Project Gutenberg 2005-05-14 Public domain in the USA. 68 Barnes, Charles J. (Charles Joseph) 1837 1921 Hawkes, J. Marshall New National Fourth Reader Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Juliet Sutherland, David Gundry, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "New National Fourth Reader" by Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes is an educational reading textbook written in the late 19th century. This reader is designed for students in the fourth grade and features a diverse collection of prose and poetry aimed at enhancing reading skills, comprehension, and articulation. The content is structured to provide gradual complexity and engage students with a variety of interesting topics, stories, and lessons applicable to their learning journey. The opening of the textbook provides valuable information about its structure and teaching philosophy. It emphasizes descriptive reading over conversational style, with the intent that students develop strong articulation and comprehension after progressing through prior levels in the series. The chapter outlines various teaching strategies aimed at fostering a love for reading while gradually introducing new vocabulary and concepts. The first lessons include a story about a boy named Johnny who struggles with procrastination, personified by whimsical characters, and a description of the lessons that focus on moral development, critical thinking, and language skills, setting a foundational framework for the readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Readers (Secondary) PE Text Children's Instructional Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Teaching & Education 582624 582969 2024-10-07T07:28:45.421123 2023-09-07T08:42:21.573696 text/html text/html 619021 2021-01-24T04:24:43 text/html 2202784 2024-10-07T07:29:05.665990 application/epub+zip 2204321 2024-10-07T07:28:50.876081 application/epub+zip 329986 2024-10-07T07:28:48.456067 application/epub+zip 2460437 2024-10-07T07:29:13.482459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2427680 2024-10-07T07:29:03.127014 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523384 2022-09-07T23:53:41.800769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431832 431754 2024-10-07T07:28:42.447103 2023-09-07T08:42:19.120686 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 431808 2021-01-24T04:26:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19397 2024-10-07T07:29:13.642431 application/rdf+xml 14925 2024-10-07T07:28:49.130073 image/jpeg 3855 2024-10-07T07:28:48.810073 image/jpeg 160841 2021-01-24T04:27:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 2027093 2021-10-15T07:31:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 2113429 2024-10-07T07:28:45.541101 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog