BROOKS'S READERS
FIRST YEAR
BY
STRATTON D BROOKS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
NEW YORK · CINCINNATI · CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Copyright, 1906, by
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.
Copyright, 1907, Tokyo.
BROOKS'S READERS, FIRST YEAR.
CONTENTS
| SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS |
4 |
| FIRST REVIEW |
59 |
| SECOND REVIEW |
71 |
| THIRD REVIEW |
96 |
| FOURTH REVIEW |
124 |
| WORD LIST |
125 |
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| The Stories: |
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| A BUSY TIME |
77 |
| THE COW |
82 |
| THE RAIN |
84 |
| THE BROOK |
86 |
| MY BOX OF SAND |
88 |
| THE BOAT |
89 |
| OUR HOME |
90 |
| THE TREES |
92 |
| THE SAILOR BOY |
94 |
| LITTLE BOPEEP |
97 |
| THE SNOW |
100 |
| MY SHIP AT SEA |
102 |
| THE BIRDS IN WINTER |
106 |
| LITTLE BOY BLUE |
108 |
| DRIVING THE COWS |
110 |
| THE BOX OF TOOLS |
112 |
| SPRING |
114 |
| THE FIVE GOATS |
116 |
| MAKING BUTTER |
120 |
| MARY AND THE BROOK |
122 |
The sole purpose of this book is to help the children
to learn to read. While it may ultimately lead to the acquisition
of knowledge concerning many subjects, its present aim is
only to make reading easy. The lessons are, therefore, on subjects
familiar to every child. The words are such as children
habitually use in conversation; they are introduced gradually,
and as a rule are repeated many times. Since proficiency in
reading is best attained by much practice, care has been taken
to present as large an amount as possible of interesting matter
which the child can readily master. Every line is for the pupil
to read. The stories are so constructed as to encourage and
secure naturalness of expression without the intervention of rules
or formal drills. The gradation both in thought and in expression
is easy and natural.
Although the learning of words by much repetition and familiarity
with their forms is an essential feature of this book, its
foundation is nevertheless phonetic. Yet, for the sake of leaving
it perfectly adaptable to any method of teaching, the phonetic
basis has not been emphasized. The systematic introduction of
words which may serve as key-words for the acquisition of others
containing similar phonetic elements has been carefully observed,
and it is believed that this is the natural method untrammeled by
any artificial classification.
As further aids toward making the child's first reading lessons
easy, the sentences are short. There are no broken lines in the
first hundred pages. Indentations help the young reader to keep
the place. There are no interfering illustrations in the text.
Each story is complete without turning a leaf.
Grateful acknowledgments are extended to Miss Frances Lilian
Taylor of Galesburg, Illinois, to Mr. W. J. Button of Chicago,
and to Miss Matilda Mitchell, primary teacher, Phillips Brooks
School, Boston, for valuable suggestions and assistance.
SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
As stated on the preceding page, the foundation of this work is phonetic.
The author believes that children may profitably learn many words without
reference to their phonetic composition, and that among these certain key-words
should be selected from which the elementary sounds of the language
may be developed. These elements will give the pupils the power of acquiring
new words. For example, observe the following key-words and the sounds
developed from them:—
| Page 5, |
flag; |
teach f, l, ă, g. |
| Page 7, |
fan; |
teach n. |
| Page 8, |
can; |
teach c. |
| Page 10, |
has; |
teach h, s̝. |
| Page 10, |
get; |
teach ĕ, t. |
| Page 12, |
cap; |
teach p. |
| Page 13, |
drum; |
teach d, r, ŭ. |
| Page 14, |
am; |
teach m. |
| Page 15, |
not; |
teach ŏ. |
| Page 15, |
big; |
teach b, ĭ. |
| Page 16, |
see; |
teach s, ē. |
| Page 17, |
ball; |
teach a̤. |
| Page 17, |
play; |
teach ā. |
| Page 18, |
jump; |
teach j. |
| Page 19, |
bird; |
teach ĩ. |
| Page 19, |
fly; |
teach ȳ = ī. |
| Page 21, |
wall; |
teach w. |
| Page 24, |
good; |
teach oo. |
| Page 25, |
with; |
teach th. |
| Page 31, |
some; |
teach ȯ. |
Observe the great number of easy and common words that may be developed
from the sounds thus learned from the first ten key-words named
above. The list includes an, as, ran, had, pan, man, tan, let, met, pet, bet, men,
pen, fig, did, bit, little, not, lot, got, hot, log, and a great many more. Similar
key-words emphasizing the remaining sounds should be selected as the work
proceeds. Teachers preferring to introduce the sounds less rapidly, may teach
these first words as words and select others later in the book to serve as key-words.
The blackboard should be in constant use, and the pupils' ingenuity
in forming new words and new sentences should be tested at every recitation.
The few exercises in script given at the beginning of the book are suggestive
of the manner in which much additional drill in reading may be presented on
the blackboard. The diacritical marks should not be taught to the children.
| a flag |
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I have a flag
I have a flag
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I have a fan.
I see the fan.
See the fan.
See the fan I have.
I have a fan.
I see the fan.
See the fan I have.
See the flag.
I have the fan.
I can see the flag.
I have a dog.
Can the dog have the flag?
The dog can see the flag.
Can I see the dog?
Can I see a fan?
Can the dog see the fan?
can fan flag dog
I see a flag.
I see a fan.
I see a dog.
The dog can see.
The dog can have the flag.
I can have the fan.
I can see the dog.
I see a flag.
I see a fan.
I see a dog.
The dog can see.
The dog can have the flag.
I can have the flag.
I can see the dog.
has get boy
See! The dog has the flag.
The boy has the dog.
Can the boy get the flag?
I can get the flag.
I have the dog.
I can get the flag.
girl and
See the girl and the fan.
cap hat
cap hat
The boy has a cap.
The girl has a hat.
I see the girl and the hat.
I see the boy and the cap.
I have a hat and a cap.
Can the dog have the cap?
The boy has a cap and a flag.
run drum
run drum
See the dog run.
The boy has a drum.
The dog has a hat.
Can the boy get the hat?
Can the dog get the drum?
The girl can run.
The girl can get the drum.
am my little
I am a boy.
I am a little boy.
See my drum and my cap.
not big is
I am a girl.
I am not a big girl.
I am a little girl.
I have a big fan.
See the fan I have.
The girl is not a big girl.
The fan is not a little fan.
A little girl can not have a drum.
The girl has a cap and a fan.
The boy and the girl can run.
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cat you me to
I see you.
I see you, little cat.
Can you not see me?
Run, run to me, little cat.
The big dog can not get you.
I can run to you, little girl.
Can you run to me?
I am not a big cat.
I am a little cat.
I see you and I run to you.
ball play catch it
The ball! Get the ball!
Can the girl play ball?
Can the boy catch the ball?
Run, little boy, and catch it.
See, I can play ball.
I have it. I can catch it.
You can not get it, little boy.
You can not catch a ball.
The little girl and I can play ball.
jump hop like
See the big boy and the little boy.
Can the little boy jump?
Jump, jump, jump!
Hop, hop, hop!
Can you hop to me, little boy?
I can not hop to you.
I can jump to you.
I like to run and jump.
I see you can jump, little boy.
You can jump like a big boy.
bird fly
I see a little bird.
The bird can fly.
Fly, little bird, fly. I like to see you fly.
Can you fly, little girl?
Can you fly like me?
I like to fly. I am a bird.
The dog and the cat can play.
The boy can hop and jump.
The little girl can not fly like the bird.
in tree
I am a bird. I am in a tree.
Can you see me, little boy?
nest by wall
The bird has a nest.
The nest is in the tree.
The tree is by the wall.
Can you see the bird in the nest?
I can see the tree by the wall.
I can see the nest in the tree.
The bird is not in the nest.
Fly to the nest, little bird.
Fly to the nest in the tree.
do sing let
I have a bird.
My bird can sing to me.
Do you see it in the tree?
Let it fly and sing.
I can sing to you, little boy.
Can you sing to me?
Sing to me, fly to me.
I am in the tree.
The tree is by the wall.
I can not fly like you, little bird.
You can not play like me.
Do you like to play?
You have a nest and can sing.
You can not get me, little boy.
The cat can not catch me.
I am in my nest in the tree.
one two bed dogs
I have two little dogs.
I have one cat. Do you see it?
My dogs like to run and play.
My dogs have a little bed.
Do you see the dogs in the bed?
I like my dogs and my cat.
milk drink good for
Run to me, little dogs.
Do you like milk?
I have a little milk for you.
See the milk. Do you like it?
Can you drink it? Is it good?
I like to drink milk.
I like to see you drink it.
Milk is good for you.
doll pretty with here
The little girl has a doll.
Is it not a pretty doll?
My pretty doll, I like to play with you.
You can not run with the dogs.
You can not sing with the bird.
You can play here with me.
I have a pretty bed for you.
Here it is. Here is your bed.
I like to play with my pretty doll.
Grace our sister she
The girl with the doll is Grace.
She is our little sister.
She is a good girl.
She likes to play with the doll.
She likes to sing to it.
She sings about the bird in the tree.
will song
Will you sing to me, Grace?
Will you sing me a pretty song?
The bird will sing to you, sister.
Little bird, pretty bird,
Little bird in the tree,
Sing a song, little bird,
Sing to sister and me.
this rabbit how
See this pretty rabbit, Grace.
I like this little rabbit.
See how it can jump.
Rabbit, run to me. Jump, rabbit.
Let me see how you can jump.
I like to play with you.
I like to see you hop and jump.
Do you like milk, little rabbit?
Can you drink like my dogs?
Do you have a pretty bed like the doll?
My dogs will not catch you, rabbit.
Bennie brother many
This is Bennie.
Bennie is my brother.
See the little rabbits with Bennie.
How many rabbits do you see?
See how the rabbits jump and play.
about gray
Here is a song I sing about Bennie.
Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit,
Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit,
Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit,
One little rabbit gray.
One little, two little, three little rabbits,
Four little, five little, six little rabbits,
Seven little, eight little, nine little rabbits,
Ten little rabbits gray.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
look at top spin
Look, look, Grace! Look, sister!
Look at my big top.
See how I can spin it.
Can you spin it, Grace?
I can not spin a top, Bennie.
I like to play with my doll.
Boys like to spin tops.
Girls do not like to spin tops.
come book give mother tell
Come here, Bennie, my little boy.
Do you see this pretty book?
I will give it to a good little boy.
Will you give it to me, mother?
Am I a good boy?
I like a pretty book.
I will tell sister Grace about it.
Grace will like to look at it.
picture some of
Come here, Grace, and see this book.
It is a pretty picture book.
Come and look at the pictures with me.
I will tell you about some of the pictures.
How good mother is!
How good she is to give you this book!
See this picture of a boy and a girl.
See! Here is a picture of a dog.
It looks like one of my dogs.
Here is a picture of a rabbit.
It is a big gray rabbit.
Here is a picture of some boys.
See the boys run and play.
Here is a picture of a little girl.
She has a doll and a fan.
She looks like you, Grace.
baby child love
This is our baby sister.
Is she not a pretty child?
I love our baby.
Have you a baby sister?
walk talk far your
Can our baby walk?
She can walk a little.
She can not walk far.
See how she can walk.
Come, baby, come to your sister.
See how far you can walk.
The good child can walk to me.
She can not talk to me.
well call soon too
Look, mother, look! Call the baby.
See how well she can walk.
See how far she can walk.
Soon she can run and play.
She will soon talk, too.
She likes to look at pictures.
I will let her look at my book.
Come, baby! See this pretty book!
I will let you see the pictures.
Here is a picture of a flag.
Here is a girl with a fan.
Here is a dog with a hat.
Call the dog, baby. Call the dog.
The baby calls. The dog will not come.
Our baby sister will soon talk.
She will talk to mother and Grace.
ground found round eggs
Bennie, come here, come here.
Look here on the ground.
What have you found, Grace?
I have found a nest. It has eggs in it.
See the eggs. How round they are!
any oh no her we
How many birds are in this nest?
Let me see the pretty nest.
I do not see any birds in it.
I see some eggs in the nest.
How many do you see?
Is the nest for me?
Oh, no, no, no.
Is the nest for you?
Oh, no, no, no.
The bird made the nest on the ground.
The nest is not for me.
The nest is not for you.
The nest is for the good little bird.
We found the nest on the ground.
She loves her nest and her round eggs.
We will not get any of her eggs.
kittens on what
Here is a picture of some cats.
I see one big cat and two kittens.
The mother cat is on some books.
She calls the kittens.
Come, kittens, come.
See what is here.
See what I have found.
What can the mother cat see?
under they now
