Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-25
Notice Of Common School Examinations.

sent IL asked 10 cOnsidefils contents ana tfcl
to place it in the hands of the teacher OF the
school In his district. j will also be thankful
for any hints that he may add for the bencht 81
either teacher or pupils.
Notice OF Common School Examinations.
There viii be an examination of the pupils ii
the Country Schools on or about February %
1885. Questions will be furnished TO the District
Clerks previous to the Examination with The
request that they be handed TO the Teachers
The Course Of Study for Country Schools shoult
be carefully studied and SO far practicable
carried out by every Teacher. The canse OF
Education suffers seriously from lack of system
and uniformity in school work. Intelligent
teachers recognize this fact and desire SOME
system that will tend TO make their work more
satisfactory, both TO themselves ant their pa
irons The Outline Of Work recommended by
the best and most earnest educators Of the state
is at least a partial remedy for The existing con
dition OF things and 1t should not fail 10 receiv,
kindly recognition a, az the hands o. teachers ans
schools to which this schemeof work can be ap
piled fully and at once; Judicions and perse
vering effort in the right direction can soon bring
nearly all OF them up TO standard that vii
make the application of the scheme easy and
desirable
Teachers examining pupils for the different
forms can receive blank certificates of promo
ton from this Office at any time after the first Of
February. All snch examinations, when fairly
and judiciously conducted viii stimulate laud
able ambition and be productive Of much good
1t will be necessary To allow pupils wiring iol
the Common School Diploma. more time thar
was allowed them last February, and ii will give
me sincere pleasure to find an increased number
heartily interested in the plan The work oi
writing monthly examinations will enable pupils
to become reasonably apt in expressing theii
thoughts on paper. most valuable and neces
sary accomplishment. Now beg to supplement
this notice by few suggestions concerning diff
ferent phases Of school work, trusting that they
may meet with your appreciation.
READING.
Since nne-tenths of the reading that Is done
in life calls into use the eyes and mental rae,
ulties only, no lip service or nse OF the vocal
organs being required, 1t should be orr hrst and
most earnest aim to make Intelligent readers OF
the pupils placed in our care
In order that this may be done, IL Is Absolutely
essential that the meaning Of the @0IdS used be
understood. Questioning willdetermine whether
this is the case or not. The pupil should be
able TO construct a sentence containing the word,
showing its proper use. This work should by
ali means begin with the primary classes.
Patient and intelligent drill will accomplish
good results Not how much but bow well
applies with force to teaching reaGing. The
memory can very proitably be trained by assign
ing short stanzas or paragraphs from eminent
authors and having them detained or reclted
by the pupils during the reading exercise. In
all oral reading the matter of expression On
Guiding emphasis infection. modnlatiou, Nc.,
&c } can not receive too much attention.
Every teacher Is well aware that much time Is
given to this most useful branch of education.
Are the results iattering either to us or our
pupilsy