy and expression. A teacher's guide complements the graded sequence and suggested classroom activities.

A FIRST READER
THE ALDINE READERS

A FIRST READER

By
Frank E. Spaulding
Superintendent of Schools, Minneapolis, Minn.
and
Catherine T. Bryce
Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Minneapolis, Minn.
With Illustrations by
Margaret Ely Webb
NEW YORK
NEWSON & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1906, by
Newson and Company
All rights reserved
1648–13

The authors and publishers desire to acknowledge their obligation to Mr. Nathaniel L. Berry, Supervisor of Drawing in the Public Schools of Newton, Massachusetts, for valuable assistance in planning and arranging the illustrations in this book.