McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey McGuffey's First Reader by William Holmes McGuffey    

Lesson 46: Review: They were all safe

Teaching Guide:

A Note About Review Lessons

Consider review lessons the most important in the book. Students should be able to complete review lessons easily.

Hesitation on the part of the children on a review lesson shows a fault somewhere; either the work has been pushed too rapidly, or some one lesson, perhaps, has not been thoroughly mastered.

Step 1: Review the Previous Lessons

Display a single sentence from randomly selected lessons.

• Say the sentence and have children repeat the sentence.
• Repeat the process for each sentence you select.

Display the full text of the lesson.

• Ensure children can readily point to any sentence when verbally prompted.

Step 2: Review Previous Lesson

Show the previous lesson's picture.

Show the previous lesson.

Ask children to repeat each sound, word, phrase, and sentence from the previous lesson.

Display the previous lesson's letters, words, phrases, and sentences.

Ensure children can readily identify the right letters, words, phrases, and sentences from the previous lesson when verbally prompted.

Step 3: Review Lesson Sentences

Display a full sentence from the lesson.

• Have children repeat the sentence.
• Have children find the sentence in the lesson.
• Repeat for each sentence.

Display the lesson.

• Ensure children can readily point to any sentence when verbally prompted.

Step 4: Complete Lesson Copywork

Have children complete the associated McGuffey copywork for this lesson. Click an icon to the right to access the page.   

Step 5: Independent Reinforcement

• Later in the day, have children independently review the lesson.
• Children should click the links to hear the letter sounds, words, and sentences pronounced and then repeat them aloud.
• Repeat these steps every day until children have mastered the lesson and are ready to progress to the next lesson.