The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14
Reading

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AL Of tia upper grades have
been studying about nature and the
conservation of it.
Royal Jones and Doris Olson
wrote to Washington, D. c. for
bird pamphlets.
The seventh grade memOrized
"The Daffodils" by William Word
worth and "Trees" bv Joyes Kill
mer.
The sixth grade memorized ITO
the Cukoo" by John Logan.
Three of the grades have mem
ouized a poem. This month, the
four h grade memorized "The Vii
lage Blacksmith" The third grade
"My Shadow" and the second
grade "The Swing"
The first grade is progressing
very we'll in reading and number
work.
Spelling
On Monday our teacher goes over
our spelling words and explains
their meanings. On Tuesday we
write sentences with them. On
Wednesday we have a trial writ
ing. On Thursday We study QUIZ
words and Friday our final grade
is taken.
/ EVELYN Danielson won high hon
ors in the room in spelling for the
month of May, having a perfect
record.
Reynold Torpen was the high
est in the third grade with 81.
Bernt Ward was the highest IL
the second grade with 95.
Geography
Fifth graders are finishing thu
study of the Middle Atlantic State
and We traced the U. S. map ant
colored the natural regions.
Seventh graders are studying
about the U. S. place in the worl'
as a producer of agricultural crops
The fourth grade is making
sand table project to show the lif
of the Arabs. We are making
camels, goats, sheep and tent t
be placed among the sand dunes.
The third grade made a scraT
4 book in which we mounted pic
lures of the things we studied.
Arithmetic
! The fifth grade has been study
! ing addition of fractions. We ar
{ taking up rectangles now.
l The sixth graders have bee
studying division of decimals an
drawing to a scale.
! We measured the school yar'
and drew a map of it to scale
| The seventh graders are stud!
I ing checking and saving account
The eighth graders are studyin
profit and loss and short cuts
multiplication and division ar
successive discounts.
: The fourth grade has been worl
4 ing on short division, two figur
J. multipliers and is now starting {
: three figure multipliers.
a The third grade has been worl
: ing for some time on borrowing
- substHactions.
The first and second grade haN
u been using number wheels an
o cards to speed up their addition
o The second grade has also be-
= taking the first steps in subtra
e lions and learning the small
q Roman numerals.
: Language
= The fifth and sixth grades COZ
. bined classes for a debate la
week. Resolved: A pony is bett
e than a bicycle for a boy or a g
s, of ten years,
The affirmative were Palma s.
berg, Doris Olson, Beatrice Hell
gard and Norma Knonen.
d The negative were Palmer HI
IS men, Royal Joyes, Sander Gro
void, and Mernard Torpen.
The affirmative won,
J. The seventh grade has be
4 studying common and proper nou
y and. how to form their plurals.
e The eighth grade has been bu
e. studying how to write concise
scriptions.
! The fourth grade has been wo1
= ing ON story telling and lett
writing.
)e The third grade has been VOL
ing on building sentences, use
le capital letters and periods.
\ Both grades have a progrt
book in English. M k
va. Cfvics
The eighth grade has been stud
st ing duties of citizens and ci
N government. M
History
The fifth graders gave a pl;
in history about Eli Whitney a
his invention of the cotton gi