East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-09-29

IN q second grade class at May
fair School not long ago led tc
series of Investigations which
became a true learning exper'
ience for the youngsters.
The recent series of destruct.
i've fires in Cleveland was being
discussed by the children in Mrs
:" Patricia McNeilly's room, and
the class and the teacher decided
at about the same time that
they would like to study the
problem of fire prevention.
They obtained books that
told about the work done by
firemen, all of which mentioned
that there must always be some
one on duty at a fire house;
so they constructed red May
fair Fire Station" in their class
room tout of large packing
carton), and chose up people
to be on duty at different times.
Arrangements were made to
visit the fire station near CHAM
bers School. which as you know
is soon to be housed in a brand
new building. They asked many
questions of the firemen there,
and saw the actual pieces OF
eauipment-fire engines and so
:, on-which their play toys at
home were so similar to.
Back at school, they collected
quite a number Of model trucks,
;. ladders, hoses and the like, and
explained to each other how
they were used. They even have
an alarm box, whose operation
sthey understand. Moreover,
their new-found knowledge is
of an extremely practical kind.
For instance, did you know
why the new fire house is be-
ing built a little bit farther
along on Shaw Avenue than
the old one was, instead OF oc-
cupying the same spot? The
second graders at Mayfair can
tell you. 1t is so. that the long
ladder trucks will have a straight
pull down Allegheny Avenue
when they get call down that
way. instead of having to make
a r-raising and perhaps dan
sgerous double turn at full speed
at that intersection.
Caledonia
!, Riddles are fun to make up,
and even more fun if you know
the answers to them. Further
more, if you write out the rid
,.dles, you can use the writing
itself to test your knowledge Of
all sorts of skills: spelling. pun
ctuation, paragraphing and SIM
, liar things.
This many-purpose project
was a recent exercise carried
through to completion by the
fourth grade pupils of Mrs.
Wilda Ressler at Caledonia
School. For the subjects of their
riddles, they chose characters
lin stories that they had read.
The object was TO tell enough
about each Of the persons or
:. ANIMALS in the stories so that
their Aclassmates had a fair,
chance to guess who they were,
but not enough to give the ans
w@ away completely. |.
Then the riddles were writ
ten out in clear hand, and in
accordance with all of the rules
. for good writing. This all add
ed up to a lesson that was very
much worth while, and fun too.
Here is a sample: "Once
played sweet music and led all
the rats out of the city. Later
all the children followed me and
were neveA seen again. Who
lam I" {
Prospect I
The reading of a map is not .
as easy as it looks; or rather, +!
a person can look at a map
without realizing how many !.
different things it has to tell
him, which is perhaps another
way of saying that he hasn't {
really read it. :
Furthermore, the making of
a map is even harder than the :
reading of one. You have to
know quite a bit about the area e
being drawn before you start, h
because if the maps dimensions I
are wrong you are lost even n
before you begin. il
Now, what about construct
ing a map Of an area for which .
there is no map around-for :
your own neighborhood, for ex- !
ample? Streets and houses !,
have to come out right, or else r
something is going to get left =
out. This kind of mistake is r
easier to make than it sounds. !.
All these problems, and others, = =
are engaging the attention OF :
Mrs. Hazel Struggles fifth
grade class at Prospect School, Y
as they dig deeper into the sub l
ject of map reading and making. $
Maps of many kinds have been G
brought to the classroom: one n
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