Teaching Corpus Christi beginners through first grades to read with a critical analysis of objectives, materials, methods, and procedure in the light of modern theory and practice

Since there has never been a detailed study made of the teaching of beginners how to read in the Corpus Christi Elementary Schools, the purpose of this thesis is to present the methods and procedure used by the teachers of these grades. The author has written a preview of the procedure used in the Corpus Christi Elementary Schools for teaching beginners to read. Included in this paper are the reading objectives compared with some from outstanding authors on primary reading. In connection with this, the writer has given a critical analysis of the materials-used in the pre-primer Primer, and high first grade. The writer has made this study in order that she may better prepare herself to teach beginners to read