McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition · Lesson XLV · Part 9: Lighthouse, lambs and snow
45. Review: on the hill by the sea
Goal: Your child reads a longer review story that uses words from Lessons XLI to XLIV.
You'll need
- The book, open to the lesson
- A slate, small whiteboard or paper and pencil
What's in the book
A review story: Nat and a friend sit on a high hill by the lighthouse and meet a man with sheep and lambs, who tells about a wolf.
The lesson, step by step
Warm up
Turn back to Lesson XLIV. Point to the new words at the top and have your child read them:
sweets mean please bee buzz vine could said once
Any that are slow go in tomorrow's warm-up too.
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.
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:
What fun it is to see lambs play!
I think that men should watch their sheep, so that a wolf can not catch them.
Talk about the picture
SayLook at the picture together. What do you see?
SayWhat did the man tell about the wolf?
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.
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.
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.
Tip
This is the longest page so far. Read it in two sittings if it is tiring.