Phonetic reviews are given frequently throughout the book. Each lesson
contains one word of the series taught. These words are numbered.
Have the children open their books to the review lesson, as that on page
12.
Let the children read the words and the families, as, _run-un_, _me-e_,
_play-ay_, _fly-y_. Then have each word spelled orally.
Now dictate other words from the same families, _as_, _sun_, _see_,
_gay_, _cry_, _sand_. If a pupil misspells a word, give him the number
of the family in which the word occurs. Let him look in his book, study
his word, and be ready to spell it when you have finished dictating
other words to the rest of the class. Thus you may dictate the word
_say_. The child hesitates or misspells the word. Give him number _3_.
He looks in his book, finds _3_ and the well-known word _play_ after the
number. He knows the word _say_ is in the same family, and he studies
out the word while you are hearing the rest of the class spell words in
the other families. When you return to him and ask, “What is your word?”
he answers, “Say—s-a-y.”
Never pass a word to a second child. Each child must spell, with help if
necessary, every word that is dictated to him.
For written review, dictate any words from the series represented in the
review lesson. Return again and again to these review lessons.