the problem of developing
a nation of good spellers.

THE AUTHORS.

DECEMBER, 1920.

CONTENTS

PAGE

PREFACE iii

GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS vii-xiv

DIRECTIONS TO PUPILS xiv-xvi

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE I 2
WORD LIST, GRADE I 3-5

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE II 8
WORD LIST, GRADE II 9-14

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE III 16-17
WORD LIST, GRADE III 19-27

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE IV 30
WORD LIST, GRADE IV 31-40

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE V 42
WORD LIST, GRADE V 43-52

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE VI 54
WORD LIST, GRADE VI 55-64

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE VII 66
WORD LIST, GRADE VII 67-78

DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS OF GRADE VIII 80
WORD LIST, GRADE VIII 81-95

DICTATION EXERCISES 97-105

LIPPINCOTT'S HORN-ASHBAUGH SPELLER

GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS.

=How the Teaching of Spelling May be Improved.=--The teaching of
spelling may be improved in three ways: first, by selecting a better
list of words for the pupil to study; second, by placing before the
pupils of each grade the words that are most appropriate for them; and
third, by introducing economical procedures in learning. The first is
the problem of the course of study; the second, the problem of
grading; and the third, the problem of method.

=The Vocabulary.=--To solve the first problem one must insure that the
pupils will study all words they are likely to use in life outside the
school. One must also insure that the pupils' time will not be wasted
through their being required to learn words which they will never use.
This problem has been solved for you by the authors of the text. The
vocabulary of the lessons is taken from a compilation which Doctor
Horn has made of ten scienti