Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-03-05

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1--WE or six ia nm ae Interest tina
amusing to notice tnsary foi't the tea
little folks took in vii. grea were in,
was writing, anu as theyg1e'as she "
to pronounce the words nhat they
them, it was easy to see coming
familiar with what was u the
when they had got the ruf ra" NJ OF
little they would read ahAy,. . .m1
teacher, so that she was und
cessity of asking them to VA ~
had written the word before they pro.
nounCed it; one little tow headed lad
seemed hardly able to contain himself,
and his white head followed in nodding
sympathy with every stroke of the
teachers chalk as she wrote the words
of the lesson he knew so well; and al.
though, as we have said, she selected
the lines from different paragraphs, as
soon as the line was two words long he
seemed to know what would come next.
But all of the class were not so well
posted, some OF them found it too much
for their skill and in such cases their
more learned classmates were invited
by the teacher TO come TO their rescue
after they had shown their willingness
to do so by their appraised hands. Each
OF the five sections of the school was
given a reading lesson in this manner.
In going to and from the blackboard
they all went on the trot, or as the
teacher called it, ''fitting."
When about half the school had fn-
ished their reading lesson the teacher
examined the scissors work Of her
charge, took it into her possession and
to them pieces OF oil cloth
about ten inches square, which were
cut within an inch or little less of the
ends every half inch all che way across
so as to admit of the weaving in of half
inch strips of the same material of Il
different color, making when done
well a pretty little mat,
While the teacher was completing
the reading lesson with the rest Of the
were weaving the mats. At the con-
clusion Of the reading lesson the teach
er notified the school there was about
five minutes left for them to complete |
their mats before recess. At the ex-
piration of this time, during which |
lhe had passed among them di |
'ecting their work, the mats were
gathered up by children appointed for
he purpose, and the little folks were
allowed to march out in single file, and
rave their recess. This department
las total enrolment OF 55, about 4j
II whom were present. Some of the alb
entees have chicken pox, so the teach
II informed us.
After recess we visited Miss Stapley's
department, which consists of the whole
# the second grade and part of the
bird grade B. The total enrolment
3 40, and there was In attendance
bout 30, some OF those that were away
we're out on account OF having the
Miss Stapley's first exer.
Use after recess was II reading lesson,
ihich she conducted while her class
'ere seated, the scholars using their
ooks and each Of them reading the en-
ire lesson, and standing up while they
cad. While part OF the department
'ere reading, the rest were directed to
evote their attention TO word building.
or this purpose the teacher had writ.
en- on the board the word "Some-
hing" Of which the scholars were TO
lake as many words as possible. We
oticed that this expedient did not
eem to have as much attraction for
ne children as some of the other plans
hat we have seen during our visits,
nd the result was that the order was
OF so good AS an aid to the reading
,sson the teacher had written on the
lack board list of the hardest words,
nd before they began the reading they
ere made acquainted with their pro-
There was not sufficient
me for all the scholars to read the
sson through, and when time for dis
issal came the reading was brought
a close, the scholars directed to rise
I'd at the word from the teacher they
arched from the room. The teacher
formed us that the expedient of word
Hiding was "a new one in her depart l,
ent as she had only tried IL once or