Reading: How to Teach It

This work addresses methods and purposes of teaching reading, urging teachers to link daily lessons to clear long-term goals and to dignify routine classroom tasks. It explains why people read, situates literature in school curricula, and outlines progressive procedures for learning to read and for studying lessons. Chapters cover language exercises that prepare reading, techniques for expressive oral reading, lesson plans and models (including nature studies), use of pictures, practical hints for classroom instruction, guidance on library use, and curated lists of books and poems for classroom adoption.