JCUMfcN (I ROOM r. v / READERS FOR ADULTS A N 0 IL r HOME and FAMILY LIVING ADULT EDUCATION UNIT DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION Northwestern University Library Evanston, Illinois 60201 SUGGESTIONS TO TEICHFR5 READERS FOR ADULTS Foundation Fields LEVELS I and III ADULT EDUCATION UNIT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION "feul Edwards, Administrator Introduction This folder is prepared as a suggestive guide to teachers using the nine first level and the one third level readers constructed by the Adult Education Unit of the District of Columbia Work Projects Administra¬ tion. These suggestions are not binding upon the users. However, they do follow sound educational principles and have been effectively used in literacy work in the District of Columbia. Construction All of the readers are constructed in accordance with the basic principles of WPA Education Circular No. 10. These readers are prepared primarily for the teaching of silent reading. Each of the first level readers is divided into eighteen units (a unit is a section of the reader which might make up one or more lessons). A maximum of six words is introduced in each unit of the first level readers except the sixth, the twelfth and the eighteenth units. These units are for review pur¬ poses and each one contains all of the words intro¬ duced in the preceding units. The introduction of new words per unit ranges from 3 to 6 in number. 1/ A maximum of eight new words on a third level of reading difficulty is introduced in each unit of the third level readers. The range is from 6 to 8 words per unit. The third level readers follow the same general construction as the first level readers, ex¬ cept for the fact that the review units are the fifth, tenth and fifteenth. Usage In our use of these materials, five reading ap¬ proaches are used in presenting the various units of 1/ " Good Health " and " Stephen Foster Songs " are exceptions. each reader. 1/ They are (i) word-picture {<.) experi¬ ence (3) discussion (4) story (5) composite. Each approach is decided upon on the basis of unit content, the type of reading disabilities encountered, and the availability of supplies and equipment. The word-picture and the experience approaches proved to be the most usable. However, we discovered that no matter which approach is used, some type of discussion becomes a part of it. It is oub further experience that the new words in each reader should be mastered before the student is allowed to read the unit from the book. Materials and Activiti.es Flash cards, mounted picture cards, phrase cards, and word building exorcises may be used to teach mas¬ tery of the new words in each unit. Elliptical sen¬ tence exercises, truu-false work-sheets, and chart or blackboard reading may be used to test for comprehen¬ sion. Pictures Used Pictures used in most of our presentations were cut from magazines, newspapers, pamphlets and other periodicals. They were mounted upon oak tag (tag board) 8-| x 11 inches, with enough margin left at the bottom for the necessary lettering. Acknowle dgmsnt3 Acknowledgments are hereby made to Mrs. Helen Duey Hoffman of the Washington Housing Association and to Drs. Frank Horn and William H. Cary of the United States Housing Authority for invaluable tech¬ nical service and criticism of the manuscript of the reader, " Houses For All The authenticity of this reader is based upon their many services. 1/ Described in " Teachers Manual ", for the reader "We Live Together"-District of Columbia - Adult Education Unit - Work Projects Administration. READERS PREPARED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION UNIT First Level I WORK WE BUY WE PLAY OUR HOI-IE AND FAMILY Second Level STEPHEN FOSTER SONGS Third Level HOUSES FOR ALL In Process of Publication HAPPY HOMES GETTING A JOB OUR GOVERNMENT WE LIVE TOGETHER GOOD HEALTH WE LIVE AND GROW WE BUY AND SELL READERS FOR ADULTS A -series of readers is being prepared in accordance with the Technical jSeries Bulletin No. 10 of the Education Division of the Work Projects Administration. The Readers will be developed in many fields of adult interests and at different levels of read¬ ing ability. HOME AND FAMILY LIVING Our Home and Family (Revised - April 1939) Reprinted February 1941 Prepared by the Curriculum Specialist of the District of Columbia William W. Champion* James A. Pawley Frances 0. Thomas* Edgar H. Elam* Administrative, Supervisor Miriam H. Lawrence* - Consultant Illustrated by Ellen V. Scbotka* Alan Morow* ♦No' longer connected with the District of Columbia WPA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION PAUL EDWARDS, ADMINISTRATOR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AMALIE S. FAIR, DIRECTOR CONTENTS Page Home 4 We Have Children 5 i The Family Works . .v 6 The Family Needs 7 The Family Plans 8 The Family and the Home . , . . . 9 A Clean Home 10 Good Sleep 11 Good Food 12 Good Dinners 14 Clothes for the Family ...... 16 CONTENTS Page Good Health 18 Our Gardens 21 We Have Good Times 23 Good Neighbors ... 25 Father and Mother Come to See Us 27 We Have a Party 29 A Good Home For Our Children . . 31 HOME !|i I ' 1 1 \f 1 J 1 I - _ V4 ?•_ ' .... : A V VN \^v fWASC~ i 11^/A We have a family. We have a home. 4 WE HAVE CHILDREN hv \ 1 1 Iff J hi i m a r * :i :.•• ...J I -1 Vi \. ¥-4 f AAn siifj >v •" '-.-x Ah f r - n ■ a j>. £ •,•. . •] J I ^ :^v y fl*" — &MA Vh-1 A AA. ':/ x>v; T:i a A v a* \ A ;sh? /, v>.. A i J >i. i Ah-'' A'AA? ®' ifcSlA-, 4 4§;; —„ T A\ A We have a boy. We have a girl. We have a boy and a girl. We have children. We have a home. We have a home and a family. THE FAMILY WORKS The family works. Our boy helps with the work. Our girl helps with the work. The children help with- the work. The children work in the home. We help with the work in the home. THE FAMILY NEEDS X X sflte to? tii'ir xfmm " I M—'^Xqj L.-A 'X fx XSXr X x A family needs food. A family needs clothes. Our family needs food and clothes. We need money for food. We need money for-clothes. We buy food and clothes with money. We buy food and clothes for the family. 7 THE FAMILY PLANS We need to make plans. Our family makes plans. We make plans for our home. Wre make plans for all the family. Our children help make the plans. We plan our work in the home. We plan for the food we need to buy. We plan for the clothes we need to buy. Our plans help all the family. THE FAMILY AND THE HOME We have a family and a home. We have a boy and a girl in our home.. All the family work in our home. Our children help with the work. The family needs food and clothes. We need money to buy food and clothes. We work to buy food and clothes. We make plans with our children. We work and plan for our family. 9 A CLEAN HOME We need a clean, safe home. We keep our home clean. I help to keep our home clean. Our children help to keep our home clean. We need to keep our clothes clean. I help to keep our clothes clean. We need to keep our food clean. A clean, safe home helps to keep the family in good health. We all need good health. GOOD SLEEP We all need good- sleep. We need fresh air in the bed rooms. We keep the- air fresh in our home. Fresh air helps to keep the family in good health. I have a clean bed. I sleep in a clean-room. The children help to keep the bed rooms-clean. We all sleep in clean rooms. Good sleep helps to keep the family in good health. II GOOD FOOD We need good food. We need milk. We need vegetables and eggs. We need fresh fruits. We plan to have good food for the family. GOOD FOOD We buy milk and eggs and fruit. We buy safe milk. We buy fresh eggs and fresh fruit. We buy good vegetables. Fresh fruits are good for the family. We keep the milk fresh and clean. We plan to have good vegetables. Good food helps to keep the family in good health. GOOD DINNERS We have good dinners in our home. My wife cooks the food. Our children help my wife cook the food. The children clean the fruit and vegetables. My wife keeps the food fresh and clean. GOOD DINNERS We all plan to have a good dinner. We have some meat for dinner. We have fresh vegetables with the meat. We have some fresh fruit. The children.have milk for dinner. Good dinners help to keep the family in good health. is CLOTHES FOR THE FAMILY A family needs clothes. My husband buys some of our clothes. I buy some of our clothes. We need money to buy clothes. We make some of our clothes and save money. My girl helps to make some of the clothes. We try to save money. CLOTHES FOR THE FAMILY We all need clean clothes. My" husband needs clean clothes for work. We all try to keep our clothes clean. I wash some of our clothes. The children help with the wash. A family needs to have clean clothes. GOOD HEALTH We work to keep our home clean. A clean home helps to make a'safe home. We need a safe home for our family. We try to keep fresh air in our-home. We keep all the rooms clean. tiTe sleep In fresh clean beds; We need good sleep. GOOD HEALTH We buy good food for the family. Fresh;eggs and fresh fruit are good food. Fresh vegetables are good for the family. Our children help plan some .of the dinners. My wife cooks good dinners for the family. We have some, meat and vegetables. We all.have milk with our dinner. We need' clothes. We buy some clothes. My wife.makes some of our clothes to save money. 19 GOOD ...HEALTH We need clean clothes. My boy and girl help my wife with the wash. We all help with the work. My husband and I try to keep the family in good health. 20 OUR GARDENS We have a flower garden. We like to have flowers in the rooms. My wife keeps flowers- in--our'home. My wife works in the' flower garden. Wc have a vegetable garden. Fresh vegetables are good for our health. The vegetables from our garden help save money. 21 OUR GARDENS The family likes fresh 'vegetables from the garden. We have fresh vegetables for dinner. I like to work in the flower garden. Our children work in the gardens. We all like to work in the gardens. 22 WE HAVE GOOD TIMES The family needs'a good time. We take the children to the park. The children like to see the flowers. The children need to have fresh air. We take our dinner with us. We like to have our dinner in the park. The children play and have a good time. 23 WE HAVE GOOD TIMES We like to see the children play. The children help us have a good time. My wife and I like to play with the children. We have a good time with our family. s 7 ttvf ? y hx it . vf.v 1 fl!'I"1 v ,r "*•••• ' / 4 ' r&V-■) ^ -'ft* ■ Mm x if)C' t ^-r> / m //fWJ feiMt V. TVpr., \ ) ••v;- / '' VSilSh '' 1 24 GOOD NEIGHBORS We have good neighbors. My wife and I. like our neighbors. We take some flowers from our garden to our neighbors. We take our children with us. Our boy and girl like to play with the neighbors' children. 25 GOOD NEIGHBORS Our neighbors have a good yard. We all try to keep our yards clean. We like to. have the children play in our yards. Our yards are a safe place for the children to: play, life all like to have a good time with our neighbors. 26 FATHER AND MOTHER COME TO SEE US 44'-4Hi !_"j| xnd 4HIN ■>W '■ !s [TTT7 Mi 13 3 r V> ^ l! • Riif Iy-k~ ..-J X,\J'S : r" ; f.\ \ \ •V. X' J V'A D\ }£ .-■•• xi vir. \ My father and mother come to see us We lire to see my father and mother Our children like my father .and mother. Father ana my husband; go to our garden for fresh vegetables. Mother and I go to see the neighbors. FATHER AND MOTHER COME TO 'SEE US Our children play with-the neighbors' .children. My mother likes- to soe the flowers in the neighbors' yard. We go home in time to cook the dinner. Mother helps with the dinner. We have a good dinner. We like to have father and mother with us. 28 WE HAVE A PARTY 4b |i&f/-> ** JA-W^VA ^##1 // V)WrA Jv NfU ' \fof*-# /% \AV% fmM^0 Af? ? 4%v <* V, »••:•«• Wi'A" * \ ft. • A |A>-W''T A?- x l RixA 'RA/?; ^ R \ p^^%fV^V%4C'^AS#, c- S hp A ■ : \ h-V^0<*\' yprdxb Jvn h-: A /-x .V^Xxc^AT 7 -/f / ! i. •• '/<&> ) ■Jylt w;"M We make plans to have a party. We have a party for my father and mother. We clean the house and cook some good food. We have many flowers in the.rooms. Our neighbors come to our house for the party. Our friends like my father and mother. WE HAVE A PARTY We have a good time with our friends. We all like to play games. The-neighbors' children come to the party. Our children play many games with the neighbors'- children. Father and mother like to see the children have a good time. We all play games and have a good time. 30 A GOOD HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN A father, a mother and children make a family. A family needs to have a home. We try to make our home a safe place. We like to keep our home clean. We have a good time in our home. 31 A GOOD HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN A family needs good food. We all need vegetables. We have fresh vegetables from our garden. We all need milk. mm a Mtm% fMR P m'Ji _ / V ^ -'h. • r^- ^ ( -» ^ ,'^V'TF'' \' ' ' '' v/_— \'v IR.iv. vbR?'; ' AWimvA J - VTO ill JA_ A a A ^.;/ vpy lie have some fresh fruit. Fresh fruits are good for us. We try to have fresh eggs and some meat. Good food helps to keep the family in good health. 32 A GOOD HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN A family needs clothes. I buy some of our clothes. We all try to keep our clothes fresh end clean. The children help my wife wash the clothes. My wife makes some of the clothes. Our girl helps my wife. We try to save money. A family needs good sleep. We have bed rooms for the family. We all have good clean beds. We have fresh air in our bed rooms. Sleep and fresh air help to keep us in good health. 33 A GOOD HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN A family needs to work. We try to plan our work. Many fathers work to buy the food and clothes. Some mothers work to buy food and clothes. We all help work In the home. My wife cooks the food. The children help with the work. My boy and I work in the vegetable garden. We all try to keep our homes safe and clean. We like to work In our home. A family needs to play. We like to have my father and mother come to see us. A GOOD HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN We like to go to see our neighbors. My husband and I take our children to see the flowers In the park. We like to take our dinner with us. We have a party for our friends. The children play games In the yard. We have a good time In our family. We try to make a good home for our children. 35 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In preparing this, the second edition of the "Our Home and Family" Reader, only a few revisions have been made. Most of these are in the illustrations and have been made after con¬ ferences with teachers who have used the reader in adult classes in the District of Columbia. The Curriculum Staff wishes to express appreciation to the following for their assis¬ tances in these revisions: Tina E. Bohannon* Supervisor Emma K. Routt* Supervisor Dorothea Stevens* Supervisor, Nursery Schools Elsie E. Hart* Assistant Supervisor, Homemaking Teachers of the District of Columbia Work Projects 4dministration Lucille L. Barnes Frances E. Boord* Caroline Gray* Harry L. Gray* Annetta P. Goeppner* Celestine Harris* Lucy R. Eoyt Eunice C.. Landers* Ethel S. Loke Idella G. Mann* Gertrude Tryon Ruby Van Ness Gladys Waters* Charles E. Zollars* •No longer connected with the District of Columbia Work Projects Administration, Adult Education Unit READERS I'N PREPARATION - * - - Home and Family Living Individual Self-Development Employment, Occupations, Industry Community Relationships Consumer Problems Citizenship Health and Safety Recreation