The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-07-07

coxDrcrED NJ !. =. DANIEL.
Teachers Daily Preparation for
Work.

Bytcacftfs ddlit preparation ior work
us meant that daily preparation or max
ling ready for work III the school room.
b, the teacher. rhc teacher must work.
HE must 40 something whilehc il III the
school room. lie must do -uch work
which the pupils like, IN v vhich they will
take an interest, aud by which they will
learn. The teacher should not begin
This work until he is thoroughly perpaf-
led for Il. Tie necessity Of this prcpar-
a,ion and how 70 daily prepare. are the
lohiecIs of this paper. or the Necessity
aud importance OF This daily preparation
much need not 10 be said, as nearly All
admii The necessity Of II. ! shall read.
however, = few paragraphs about teach
crs' daily preparation, taken from the
manuals for the common schools oi Du-
bois county. for the years 1870 and 1881
In the manual for the year 1850 We iiAt
ihe following paragraph, which explains
Itself
"The teacher should siuiionsly fore
Ica.t each days labor before school begins.
|If you can 80 thoroughly master each
lda,'s work. as 10 be aDic 10 perform I'LL
lefiiriently. without the text book im hand.
Won will realize much greater freedom
Iii impnriing instruction. You will aisDl
lnoIe Smorc rapid progress Ia your
|rlassps Teachers can not induce chill
Iaren 20 exercise independent ;hour M ti.l
they sci the example. too frequent
Preference 10 a text book Is embarrassing
10 both teacher and pupil. while inde-
|penden; thinking il always inspiring.
vivid and impressive
From me; above we can see that bv
preparing we are not chained u the text
book during a recitation. but TINT we can
act independent from il, which viii ~
ways produce good results. LII The man
uai for The year lsSI we find among the
teachers duties The following:
~ would be great advantagefo both
tcacher and school. for the teacher 10 |
have m ontline OF each day work pre-
pared before hand. Keep blank book !
lor thar purpose" and further The Goun |
fy Superintendent, when visiting the
~rhoo!s will make 4 permanent record oi
hi- observations Or several point. among I
- hch u written outlines Of daily work. /
Al IN the means " daily preparation a 4
blank book should be used by The leach
er. and III II he should Nliie nj onIline
of eacl, day work prepared bei're land
Write I'D this blink book all that Won in-
icni io 10 each tiAy. aud how you att 1U-
Ing 10 conduct The yarieus elassc~. aud 4
also write III X nll the interesting in'rr-
nation. which is not III the ie>t book.
Let u make This palmer by an ilinsira.
tion. SnrpoSiuz the lesson sor reading
fifth grade. j. Life OF Iongfcllow.
Now The teacher before school begins
should obtain AZ the information wi'hinl
his reach about the life of Longfol!ow.
not only from The short sketch oi Tile an
thor's life. which j. in The Fifth Kealer.
but also from newspapers and other
sources. then write tho interesting parti
of this information, abridged and abhre-
waited. Id the preparation book. and thew
BY thus writing this Information. you
will firmly impress ia upon your mind.
aud not forget II. and then YOU can Tell
II when the class rrcitcs to Tile pupils.
III smelling select beforehand ten or
twenty commonly misspcllcd words.
write them III the preparation book and h
let The pupils spell them the next day.
And proceeding III the same manner
with all thc other branches. Rene mber
in preparing keep three things in view.
first Write in tho blank book what
you intend 70 DO each day.
Second. Write how You are going 70
conduct the various classes.
Third. Write all the interesting and
useful information YOU can obtain.
The daily preparation book should be
nscd especially by the teacher oi primary
pupils. The teacher Of primary pupils
should read a good School journal. and
from II nc will learn many useful sugges-
lions for teaching primary pupils and
then he can write synopsis ~ these
suggestions anh bring them into pfacti- N
cal use In the school room. The answers
10 the questions. How shall teach the
alphabet 70 beginners? How 10 keep
small pupils busy during the day. How Ii
ID teach them 20 spell and read. and 9TH
sr questions should be abridged and +,
written IN the preparation book. Our
worthy County superintendent has re-
peatediy urged that the teachers should N
nee daily preparation book. but Till the
last County Institute or this county only n
! few teachers did daily prepare. hope,
however, that since that more teachers
have daily prepared.
These few thoughts about teachers
laiy preparation for work are not all
That could be said about such nm impor-
liant subject but hope that they will |
suggest other ideas, and that those teach
~ who have not vet used dai!v prep
lration book, will try and use Il and you
will be sure OF success.