The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-04-01

desks in the room put in order. Then
about twenty minutes were spent by
all the pupils in discussing current
events. Many of. the older pupils wer
were subscribers for the little paper
Current Events" Even the youngest
j pupils were interested and took some
part in the exercises. After this dis
cussion closed the teacher told the pu-
! pills that request had been made for
the school to sing. Some one named a
song, the teacher took her place at the
organ and began to play ''The Star
/ Spangled Banner" Immediately ev-
cry child arose to it's feet. Then the
teacher changed to the air of the song
that was to be sung. After the song
was finished, asked the children why
they stood when the teacher played
"The Star Spangled Banner" One
little fellow raised his hand and said,
"Cause teacher says every good Amer
lean citizen stands when he hears the
"Star Spangled Banner" The pupils
in that school know patriotic songs.
The flag was draped across the front
OF the room and the pupils with much
feeling gave the flag salute.
In another school the teacher with
basket social money had purchased a
two-burner kerosene stove and fitted
up one corner of he room as kitchen
cite. About ten minues before noon,
two Of the older girls began work in
that corner. When school was dismissed
for noon the children got their lunch
baskets and pals, put them on the
desk and proceeded in mannerly way
to eat their lunch. The two girls who
had charge of that noon hour, served
each child with hot cocoa. After the
lunch was finished each child very
carefully brushed up any crumbs that
had fallen on or around his desk, put
his pail or basket in it's place, and
spent the rest of the period at play.
This teacher was not only teaching her
children good manners, but in this
pleasant way the noon hour was made
orderly, and instead of the teacher
dreading the noise and confusion of
the noon hour, she looked forward to it
with pleasure.
Many teachers of the rural schools
feel lack of time for teach class reci-,
|; ttion because there are SO many clas-
ses in each day. One teacher who had
about twenty eight classes in a day.
found from fifteen to twenty-five min
utes for each class by combining the
Rotations. For instance, she plan
ned her work SO that she could con-
duct the recitation for language and
Ii at the same time and thus give
each class twice as long period as if
she had each class recite alone. Each
grade was doing its work but the work
was planned SO that the basis of the
work was the same. The lesson in
mind was on the wind. A picture of
several children flying kites was used
to develop the lesson. When the re-
citation was nearly finished and the
assignments were made land by the
way, the study period followed the re-
citation period) the first grade was to
draw a pictpre of kite and to copy
on the same paper a stanza about the
kite and the wind. The second grade
was to write story about the child
rem flying kites in March. The plan
| OF combining Rotations was followed
in arithmetic. There was an ample
blackboard space in this school. The
teacher assigned certain problems to
each member of grade VI to be put
on the blackboard. While grade vi
was doing this she had grades Nv and
In oral recitation drilling on multi
plication tables. As the fifth grade
did not need as much drill as grade
Nv, they were soon sent to the board
to put assigned problems on to, be
ready for explanation. When the
work of grade vi at the board was
finished the Nv grade was sent to the
board to work, and explanation of the
problems on the board were given by,
member of the vi. Thus this teach
er through careful planning of her
work was able to give to her many
classes almost as much time for reci-
tatlon work as teacher can in the
grades of town school.
Many teachers make habit of
exhibiting around the school room the
work done by the children. This plan
always incites the pupils to try harder
and take more pride in their work. In
one school where the teacher had at
tractive exhibits of the pupils work
arranged in various parts of the room.
there was the atmosphere Of a real