Second Reader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Second Reader
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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A round-faced, Irish nine-year-old chortled on first looking into McGuffey's Second Reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Second Reader contained more complicated animal stories, also some frightening ones — big bears, fierce tigers — and the im mortal legend of George Washing ton and his father's cherry tree.
From Time Magazine Archive
To develop and direct the imagination; for example, Second Reader, p.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
To exercise and cultivate the emotions; for example, Second Reader, p.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
To appeal suitably to such instinctive tastes and interests of childhood as are already awake and active; for example, Second Reader, p.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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