Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-01-16

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her In places where teachers shop there little
money but the many
the most satisfactory method Of payment is monthly In towns
teachers have complained bitterly of the present method
the report finances Section VII often advantage to the
town postpone the payment of teachers long possible especially
when the seectmen have to borrow the
(d) THE STATE COURSE OF STUDY
The present Teachers Manual for Use the Elementary
issued by the department of education 1907 The introduction
states that prepared for the gded
for the graded schools cities and villages No less than twenty
different contributed to the making of this study
principles given having governed these ndvd
uas the making there lack of unity points
the subjects fully statement
of For other subjects there is mere catalogue
of the things be with little indication
of the work In actual practice this of study
used many schools Several of the cities larger villages
less detailed courses study and the super-
tendents have been dgent trying suitable
their schools.
the school at the age SIX will the various subjects
The chds principal task during the first school year
read and first readers Incidentally he taught spell
of the words that ne reads to count en to add and subtract within
the limit his ability and writing form the letters and
Many fairy and hero read him and he
reproduce them orally in order that his
improved Some attention fundamental principles hygiene
nature study and the simplest social relationships In schools
roe singing and drawing also begun Although the emphasis
reading all the subjects that taught the elementary school
introduced elementary form in the first school
During the second reading is still emphasized but the other
subjects systematic attention Through
the child gains enough facility writing and spelling to write simple
compositions He the tables of several of the more commonly
used which the teacher employs formulating simple
lens involving counting adding and ubtracng Rote singing drawing
the observation of the Birds plants
tinued.
In the third the emphasis changed reading arithmetic
The child the multiplication tables continues drill
addition subtraction and simpler fractions Although
still encouraged written composition particularly letter
writing and simple grammatical distinctions form considerable part
of the English this grade Familiarity with the
graphical concepts impaired through the
that deals with the general features geography that be illus
aed in his locality In schools singing
most schools nature study and drawing attention
In the fourth year mastery the fundamental operations
arithmetic completed definite with fractions begun
Drill accomplished by found in the book
Since the child supposed be able anything within his
prehenson less attention to reading subject
Geography this grade with whole
used for the direct teaching the
events history Letter writing oral written composition
the grammatical analysis of simple constitute the
English The other subjects continued the preceding
During the fifth year the arithmetic
application numbers that involve demas percentage The
of reading appreciation acquananceshp with literature
The English continued the preceding grades with the exception
of increased emphasis formal geography aten
ton given the study of the principal features selected continents
Some the important history taught
The remaining subjects taught in the fourth grade
In the sixth the chief arithmetic simple interest
There thorough drill all that has previously been taught Formal