The record-union., 1892-10-04
First Grade.

First Grade.
Reading-Progressiye charts; pictures
IN connection. Teach by means of black
board SO that pupils recognize at sight
words selected from the first thirty pages
of the First Reader
Place the words upon the board in both
script and printed form.
Teach to read these words by placing
them upon the board in sentences or
phrases; require pupils to pronounce dis
tinctly.
Teach a, an and the, in phrases, as:
man, the man, an apple, the apple, etc.
Use book after three months.
LANGUAGE.
Have conversational lessons, to enable
pupils to acquire freedom of expression.
Talk of objects familiar to pupils as dolls,
cats, birds, dogs, etc.
Require complete statements in refer
ence to what they see and do.
Require pupils to give the names of OBJ
JectS IN the schoolroom; also select names
of objects in reading lessons. Teach the
TWO most distinctive properties of objects,
form and color. Have pupils form SIM
pie sentences, using names of objects
learned.
Ask for names of colors of wearing ap-
parel of articles of food, etc.
Name the parts of the body, as head,
arms, etc, and their position as to right
and left.
Teach the names of the days of the
week. Require reproduction orally of
short stories read or told to them by the
teacher. Memorize short gems of poetry
and prose. Give careful, patient atten-
ton to the correction of errors and to the
cultivation Of proper habits of speech.
WRITTEN WORK.
Require pupils to trace familiar words
on the board or on states, to gain freedom
of motion.
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script, using ruled spaces on board and
states. Also copy sentences from the
board, using capital letters, period and
question marks. subsequently the let
ters singly may be taught, beginning
with the most simple ones, as and u.
Strict attention to proper position of
body and states or paper, and the proper
manner Of holding pen or pencil. Insist
on neatness.
Teach pupils to write their names and
addresses. In all slate work have states
ruled. Long sharpened pencils to be
used.
Quality of work, not quantity, de-
nlanded.
AR1THMETIC-(oRAL WORK..
Use objects and the numeral frame
Teach all possible combinations of the
numbers from l to 10. Drill both with
and without counters.
Give short oral problems, using all
Train to combine and separate readily;
pupils should know that 2 and 3 COM
blned are D, or separated l, as readily as
they know go makes go.
ARIEHMETIC-(wRITT WORK..
Teach pupils to express numbers
learned with neat, uniform figures.
Teach pupils to express different COM
binations learned with proper signs.
In subtraction the minuend not to ex-
ceed 9.
Teach notation and numeration to 100.
DRAWING.
Require pupils to draw the different
kinds of lines, also to draw simple fig
ures from copy.
MORALS AND MANNERS.
Teach pupils to be clean, neat kind,
polite, obedient, truthful, honest, indus
trious, punctual and patriotic.
MUSIC.
Motion songs and national songs.
Second Grade.
Reading Progressive reading charts.
First Reader Is. 81 to Lesson IS.
Require proper position while reading.
Have pupils read in a natural tone and
with proper force.
Be sure the pupil comprehends the
meaning of the text read.
A short, daily drill in voice culture and
the elementary sounds.
LANGUAGE.
Lead pupils to talk by asking them to
tell what they know about common
things, as dolls, cats, dogs, birds, etc.
Require pupils to express their thoughts
in complete sentences.
Require pupils to give names Of objects
in the Schoolroom, and select names of OBJ
jects in reading lessons.
Copy reading lessons from board on
states and on paper, as an exercise i'm
fiNrN nd
Teach proper use of capital letters, of
period and question marks.
Require pupils to reproduce orally the
substance of the reading lessons, and to
construct short sentences, using words
selected from reading lessons
Require pupils to reproduce orally
short stories read or told to them by the
teacher.
Teach the correct use of is, are: was.
were; has, have; go, went, etc. [ and O.
when used as words, must always be
capitals.
Have pupils memorize and recite short
selections.
Give careful, patient attention to the
correction of errors and to the cultivation
of proper habits of speech.
SPELLING.
Exercise pupils in spelling words Sc
lected from reading lesson, both orally
and in writing. Teach the use of words
original sentences. Make list of words
commonly used by children of this grade
and exercise in spelling such words both
orally and in writing. Drill on words
frequently missed.
ARITHMETIC.
Teach notation and enumeration to ], 900.
Oral and written exercises in addition
subtraction, multiplication and division,
by means of objects and the abacus to 20
Teach addition and subtraction stimuli
taneously.
Exercise in adding and subtratcting by
Us, 2's, 3's, As and SIS to 20.
Drill both with and without objects;
using abstract and concrete numbers.
Exercise pupils in adding single columns
amounting TO not more than 20.
Exercise in adding numbers consisting
of two figures, each column not amount
ing to more than 9.
Teach the multiplication and division
tables simultaneously: 2's to 2><10, 3's to
3><7, 4's to 4><5. SIS to 5x4,
Require statements containing the
signs of the four operations to be prop
erly expressed and worked.
PENMANSHIP.
Teach and drill frequently upon the
formation of letters singly, both small
and capital.
Drill upon connection of letters in
words, also upon proper slope and hight.
Give strict attention to proper position
of the body, also of the paper or states,
and to the correct manner OF holding pen
or pencil.
Teach pupils to write their names and
addresses, also to write the teachers
name.
In all slate work have states ruled, and
require LONG well-SharDened pencils to