Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-02-11
High School Notes
FIFTH GRADE.

To those children coming to the pub
lie schools, we aim to give more than
rudimentary knowledge of the three
Rs. Here they meet with other child
rem and obtain an all round develop
ment Other ideas than their own are
brought forth They are better able
to meet and deal with people in their
after life both social and business.
In the Fifth Grade the aim through
out, in the teaching of Reading, is the
development of the power to learn
through reading. When reading
poem or story the child must be able
to form mental pictures of the thought
which the sentence or paragraph ex-
presses The teacher must also aid in
giving the child background of ex-
perience to do this. This may be done
through pictures and knowledge on
the teachers part. The teaching of
the right habit of using the dictionary
is continued Phonics is taught in
connection with reading in order to
Frequent exercises in sight reading are
given to test the child's ability to
grasp the thought of the sentence at
glance and to recognize familiar words
in new relations. Choice quotations
from poems are MISUNDERSTANDING each
week. The textbook used is Jones
Third Reader and some supplementary
readers as king of the Golden River"
by Rushing and king Midas by
Hawthorne.
In Language we aim TO help the
child form the habit of using the Eng
lish language correctly, lead him to
observe what is going on around him,
tn tell his thoughts to others, enlarge
and secure proper diction, and last but
not least. to cultivate love of the
beautiful in art, literature and nature.
This is done by having the child write
brief compositions ON simple and famll-
ier topics which are suggested in other
ter writing, in which special attention
is given to paragraphing, correct syl-
labication at ends of lines, punctua-
ton, capitalization and penmanship.
The correct use of pronouns and irreg-
ular verbs is taught. Text book is
Mother Tongue Book 1.
The aim IN Arithmetic is to acquire.
skill in the fundamental processes, to
develop mental power in solving con-
crete problems which are applications
of the abstract processes. In factor
ing tests of divisibility of numbers are
learned. For example, the child is
taught to tell at a glance whether a
number is divisible by two, three or
five. These rules are given and learn
ed by application. Prime factors are
learned to 100 and separating of COM
posite numbers into prime factors.
This precedes work in finding the
Least Common Multiple and Greatest
Common Divisor of numbers. Those
tables are thoroughly mastered which
ara in common use as liquid, dry,
linear, square, and cubic measure,
avoirdupois weight, etc.. Mines Arith-
metic is used.
In Geography the child is given
knowledge of the world in which he
lives All people do not lead the same
kind of life and by studying these diff
ferent ways Of living the child is
brought to understand that the ply
geographic conditions of the earth has
much to do with the determining OF
the occupation in different sections OF
the world Special attention is PAID
to the physical features showing how
they determine the climate and hence
the productions. Library books are