This grade level contains 84 selections of stories and poems in 9 units (poems indicated by italics).

The teacher's edition is a reduced copy of the workbook with answers filled in. The sections in the reader titled "Thinking It Over" have questions to develop comprehension; there is no answer key for these questions.

The test packet includes 8 tests and an answer key sheet. The workbook teacher's edition will indicate when each test is to be taken.

Contents

Unit 1: We Live and Learn

• The Wonderful Word
• September
• The Lost Treasure
• Looking Ahead
• Whirling Wheels
• Martha Learns to Remember
• Forgive Me When I Whine
• Empty Shelves
• Help Others
• Not In Vain
• I Would Be True
• Beautiful Things

Unit 2: Step By Step

• Ten Cent Conscience
• Co-operation
• The Best Memory System
• Jacob Earns His Salt
• What We Give Away
• Smiles
• Drop A Pebble In The Water
• Ola and the Wooden Tub
• Courage
• The Open Door
• High and Dry
• Bread
• Don't Give Up

Unit 3: Out of the Past

• Joseph and His Brothers
• Beggar Boy
• The Beatitudes
• The Second Mile
• The Good Samaritan
• Two Stories
• On The Shores of the Aegean

Unit 4: Life On The Farm

• Work, Work, Work
• Out In the Fields With God
• Whoa! Judy
• Lemonade For Pete
• The Wise Sower
• The Missing Hobo
• The Lesson the Flowers Taught
• A "Lucky" Day
• To A Man With A Lantern
• End of A Summer's Day
• Praise to God

Unit 5: Our Forefathers

• Dangerous Errand
• Escape Underground
• What's A Martyrs' Mirror?

Unit 6: Moments In History

• Columbus
• From Trails To Turnpikes
• A Gift For Young Abe
• Up The Long Road
• Liberty Or Death
• Earthquake At San Francisco
• Sweet Story Of Old

Unit 7: We Love Our Homes

• What The World Needs Now
• In Bed
• Come To Think Of It
• Flight To Freedom
• Welcome D.P.'s
• The Quest
• Mother's Love
• Prayer For A Little Home

Unit 8: Lessons At School

• Gift For The Teacher
• The Blind Men And The Elephant
• Flying High
• The Worth Of A Smile
• Brought To Trial
• They Thought It was Thomas
• The Best That I Can
• Somebody's Mother
• Time

Unit 9: Nature's Paths

• A Hike In The Woods
• Who Has Seen The Wind?
• Woodman, Spare That Tree
• Mothers Of The Wildwood
• I Saw God Wash The World
• A Storm
• Apples In The Wilderness
• The Ant And The Cricket
• Fruit From The Tropics
• Beauty
• Mysterious Traveler
• Look
• God's Many Voices
• Psalms 148

Acknowledgments