McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition · Lesson XXX · Part 6: Ice, mills and cars

30. Review: ice, skates and cars

Goal: Your child reads four paragraphs that mix the words of Lessons XXVI to XXIX.

⏱ About 15 minutes · 7 steps

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You'll need

  • The book, open to the lesson
  • A slate, small whiteboard or paper and pencil

What's in the book

A review page: the ice on the mill pond, boys skating, the cars, and the girls' skates that roll on the floor.

The lesson, step by step

  1. Warm up

    Turn back to Lesson XXIX. Point to the new words at the top and have your child read them:

    for out as how try horse should hurt cars be no

    Any that are slow go in tomorrow's warm-up too.

  2. No new words today

    SayThis page has no new words. You know every word on it!

    Let your child look the page over first and point to any word they are unsure of. Read those together.

  3. Read the review

    Your child reads the page aloud, one sentence at a time, pointing to each word. Help with any word by sounding it out or turning back to the lesson where it was new. Sentences like these:

    There is ice on the pond, and the mill wheel can not go round.

  4. Talk about the picture

    SayLook at the picture together. What do you see?

    SayWhat happened to John?

  5. Slate work

    Your child chooses one short sentence from the page and copies it onto the slate. Check the capital at the start and the mark at the end.

  6. Spell a few

    Say three short words from this page (any from earlier lessons). Your child spells each one aloud, then finds it on the page.

  7. Wrap up

    Your child reads the sentence they like best, one more time, with expression. Praise the effort: this whole page is theirs now.

Afterwards

Reread this review page tomorrow, then any two old lessons your child picks.

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