The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-15

the signed order to and time the teacher receives
her places teachers cannot sho there may be h
demand ready money the fact remains ts for many reasons
the most satisfactory method monthly some towns
complained bitterly of the present method As shown
the finances Section w. it often an advantage 10 the
town to postpone payment of teachers long possible especially
when the selectmen have to borrow the money
td THE STATE COURSE
The present Teachers the Elementary Schools
was issued by department education 1907 The introduction
states that was prepared ungraded rural schools rather than
for the graded cities and villages No less than twenty
different people contributed the making this of study and
principles having governed these dvd
the making of there lack of unity IN the points OF
view subjects fully outlined with clear statement
of the For other subjects there catalogue
of the things to be DONE with little or no indication OF the ann or
purpose practice this of study is not
used many Several of the cities and larger villages have
more or less detailed study the union supern
dgen trying to courses suitable Tor
their schools.
The following indicates the order in which child entering
the school at the will the various subjects
The chd principal the first school to learn to
read primers and first Incidentally he is taught to spell
ten to add and subtract within
his ability and in writing to form the letters and easy words
Many hero stories read him and ne is encouraged 10
reproduce that his expression may be
improved Some given fundamental principles of hygiene
nature study simplest social relationships In schools
roe singing drawing also begun Although the emphasis
upon reading that taught in the elementary school
introduced elementary form in the first school year.
During reading is still emphasized but the other
subjects systematic attention through constant arm
the gains enough facility writing and spelling to write simple
compositions the tables of several of the commonly
used measures employs formulating simple prob
involving counting adding and ubrang Rote singing drawing
and the BIRDS animals and plants is con-
tinued
In emphasis changed from reading to arithmetic
The multiplication tables and continues to drill upon
subtraction and simpler forms of fractions Although oral
expression written composition particularly letter
writing grammatical distinctions form considerable part
of the English grade Familiarity with the common
graphical impaired through the study OF text
that general of geography that be Illus
traed locality In schools note singing begun and
most nature study and drawing attention
mastery the four fundamental operations IN
arithmetic definite work with fractions begun
Drill examples found in the text book
Since the child supposed able read anything within his
pehenson to reading separate subject
Geography this concerned with the earth as whole Hero
the direct of teaching the important
events in history writing oral and written composition and
the analysis of simple sentences constitute the work In
English other subjects continued the preceding grades
During the fifth the work in arithmetic concerned with the
application numbers that involve decma and percentage The aim
of reading appreciation and aruananceshp with good literature
English continued the preceding grades with the exception
of formal In geography atten
ton given study of the principal features selected continents
Some of the history taught by OF stories
osnh taught in