Resources for the McGuffey First Reader
The Original McGuffey’s Eclectic First Reader: Most words are phonetically regular. A few have silent letters. The words get as hard as "would" and "stalked" and "engaged." Includes stories of children who want to please God and who love to learn. Use in the second and third grades.
153 pages, Hardbound List Price: $13.99 Available at Mott Media: www.mottmedia.com |
The Original McGuffey’s Eclectic Progressive Spelling Book: by Alexander H. McGuffey (brother of William McGuffey). Called "Progressive" because it begins with basic phonics and progresses to advanced vocabulary worthy of a graduate student. As such, it is the only spelling book you will ever need.
142 pages, Hardbound List Price: $13.99 Available at Mott Media: www.mottmedia.com |
McGuffey's First Eclective Reader, Revised Version: Filled with happy tales, good morals, and a systematic approach to teaching reading, it is clear why McGuffey's Readers have been among the most loved and most used books in American history. McGuffey's First Reader starts out with the basics of the alphabet and gradually builds up the phonics skills and sight word recognition until the child is reading full paragraphs and narratives. The strength of this Reader is in its sequential gradation of skills. Its beauty is in its timeless stories.
Approximately $10.00 from various sellers Reading App for the First McGuffey Reader - Revised version is available from LiteracySoft.com |
McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book: Since 1836, children have been delighted by the McGuffey Readers' exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables. This companion volume was revised in 1879 to conform in orthography, pronunciation, and spelling to the latest edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. The Eclectic Spelling-Book was designed to teach students the English language not by appealing merely to memory, but by associating each lesson with some principle of sound, meaning, or accent.
An online tutor resource for the Revised McGuffey Readers is available at: https://www.mcguffeysonlinetutor.com/public/main.cfm |
Language Arts Curriculum Packages
The Good & the Beautiful language arts and literature curriculum is a free resource designed for home school families or for parents wanting to supplement their children’s education. The courses foster a true love of learning while teaching strong and advanced academics. The images and artwork, the exercises and assignments, and the literature used are all designed to connect children to the good and the beautiful: family, God, high moral character, wholesome literature, and the wonders and beauty of nature and human life. This one-of-a-kind, multi-denominational curriculum requires no prep time once printed and assembled. Each day, just open the book and follow the instructions, learning and exploring along with your child–there is no need to read ahead or spend hours preparing lessons.
All of the language arts & literature courses cover phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, usage, punctuation, literature, and art. Writing is included for grades 1 and above. Geography is included for grades 2 and above. Having all these subjects combined in a cross-curriculum approach connects learning, adds meaning and depth, shortens school time, and eliminates the need for 6 or 7 different courses.
Free pdf download of the complete curriculum available at: http://www.jennyphillips.com/home-school-curriculum/
All of the language arts & literature courses cover phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, usage, punctuation, literature, and art. Writing is included for grades 1 and above. Geography is included for grades 2 and above. Having all these subjects combined in a cross-curriculum approach connects learning, adds meaning and depth, shortens school time, and eliminates the need for 6 or 7 different courses.
Free pdf download of the complete curriculum available at: http://www.jennyphillips.com/home-school-curriculum/
Treasure Hunt Reading was created by the Prenda team in an effort to support learners world wide. It follows an Orton-Gillingham, multi-sensory, systematic approach to literacy to support learners of all levels and abilities. This program is recommended for students from Preschool-3rd grade.
- Phonemic Awareness
- The Alphabetic Principle
- Print Awareness
- Letter-Sound Correspondence
- Proper Letter Formation
- Blending and Segmenting
- Top 10 Most Common Decoding Rules and Strategies
- Multisyllabic Words
- 77 Phonograms
- 30 True Sight Words
- 40 Decodable Leveled Stories
Harvey's Elementary Grammar And Composition Written by 19th century educator Thomas W. Harvey is an advanced grammar book. In fact, we have had a number of calls from college English majors who told us that they never learned some of the material contained in Harvey's Grammar! He has designed a thorough language study with composition assignments interspersed throughout. The text begins with words, moves to simple sentences and later to complex sentences, easing the child into grammar along the way. This text also covers the eight parts of speech as well as punctuation, diagramming, proper usage, declension, parsing, and more. If you have used the Mott Series Reading workbooks for grade four, your child will have worked through the Harvey's Grammar once. He will have received an overview of those concepts. He will not have thoroughly explored them. This grammar should be reused for fifth and sixth grades because it is that advanced. It is also designed to require minimal guidance from the teacher/parent.
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Explode the Code Books 4-8: Explode The Code provides a sequential, systematic approach to phonics in which students blend sounds to build vocabulary and read words, phrases, sentences, and stories. The Reading Guide for Reading Level 2 will use Books 4-8.
Available on Amazon, Rainbow Resource, and Christian Book
Price: approximately $7.00 per book
Available on Amazon, Rainbow Resource, and Christian Book
Price: approximately $7.00 per book
Logic of English
Foundations This outstanding Language Arts program provides instruction and activities for children to gain phonemic awareness, learn to read and write the 74 basic phonograms, and increase reading fluency. The innovative Rhythm of Handwriting™ method aids students in developing fluid handwriting. Even if you choose a different phonics program, we encourage you to consider the Rhythm of Handwriting program to teach handwriting skills. Students reading from the McGuffey First Reader may coordinate their reading lessons with Foundations D. Teacher's Workbook: $38.00 Student Workbook: $15.00 Additional resources available Available on the Logic of English website |
Logic of English Essentials
The SCIENCE of Reading and the ART of TeachingThe Logic of English® Essentials curriculum uses proven, research-based methods to teach students ages 7 to adult to read, spell, and write successfully. Easy to use, engaging, and fun, Essentials improves the spelling and reading skills of all learners by providing linguistically accurate phonics instruction, fluency practice, morphology and vocabulary development, grammar, and composition. This is a great choice when teaching multiple children over the age of 7. Teacher's Manual: $75.00 Student Workbook: $18.00 Additional resources available Available on the Logic of English website |
The resources below were in the development stage before we discovered the many tools above that have already been created and tested with many educators. They are not complete and have a few typos, but are available for free to anyone why may want to work with them.
Language Arts for the Heart - Level 2: If you choose to use Explode the Code for you family, the Language Arts for the Heart course will assist you in combine lessons from Explode the Code with lessons from the Original McGuffey Reader. The course manual include simple lessons plans along with pages to copy to make flash cards, phonics games, and creative language arts projects.
This project was abandoned after we discovered the great resources listed above. Some portions are incomplete with a few typos, but it is available for free if you are interested in working with it. Available as a free pdf download. |
The Spelling Notebook: The student-created phonics based word reference is used in the Language Arts for the Heart course, which combines McGuffey Readers with Explode the Code phonics in weekly lesson plans. This reference will take on a personal touch as students select words to add from their reading lessons in McGuffey as well as other reading materials. Students are encouraged to select words that are challenging to them to reinforce the phonics and spelling rules they need to spell the words correctly.
Available as a free pdf download |
The McGuffey Progressive Spelling Book is included in the Lesson Plans for Language Arts from the Heart. The document below explains more about how to use the McGuffey Progressive Speller
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Parent-Teacher Resources
Parent/Teacher Guide for the Original McGuffey Readers:
by Ruth Beechick Please Note: This Parent-Techer Guide has been written expressly for Mott Media's republication of the 1830's McGuffey Readers. For families who want to use McGuffey's Readers as a reading curriculum for homeschooling or as a summer reading program, the Parent-Teacher Guide features practical, easy-to-follow instructions for each lesson in the Readers. This invaluable resource also enables parents and teachers to tap into Dr. Beechick's years of experience as she explains how McGuffey's Readers correspond to the stages of reading, how to teach phonics, and what to do to help a child at each stage of reading. There are also tips on integrating penmanship, language arts, and spelling with the Readers. Dr. Beechick’s instructions have been incorporated into the Language Arts for the Heart reading guide. This book provides more background information for successful implementation. 110 pages, Paperback List Price: $9.99 Available from Mott Media: www.mottmedia.com |
The ABC’s and All Their Tricks by Margaret M. Bishop
THE phonics book for teachers. Comprehensive information is given here for every spelling of every sound. For each spelling you find rules which govern it, exceptions to the rules, sample words to use for teaching the sound or spelling, etymological information, and more. Phonics rules listed in the Reading Guide and Spelling Notebook are incorporated into the lesson plans. Paperback Price: $15.99 Available from Mott Media: www.mottmedia.com |