Do you remember old school readers?

[DodgerGirl]

I do remember the SRA series and they had the set called Distar Language that had stories while the second SRA series was called Reading Mastery which dealt with speech and some of the SRA Distar Language stories were Oscar The Worm and The Poor Unfortunate Man. I do remember the Oscar The Worm story because my teacher would read it to us and it had a line that said "and I wiggle wiggle wiggle and dig dig dig" that was repeated throughout the story and it was funny. And The Poor Unfortunate Man was a story about a guy who couldn't sleep because noises would disturb him. It's amazing how kids used to get school readers in school and you don't see school readers handed out in schools today

 

[disneyseniors]

We had Dick/Jane/Sally series when I was in school. Also My Weekly Reader and SRAs. We also did the scholastic book orders- I just loved that, but it was always so hard to decide what books to buy!

I might have gotten my love of reading from those primary books. I loved them all. What do the kids read now in elementary school?

 

[JoanneAZ]

I might have gotten my love of reading from those primary books. I loved them all. What do the kids read now in elementary school?

Tablets

 

[DodgerGirl]

My mom used to have Dick And Jane readers in her elementary school too when she was little and she loved them a lot. Do you also remember when Disney did school readers for elementary schools as well as preschools and kindergardens too?

 

[DodgerGirl]

I do have an Uncle Arthur's book and the book I have is Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories and they were wholesome stories in them and they actually have lessons like being kind to others honor the mother and father and so on. I don't know why kids today aren't given readers like these in schools today but they should bring old school readers back

 

[barkley]

I do have an Uncle Arthur's book and the book I have is Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories and they were wholesome stories in them and they actually have lessons like being kind to others honor the mother and father and so on. I don't know why kids today aren't given readers like these in schools today but they should bring old school readers back

I had the entire set of uncle arthur's and made a homeschool mom VERY happy when I listed them on Facebook marketplace about a year ago.

 

[DodgerGirl]

I had the entire set of uncle arthur's and made a homeschool mom VERY happy when I listed them on Facebook marketplace about a year ago.

There was a set of Uncle Arthur's books? I didn't even know that because Mom and I had the Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories book and the stories were cute and they taught wholesome lessons to children. Was Uncle Arthur also a real person who created the series?

 

[DodgerGirl]

I do remember reading Jack And Jill Magazine when I was a little girl and it had really cute stories in it and they sometimes had celebrity interviews with kids show stars and the lone copy of Jack And Jill I have has the Little House On The Prairie cast on the cover. Highlights I used to read but I think it went to a mostly games and puzzles format and I can't believe it's still published today. But I think school readers should make a comeback to schools along with the Scholastic Book Clubs because that's what made school good for learning back in the times

 

[lanejudy]

What do the kids read now in elementary school?

Any elementary school classroom that I've seen has tons of paperbacks -- usually a reading "nook" area with shelves or bins of books and maybe a rolling cart with books as well.

I think reading is taught differently today than it was back in the 70s when I was young. I think DD's classes used more hand-outs for instructional reading and then lots of time with a book of their own choice.

 

[barkley]

There was a set of Uncle Arthur's books? I didn't even know that because Mom and I had the Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories book and the stories were cute and they taught wholesome lessons to children. Was Uncle Arthur also a real person who created the series?

the bedtime stories were a 5 volume set and he also wrote a 10 volume set of 'the bible stories'. yes, he was a real person and he talked a printing company into printing the bedtime stories he told his kids. in 1924 they did an initial printing of 5000-to date there's over 35 million copies in distribution.

 

[Mommb]

weekly reader anyone?

I remember in the 3rd grade it was a presidential election year and the weekly reader had all of us read a little spiel (3rd grade level) on each of the candidates then we filled out a little ballot which we were told the results of and then they were reported by the teacher to weekly reader's publisher. neither my 3rd grade class NOR the collective 3rd graders who participated across the United States were aligned with the voting adults-

they elected nixon

I remember the Weekly Reader mock election a few years later between Ford and Carter. I voted for Carter because Ford had already served as president, so it was someone else's turn.

Was the SRA set a bunch of paperback books, where you read a story, then answered a series of questions? And there were about 10 stories per book? And after you successfully completed a certain # of stories, you advanced to the next "Color"? I wish I remember more than that, but I do remember about the advancing and the colors. There was a big competitiveness about what color you were in. Is that the SRA set?

SRA Reading Labs with different colors for each level are still available. There is now a digital version as well.

 

[DodgerGirl]

I remember the Weekly Reader mock election a few years later between Ford and Carter. I voted for Carter because Ford had already served as president, so it was someone else's turn.


SRA Reading Labs with different colors for each level are still available. There is now a digital version as well.

Was your SRA set called Distar Language and Reading Mastery? Because those were the SRA sets I used in my school

 

[DodgerGirl]

I remember when my teacher used to make our class read novels and some of the books were The Little House books and Beverly Cleary books and we even read the Fudge books by Judy Blume. I too read Island Of The Blue Dolphins and I thought the book was okay. But I think school readers should return to schools in a tablet version so everyone can read along with the teacher. But Scholastic should revive school readers for elementary schools in digital versions with a downloadable version for the kids homework assignments