East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-02-05

learn now TO write CnaC way
too. This is the time - durini
the second grade, usually =
when flowing or "cursive" writ
ing is taught to our children
They learn how to make tn
changeover from printing t.
script rather rapidly, as mat
ter of fact; most children ar
writing quite we'll by the en-,
of the second grade.
The second graders in Mis-
Kate Warmers class lat Gale
donia School are just now il
this interesting phase Of theil
education. They are learning
which letters are high, ant
which aren't, and which one.
extend below the line; and they
are learning always to lool
back to make sure that every
81" has a dot and every 1T" is
crossed. Now their papers are
more like their Mothers writ.
ing all the time.
And now they can write:
81 write my letters plain
and well,
This helps me much to
read and SPELL"
Prospect
The Science special activities
group Of Prospect School re-
Gently took trip to the newly
remodeled Health Museum on
Euclid Ave. with their sponsor,
Mrs. Jean DeFilippi. They were
especially interested in Juno,
the famous transparent woman,
with her miles of wiring and
tubes inside and her recorded
voice telling all about herself.
They also studied exhibits show
ing how the suns energy trans
forms lifeless materials into
food for men and animals, and
listened to the magnified beat
of their own hearts at another
location. They saw displays of
facts and pictures about teeth,
diseases of people, and the
growth of animals. All in all,
they had a most interesting
time.
Mayfair
Writing in the sixth grade
takes many forms. Some is fact,
some is fiction. But all of it
can be arranged in some sort
of logical manner, that makes
it both easier to write - by
disposing of one topic before
going on to the next - and
easier to understand, because
each subject or event can be
absorbed by itself.
We have been reading some
papers written by the sixth
graders in Mrs. Dorothy Nc
Cabe's room at Mayfair school
that illustrate this point. They
are quite different in subject
matter; one set deals with
various countries of the world,
such as Rumania, Bulgaria, and
India; the other is a group of
stories about space
travel and trips to various plan
cts. But in each kind, the writ
,en material is divided into
paragraphs, and in the first of
,hese sets the paragraphs are
made to follow the items and
sections of a prepared outline.
N both, the subject matter is
easier to follow because of the
division of the material into
,opics or events. This is an i'm
,ortant writing lesson to learn.
ROzelle
The fifth grade students of
Miss Ruth Hodson at Rozelle
School have made some attrac-
i've wall hangings as gifts for
heir mothers. They are of two
linds. One kind was made of
,lasticene molds, into which
mall twigs and other decora-
i've shapes were pressed when
he mold was soft. Then plaster
f Paris was poured into the
lesign, which hardened and
vas then painted in attractive
olors.
The other gifts are tastefully
decorated asbestos heat mats,
N which designs have been
'ainted with pastel tempera
olors. Both types of objects
re decorated with outlines of
,lants, animals or people, and
make quite a handsome display
n the schools trophy case.
Cha mbers
A play is in progress at
jhambers School. 1t is "Hansel
nd Gretel', and it is being
by the fifth grade
hildren in Mrs. Carlotta
'chwartz' room for presenta-
ion to their mothers. And the
hildren are doing all the work
n it themselves.
Two children, a boy and a
irl, are playing the piano for
ne songs from Humperdinck's