50. Four syllables, accented on the second: interior, antiquity

The lesson, step by step

1. The pattern

   Four beats, the second strong: "in-TE-ri-or", "an-TIQ-ui-ty". Before you read, clap each word together and find the loud beat.

2. 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:

   aerial, notarial, interior, antiquity

   Read the rest of the table on the page the same way.

3. Spell aloud by syllables

   Spell each word a syllable at a time, the way Webster's pupils did: spell the first syllable and say it, spell the next and say it, then say the whole word.

   Sayi, n, in; t, e, te; r, i, ri; o, r, or; interior.

   Do a column this way while looking, then cover it and spell a few from memory.

4. Read the sentences

   The sentences are at the top of the next page:

   All clouds float in the aerial regions.

   The exterior part of a house, is the outside; the interior is that within.

5. Dictation

   Say each word, use it in a short sentence of your own, and say it again. Your child writes it. Try these: interior, antiquity, aerial.

   Check together against the book. Any word that came out wrong goes on a card for tomorrow.

6. Review

   Finish with the cards from earlier days: your child reads and spells each one. Put a card away after three right days in a row.