The Elementary Spelling Book, being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book · No. 25 · Part 3: Short words
15. Words ending in -pt, -rt, -st: apt, cart, hurt, kept
Goal: Your child reads and spells more words with final consonant pairs, and reads longer sentences.
You'll need
- The book, open to this table
- A slate, small whiteboard, or paper and pencil
What's in the book
No. 25 is a list of words such as apt, cart, start, hurt, past, jest, dart, pert, shirt, vast, kept. Reading sentences follow, such as "Coal and wood will make a fire."
The lesson, step by step
Review
Spell aloud five words from Nos. 22 to 24.
The pattern
More words that end in two consonants. Some have an r in them: in "cart" the a sounds like the a in "bar"; in "hurt" and "shirt" the vowel sounds like "er".
Read the table aloud
Read the table aloud together, a column at a time. You say a word, your child says it back while pointing to it. Then your child reads a column alone. Some of the words:
apt, cart, start, hurt, past
jest, dart, pert, shirt, vast
kept
Spell aloud
Now the old way: your child looks at a word, then spells it aloud and says it.
Sayc, a, r, t, cart.
Go down a column like this. Then cover the column, say a word, and have your child spell it aloud without looking.
Read the sentences
Under the table are short reading lessons that use its words. Your child reads them aloud, pointing to each word. Help with any word not yet learned. Two of them:
Coal and wood will make a fire.
Will you help me pin my frock?
Do not sit on the damp ground.
Dictation
Say each word, use it in a short sentence of your own, and say it again. Your child writes it. Try these: apt, start, hurt, past, shirt, kept.
Check together against the book. Any word that came out wrong goes on a card for tomorrow.
Wrap up
Your child reads one sentence to you, then copies it neatly.