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THE NEW MCGUFFEY FIRST READER
PREFACE
The New McGuffey First Reader has been prepared in
conformity with the latest and most approved ideas regarding
the teaching of reading, and its lessons embody and illustrate
the best features of the word, the phonic, and the sentence or
thought methods.
While all the stories in this book are new, or have been
rewritten especially for its pages, care has been taken to
preserve the distinguishing characteristics which have given
to the McGuffey Readers their unparalleled popularity and
usefulness.
The gradation both in thought and in words has been carefully
maintained, and the work provided enables the pupils
to advance by easy and evenly progressive stages from the
beginning to the end.
Only a few new words are introduced at each lesson, and
these are repeated frequently in succeeding lessons until the
pupils are able to recognize them without difficulty.
From the first lesson script is presented in connection with
the printed forms of words, the frequency of its use diminishing
as the printed forms become more familiar.
The sounds of the letters are taught, in the order of the
alphabet, by appropriate exercises after the various reading
lessons. The phonic elements and the common diacritical
marks are learned one at a time and in a manner that is both
natural and easy.
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A a N n
B b O o
C c P p
D d Q q
E e R r
F f S s
G g T t
H h U u
I i V v
J j W w
K k X x
L l Y y
M m Z z
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FIRST READER
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a boy I see
boy I see a boy
I see a boy
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girl can and the girl
I see a girl.
I see a boy.
I see a boy and a girl.
The boy can see the girl.
I can see the girl and the boy.
I can see the girl.
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man has hat run
See the man!
See the boy and the man!
The man has a hat.
Has the boy a hat?
The boy can run.
Can the man run?
The man can see the boy run.
a man can has hat a
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doll have my
I have a hat.
I have a doll.
See my doll!
Can the doll see?
I can see my doll.
Has the doll a hat?
My doll has a hat.
The girl has a doll and a hat.
a can has hat have a
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play may take ball
Can the boy play?
The boy can run and play.
The boy can play ball.
Can the man play ball?
The man may see the boy play.
May the man take the hall?
The boy may take the ball.
a may play take a
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baby little big
Can the girl see the baby?
Can the baby see the little girl?
The baby has a big doll.
The little girl has a ball.
I can see the baby.
Can the baby see my big hat?
The baby may have my ball.
Take the ball, baby!
a may play take baby a
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dog it he with
The man has a little dog.
The boy has a big dog.
See the little dog run!
He has my ball.
May the big dog have it?
May he take it?
The little dog may have the ball.
He may run and play with it.
b big boy ball baby b
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bird she not fly
See the little bird!
May the baby have it?
May she take it?
She can not take it.
The bird can fly.
The baby can not have the bird.
She can not fly.
She may play with my doll.
She may have my big hat.
b baby big bird b
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cow is good to
I see a man and a dog and a cow.
The cow is with the man.
The dog has a big hat.
He is a good little dog.
He may take the hat to the man.
The man is good to the dog.
The cow can run. She can not play.
c can cow c
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catch come you me
The baby can not have the bird.
She can not fly and catch it.
Can she catch the good little girl?
Come, baby, come!
Come and catch me.
Catch me and my big doll.
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