The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-06-25
Course of study In The Point
Pleasant Public schools.

study for the Point Pleasant Schools,
adopted by the Board of Education,
on the 18th day of September, 1887,
and which is now in force:
There shall be four Departments
classed into consecutive grades, as
follows:
The Primary Department, three
grades, c, b, A.
Intermediate Department, two
grades, b, A..
Grammar, two grades, b, A.
High School.
First Year.
photography, Reading, Writing.
Arithmetic, taught by the use of OBJ
iects, also numbers from to 1000.
Geography, comprising elementary
terms, use of Compass, and practical
lessons on size and objects; Lang
uage lessons. confined to descrip-
ton .of such objects as are well
known to children, in order to Sc
cure for them good articulation. and
cultivate in them habits of observa-
ton. observation-disclosures of
general information for children,
the Eve senses, their organs and use;
personal habits, bodily cleanliness,
and purity of morals.
Second Year.
orthography-Spelling all words
in reading lessons, orally, by sound
and by letter; diacritical marks to
be used when writing words on
States.
Reading-Second Reader, intro
duced, and supplementary reading
may be in this and succeeding grades
under the direction of the Principal.
Writing-Black board and slate
exercises; copy book introduced.
misunderstanding notation,
Enumeration, multiplication, division,
but no example requiring more than
IWO OlleFuIiouS WIN numoeTS, Snuii
be given in this grade.
Primary Geography-Defnitions
of natural divisions; maps of some
surrounding objects.
Language lessons and Letter writ
ing on familiar topics.
Observation-Disclosures work, and
such additional instruction as will
benefit the children; department
on the play grounds and on the
streets.
Third Year.
Observation-Disclosures in
troduced, as we do not spell our
words when speaking, but only
when writing, due care must be TAX
en- by teachers that pupils shall
write out the most important words
of the assigned lesson.
Reading-Third Reader introdu-
ced; pupils before learning this
Grade must be prepared to read any
ordinary lesson at sight, with APP
propriate expression, and in clear
and distinct manner.
MISUNDERSTANDING intellectual
to fractions and Rays Practical to
Compound Numbers.
Observation-Disclosures and out
line Maps, continued.
Language-Use of Capitals, pune
tuation marks in written exercises;
Letter writing continued; Writing
on Copy book.
Observation-Disclosures Sen
fences, to be written on the black
board and copied by the pupils for re-
membrance; Gems of Thought; Sim
pie quotations from the Poets, thus
giving to childhood the purest OK.
pressions from the treasury of liter
ture.
Fourth Year.
Orthography-Spelling- book CON
tinued, Homonyms and Synonyms
fully taught.
Reading-Fourth Reader intro
du ced; Lessons on Voice Culture
and Evolutionary Drill.
Geography-Intermed text
book introduced; Map Drawing con-
tinued; Map of West Virginia.
Observation-Disclosures and
Practical to per centage.
Language-Work of preceding
Grades reviewed; daily exercise in
Written Compositions.
Fifth Year.
orthography-Fifth Reader,
Writing; Physical Geography, with
use of Globes, Arithmetic-Int
tual and Rays Practical complete;
English Grammar introduced; Unit
ed States History; Primary Algebra.
MISUNDERSTANDING daily
drills on Arithmetic principles; test
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