Show vs ? r HIS Mrs TEACHER AUre Chase teacher af Primary Unit I at Edith Bowen School wrote his story like to baud with Mocks” In his book Concentrating Ralph learned the words "I - “‘"j? ' The Herald Journal Logan k’ Utah Sunday Nov 29 y 1979 ' CLL f i i Civic Social f yyk “"K ' i:? yU& Herald Journal Photos SHORTLY AFTER Ralph began school he had a birthday He made a calendar picture and dictated a story to go with it: "Today is my birthdny I want a book lor my birthday I want It to be about things I have to study” So that is i! where it all started Ralph would have his own book to study The first story he dictated was about the thing he Uked to do best “I like to build with Mocks” Ralph Is the sou of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Moody i'A i i n‘ it'1 ‘yi-- f "J i i r i I — mhrtitnto the word “Ralph” to THEN ONE DAY Mrs the sentence “I like Ralph” hipfc read the — with amaxement he looked np "I didn't know I could read!” He had made the wonderful discovery that words could be 'used in different context He ran to another teacher to the room claiming “I readed!” N jj A ? ? y u - vfi) THE WORDS FROM HB story were the beginning of hia word bank words written on cards and kept in a box and Ralph leaned to recognize the words in any sequence Vf !JJ- As he dictated more y —! stories his word bank grew and £V Mrs Chase made the wotda into Ralph’s dictionary A r'- rt 1 V-- p W With obvious pleasure he would look up the word on the card shown him I i t in his dictionary H “K l:i i I i VS ' v NOT LONG AGO Ralph said “i wish I could read a book I mean a book that someone else wrote” Mrs Chase told him she r was sure hi i couldNsndpve him one He (earned the ruunes of the children in the story and then WE DAY ' -- Vji confidently be began to read He stfll likes to g story or a poem vben something special happens to him and he makes reports for science and social studies but he has pined the wIE carry him happily to books ctdUKKt rMt of j f |