Manual Of Course Of Study Of The Public Schools Of Lancaster Wisconsin

Author : B. B. Jackson
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ISBN 13 : 9781331333296
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Outline of the Course of Study written by B. B. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outline of the Course of Study: For the Public Schools of the City of Superior, Wisconsin Recitations in the First, Second, and Third Grades should be limited to twenty minutes; in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth to twenty-five minutes; and in the Seventh and Eighth to thirty minutes. Manual work may be continued for a slightly longer period. In making programs, teachers should consider difficulty of subjects and fatigue periods of the pupils. Short periods with intense work, provided program admit of sufficient variation in kind of work, are productive of best results. Reading - Twice daily in first and second grades; daily in other grades. Word Drill - Separate, short and frequent in first two grades. Phonics - Separate, short and frequent drills in first two grades; continued through all grades. Thought and Expression - Aim of reading throughout the course, but mastery of printed forms through word-drill and phonics the only means in the lower grades. Spelling - Short and frequent drill in all grades - phonics assisting in lower grades. Language - Daily. Observation - Separate, short, and frequent drill in first three grades Daily. Oral Language - Major part of work in the lower grades - Daily. Written Language - Little in lower grades, amount increasing in the upper grades. Arithmetic Daily. Sense Training - Separate, short, and frequent drill in first three grades. Speer Blocks - Regular short and rapid work in lower grades. This with sense training the principal work of first two grades. Numbers - Short periods, quick intense work - throughout the course. Geography - Daily. This work partaking of nature work largely in first two grades and forming the correlating center for nature work of all the grades. History - General lesson in first two grades. Daily in the other grades, length of period increasing with the upper grades. Manual Training. Drawing - Three periods of twenty minutes each per week, or in upper grades two periods of thirty minutes each. Construction Work - Daily in lower grades; two periods per week in intermediate grades; and one period of shop work and sewing in Seventh and Eighth Grades. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.