About Book Four
Book Four serves as a transitional book for children moving from “learning to read” to “reading to learn,” as Elson put it. While earlier books in this series have stressed the mechanics of reading, Book Four shifts to applying those critical skills to reading for content.
Book Four introduces children to stories of legendary heroes like Beowulf, Sigurd, and Roland and works from a diverse selection of great writers like Lewis Caroll; James Whitcomb Riley; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and Henry David Thoreau; to name only a few.
Book Four ends with a section devoted to “Great American Authors” including Benjamin Franklin, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Literature/Youth, ISBN 1-890623-18-0, Softcover, 372 pages, Ages 9-10/Fourth Grade, Illustrated, Glossary, 960L, Trim Size 5.5" x 8.5"
About the Teacher’s Guide
This guide contains
all the questions, along with their answers, from the “Helps to
Study” section found at the back of the reader. Additionally, this
volume contains new “Helps to Study” for selections not covered in
the reader. Worksheets are provided for these selections which the
parent or teacher may copy and hand out to their students. Occasionally,
“Extended Activities,” which have been created specially for this
edition, are provided to augment the lessons from the reader.
At the beginning of each section will be found a list of “Objectives” which the lessons are designed to help the child accomplish, and at the end, a “Vocabulary Worksheet” for the students to complete. Also included is a handy “Appendix” with suggestions for student evaluation.
At the end of this book will be found the
same glossary words, including word pronunciation guides, as found in The
Elson Readers, Book Four. These guides have been updated to reflect
current pronunciation notation.
Literature/Youth, ISBN
1-890623-28-8, Softcover, 196
pages, Ages 9-10/Fourth Grade, Illustrated,
Glossary, Trim Size 8.25" x 11"
By William H. Elson
SRP $18.95
By Catherine Andrews
Mary Jane Newcomer
SRP $17.95