Course of Study for Primary Grades with Suggestions to Teachers

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Bureau of printing, 1918 - Education - 138 pages
 

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Page 113 - Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind ? Neither you nor I : But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
Page 107 - Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every...
Page 107 - I HAVE a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow — Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.
Page 113 - WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?" WHO has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind?
Page 37 - ... 1895] {January, guessing the spelling. In a primary grade, if a pupil does not know how to spell a word which he has occasion to write, he ought to be told how it is spelled; in a grammar grade, he ought to consult his dictionary. It is not necessary that a pupil should know how to spell a word which he may seldom or never have occasion to use. It is sufficient that he should recognize it readily in reading. No attention should be paid to the spelling of unimportant geographical names. The same...
Page 90 - ... integer as result. Addition of single columns, using the combinations learned. Measures used: Inch, foot, square inch, square foot, pint, quart. Review very thoroughly the work of the first half year. Teach addition and subtraction of numbers through 14 ; multiplication and division through 20. Teach signs for all processes, using the terms and, less, times, contains, and equals. Simple concrete problems should be given, using the combinations learned. The order of presentation should be: 1....
Page 8 - The elementary sounds are the common sounds of all the consonants, the long and short sounds of the vowels, the hard and soft sounds of c and g, and the simple phonograms, as ph, th, ch, sh, etc.
Page 39 - The endeavor should be to give the child the power to do by himself what he does when the teacher studies with him. The children may test each other at the close of a study period.
Page 11 - If pupils are to express the thoughts which they get through reading, they must first be accustomed to oral expression. The need of these first lessons is greatest...
Page 21 - In teaching that, make it clear that this refers to what is near the speaker ; that to what is not near him.

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