Project Gutenberg 2005-05-14 Public domain in the USA. 192 Barnes, Charles J. (Charles Joseph) 1837 1921 Hawkes, J. Marshall New National Fourth Reader Juliet Sutherland, David Gundry, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "New National Fourth Reader" by Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes is an educational reading textbook written in the late 19th century. This reader is designed for students in the fourth grade and features a diverse collection of prose and poetry aimed at enhancing reading skills, comprehension, and articulation. The content is structured to provide gradual complexity and engage students with a variety of interesting topics, stories, and lessons applicable to their learning journey. The opening of the textbook provides valuable information about its structure and teaching philosophy. It emphasizes descriptive reading over conversational style, with the intent that students develop strong articulation and comprehension after progressing through prior levels in the series. The chapter outlines various teaching strategies aimed at fostering a love for reading while gradually introducing new vocabulary and concepts. The first lessons include a story about a boy named Johnny who struggles with procrastination, personified by whimsical characters, and a description of the lessons that focus on moral development, critical thinking, and language skills, setting a foundational framework for the readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Readers (Secondary) PE Text Children's Instructional Books Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Teaching & Education 582747 2025-08-07T04:27:52.660881 text/html 619021 2021-01-24T04:24:43 text/html 2203200 2025-08-07T04:28:10.442774 application/epub+zip 2204669 2025-08-07T04:27:57.522882 application/epub+zip 330216 2025-08-07T04:27:55.431869 application/epub+zip 2460515 2025-08-07T04:28:17.494740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2427688 2025-08-07T04:28:08.309901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523384 2022-09-07T23:53:41.800769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431832 2025-08-07T04:27:50.795878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 431808 2021-01-24T04:26:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18388 2025-08-07T04:28:17.684754 application/rdf+xml 14925 2025-08-07T04:27:56.015842 image/jpeg 3855 2025-08-07T04:27:55.717873 image/jpeg 160841 2021-01-24T04:27:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 2027093 2021-10-15T07:31:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 2113461 2025-08-07T04:27:52.773900 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog