SUGGESTIONS FOR READING.

1. When you read in the class, stand erect and hold your book in the left hand.

2. Hold your book below your mouth, so that you can be easily heard.

3. Learn to pronounce the words correctly.

4. Read in a pleasant, natural tone and speak clearly.

5. Try to understand the meaning of what you read.

6. Read the sentences as you would talk them.

with Bessie. She stops for her every morning. They are in the same class.

2. They are good girls. They look on their books and try to learn fast. They speak loud and plain, just as they are told to do.

3. Harry Lee is in the same class. He is a fine little fellow, with bright eyes and clean face and hands.

4. He looks on his book and always keeps the place. But out of school, he is very fond of play.

5. Kitty Jones is a very little girl. She is in Mary's class, too, and reads as well as any of the others. She is very fond of her book, and takes good care of it.

6. But I am sorry to say that Paul Green is too great a rogue to learn much. He is always ready for fun, and does not think of his lesson.

What does the story say of Mary and Bessie?

What kind of a boy was Harry Lee?

What is said about Paul?

The answer to each question should be given by the pupil in a complete sentence.

1. "Frank! Frank!" said Ralph, "what do you think I saw when I was out on the lawn just now?"

2. "A new horse?" said Frank. 3. "No, it was not a new horse." 4. "Was it a new wagon?"

5. "No, it was not a new wagon." 6. "Then tell me what you saw."

7. "It was on the lake. Can you guess now?"

8. "A pair of swans? Papa said we should have some swans for the lake."

9. "No, it was not swans. It was a new boat. A fine large boat. Come! let us go down to the lake and look at it."

10. So off they ran to the lake, and there they found a fine new boat.

a mast, a sail, and a flag.

It had

11. "I wish we could sail it," said Frank.

13. "We must wait, and go with рара, or with some one who knows how to take care of it."

What did Frank guess that Ralph had seen?

What kind of a boat was it?

What did Frank want to do?

Why did not the boys sail the boat?

What do you think of Ralph ?

Copy this line on your slate.

Guess what I saw, Frank!