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Show INTERESTING H MEETING H Of C. C. E. A. Miss Perry on Reading. jH At the tegular meeting of tho C. C. H i; A. held Satuiday, December 12, H Mls-,Almcda Pern, of the B. Y. Col- H lege, gave a vciy Instinctive talk on H "Reading." Miss Perry's talk was H practical. She defined "Reading" as H getting the thought fiom the pi luted H page. The child must get these H thoughts in groups, as words by them- H selves rarely ever mean anything. If H tho reader gets the complete, picture H rcpioscntcd by the groups ho will icad H naturally. The pauses will take care H ot themselves. Tito marks of punctu- H atlon arc the printer's marks and H have nothing to do with tho leading, H except as they mark the end of a H thought pictuic. There arc three phases In the picparatlon of the read- B Ing lesson 1st, gathering the words; H 2nd, getting the thought or picture; H .lid, sliow Ing that thought or plctutc B toothers. "When jou aro reading of HHV mountains, sec the mountains rise be- H foic jou. When jou arc reading of the ocean, see the billows at jour H Do not make the child self-conscious H In his reading. Keep tho technique H of reading from him, at least until he enters the High School. If ho is H taught too early the names of pitch, quality, time, etc., his reading be- H comes mechanical. By skillfull ques- H Honing and bringing out examples of H emotions and experiences near to the H child's life he will see and feel the H picture represented by the groups or , H words and express It naturally. Keep near to nature In jour leading. . l . .Pior. S. II. Cluik'aJ'Hovv to Teach. "" v M Reading in the Public Schools" was H highly recommended foi the teachers' H The subject or "Blading" will be H continued at the next Institute by Superintendent Thompson suggest- H cd that tcachcis would lind It ncces- sary, In most cases, to continue pupils In the same grade two j cars in Older B to complete thoroughly tho woik out- lined in tho now couisc ot study. A motion was made and carried that the State Department of Public In- slructlon bo conferred with to asccr- tain whether half-yearly piomotlons In all the grades may bo made wheic H pupils arc picpaicd for It. H Mr.A.L. Faircll rendered two vocal H selections which were much apprcci- H ated by the teachers. H The attendance at the Institute H was large and most of the teachers H voted It one of the most interesting H and profitable of any such meetings H held In Cache county. H |