Third and Fourth Grades

Abstract

The Sap has Begun to Flow, The Boat Ride, Songs for Little Children, Part II, Eleanor Smith; Now Melts the Snow, Early Spring, Snowing and Blowing, What the Robin Sings. Modern Music Series, Primer. Speech, Oral Reading, and Dramatic Art: I. Phonic games, and training in hearing and reproducing sound. Dramatization of the Indian story of the robin, and the legend of the Sleeping Beauty. II. Poems: The Tree, by Bjornsen;selections from Hiawatha's Childhood and the Legend of Pearl Feather. Reading: Cyr's, First Reader, The Story of Maple Sugar. Printed reading lessons on Water and Air in February COUiSE OF STUDY. Texts of songs written on the blackboard. Printed description of how the first dishes were made. Additional reading lessons for Second Grade: Stories of The Mole and the Lark and Peter at the Dyke, Cook County Normal Reading Slips; How the] ChiZpmunk got the Striztes on his Back, Nature Myths; selections from Hiawatha's Childhood, Hiawatha Primer. Writing, Spelling, and English: Recording signs of spring in the spring calendar. Reproduction on the blackboard of stories read during library periods. Placing of new words in dictionary. Writing of recipes in cook-books. Writing answers to questions which arise during recitations. Placing of dimensions on all working drawings. Correlated Number: Much number will necessarily be correlated with the experiments in purification of water. (See outline for Domestic Science in Primary Grades). Through constant use of the thermometer the children will necessarily gain power to count by ones, twos, and tens, and will become familiar with most of the combinations of numbers from I to io. Working plans of the kites and boats made in the shop will be drawn to a definite scale and the amount and cost of material calculated by the children. Physical Training: The March work will be a continuation of that of February, the children learning to use four hurdles. The games emphasize the running element in preparation for the outdoor sports to follow later. References: Estropp, Handbook of Pottery, International Encyclopedia, Vol. XII, p. 93, Invention of Pottery,; A. D. Plougeon, Popular Science Monthly, September, I896, Potter's Art Among Native Americans; Art Thoughts, p. 633, The Story of Palissy,; H. W. Longfellow, Keramos; The Great Industries of the United States, p. 826, Pottery and Porcelain; Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Story Hour; Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard, pp. I8-3o; Starr, First Steps in Human Progress; Sara Wiltse, Kindergarten Stories; Jackman, Nature Study, pp. 259-262; Nature Study and Related Subjects, pp. 1103, and 122-126; Cooke's Nature Myths; Rice, Course of Study in History and Literature.