The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
SPELLING DAY.

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Schools Friday; May 2, with
Fifth to Eleventh Grades Par
pating-Instructions TO Teach
ers.
Supt. J. L. Rusca has addressed
| the following letter to the teachers
OF the various public schools through.
out the parish:
Donaldsonville, La, Feb. 81, 1913.
Dear Teachers:
On the afternoon of Friday. May
z, a spelling contest will be conduct
ed in grades from the fifth to the
eleventh, inclusive, in all the schools
OF the parish. This day has been
fixed by the school board at the SUI
perlntendent's request, and has been
designated Spelling Day. the OBJ
lect being to stimulate greater in
terest and bring about friendly rival
ry and better results in this most
practical subject.
The contest will consist of two
hundred words for each grade, these
words to be written in ink and
numbered from one to two hundred.
The paper must be signed by the
contestant with his or her full name
and grade, as, paul Jones, Sixth
Grade''
The teacher will pronounce each
word twice, slowly and distinctly, and,
When necessary or advisable, will
explain the meaning Of the word.
At the conclusion of the contest, the
papers will be collected by the teach
er and taken home. All words not
correct will be cross-marked and the
number of words spelled correctly
will be ascertained and this number
written on the back of the paper.
preferably WITH a colored pencil. Hay
Ing found the number of words cor
rectly spelled by each member of a
grade, add these numbers and divide
their sum by the number of contest
Rnts in that grade, thus obtaining
sKEhe average number of words spelled
Eorrectly by the grade as a whole.
aoo this for every grade.
s'Register this average for each
grade and IN add ition register the
sap
no spelled correctly I50 Dc more
words, placing opposite the name the
number Of words spelled; as, MARY
.BroWn-187."
y See that your report reaches the
superintendent not later than May
ID All reports from any one school
must be- collected and sent in by
the principal. Care should be taken
in arranging the package and IN di-
recting same. A copy of the report
should be retained by every school,
and the papers of the contestants
should be filed by the school and
held in the event any should be call
ed for by the superintendent.
No assistance is to be given by
any teacher or permitted by any one
during the progress of the contest.
Contestants, teachers and superin-
tendent will be duty and honor bound
to guard against any possible unfair
ness before, during and after the con-
test.
The words for each grade will be
sent the principals several days be-
fore the contest and under no cir
cumstances must any Of the words
be given out until the time set for
the contest.
Teachers are urged not to permit
pupils to neglect any other subject
in preparing for this contest. Only
the usual period for spelling and
such vacant periods as the pupils or
grades might have should be devoted
to this subject.
The contest for fifth grade will be
taken from Century Speller, part II.
lesson 299 to 317.
The contest for sixth grade will be.
taken from same book, lesson 295 to
4S7.
The contest for seventh grade will
be taken from same book, lesson
800 to $50.
The contest for eighth grade will
be taken from same book, lesson
sos to the end, and from Mayne's
Business Speller, lesson 1 to. 80.
The contest for ninth grade will
be taken from above book, lesson 400
to the end, and from Mayne's Busi-
ness Speller, lesson ! to 40.
The contest for the tenth and
eleventh grades will be taken from
the above book, lesson $40 to the
end, and from Mayne's Business
Speller, lesson / to 10.
Proper encouragement and induce
ments should be offered in every
school and an honor roll prepared
and exhibited.
From this contest much valuable.
information will be secured and one
or more reports will be made and
published for the information of the
public.
This contest will be discussed at
the next teachers institute. Reserve
your questions until then.
shall try to secure several prizes
to be awarded to first places, grade
and individual contestants.
Yours for success,
j. /. sRUSCA, supt.