Away goe Sally, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1967. "The Salt Hay" has many well observed details of hay making in the marshes. "Sally knew just where to look for Uncle Joseph and Uncle Eben and the three hired men, and quickly recognized their group from among the others at work. Uncle Joseph was leading the mowing with long steady sweeps of his arms, each ending in a sort of jerk, walking forward through a continual slow falling wave of grass and a hiss of steel on dry stalks. The other men had hard work to keep up with him. Uncle Eben had dropped behind and was honing the curved blade of his scythe.
'To cut well, you must sharpen well,' he used to say with a sly wink at Sally. He was fat and lazy. He spent more time sharpening than cutting, but people liked to work with him because he was always jolly............"

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Teachers can teach struggling readers to comprehend what they read. Simply! using the comprehension strategies. One of these strategies is connecting strategy, which is represented by chartsA chart shows facts in a way that is easy to read. Some tips to use a Chart are:
Read the title of the CHART
Read the column headings to find the groups the CHART shows.
Read the Facts in the rows to find exact details.