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Synopsis of the Course of Study FIRST GRADE LANGUAGE Oral -Conversation -Articulation -Phonics -Reading (words, sentences, using chart, blackboard and typewritten lessons) -Spelling Written -Penmanship -Exercises (on blackboard and in blank books) SECOND GRADE LANGUAGE Oral -Conversation -Sentence -Phonics -Articulation -Reading (easy first and second readers) Written -Exercises (board and blank book) -Spelling (oral and written) -Dictation [[first and second grade]] HISTORY AND LITERATURE History -Stories of Primitive Peoples and Industrial life Civics -Home, School-room and Playground ethics Literature -Stories adapted from Literature -Memory Gems -Holidays [[first and second grade]] SCIENCE Nature Study -Plant Life -Animal Life -Care of body -(See "Outline of Course in Agriculture, 1907") [[first and second grade] FORM AND NUMBER [[first grade]] Form Study -(By folding, drawing and modelling) Problems upon -Area, bulk, time, weight, money value, etc. Number -Elementary operations. 10 and beyond (See Suggestions and Practical Questions for the Different Grades, 1907) [[Second grade]] Form Study -(By folding, drawing and study objects -Numbers to 100 or beyond -Elementary operations, Tables, etc. -Practical Problems THIRD GRADE LANGUAGE Oral -Conversation -Reproduction -Memory Gems -Phonics -Meaning and use of words -Reading, Second reader and Supplementary work Written -Exercises, Copybook: blackboard Spelling, dictation FOURTH GRADE LANGUAGE Oral -Conversation -Recitation -Oral Reproduction -Memory Gems -Third Reader -Spelling -Language Lessons base on industries Written -Copy-book -Composition, dictation [[third and fourth grades]] HISTORY AND LITERATURE History -Invention and Inventors -Stories of Indians in connection with geography -National holidays and current events Civics -Conduct, leading to civics Literature -Stories selections and adaptations from masterpieces of literature SCIENCE Nature Study -Plant Life Animal life -Care of Body -Forms of land and water -(See "Outline of Course in Agriculture - 1907") [[third grade]] FORM AND NUMBER Form Study -Folding, drawing and making Sloyd and shop work Number Notation to 10,000 Operations - Reviewing Multiplication, Short Division, Simple fractional expressions, Statements (See "Suggestions and Practical Questions for the Different Grades 1907") [[fourth grade]] Form Study -Drawing and making -Simple geometric exercises Numbers -Review long division -Partition -Statements and Proofs [[end page]] [[start page]] Synopsis of the Course of Study - Continued FIFTH GRADE LANGUAGE Oral -Topical Recitation -Correct English -Reading Third and Fourth Readers and Supplementary work -Memory Gems -Spelling and Phonics -Language Lessons Written -Penmanship -Composition on Industries and Home and School life History -Stories of discovery and colonization Civics -Oral study of Institutions Literature -Literature and reading SCIENCE Natural Study and Agriculture -Plant life -Animal life -Hygiene -Geography -(See "Outline of Course in Agriculture-1907 ) FORM AND NUMBER Form Study -Drawing and making; simple geometric problems Number -Begin Common and Decimal fractions -Begin Measurements -(See "Suggestions and Practical questions for the Different Grades-1907") SIXTH GRADE LANGUAGE Oral -Recitation -Reproduction -Reading, Fourth reader and Supplementary Use of Library Language Lessons Written -Composition -Written Recitation -Dictation HISTORY AND LITERATURE Colonial Growth and Independence Civics -Duties of the American Citizen Literature -Study of Masterpieces, -Memory Gems, etc. SCIENCE Natural Study and Agriculture -Physiology and Hygiene -Geography and Phenomena of Nature FORM AND NUMBER Form Study -Drawing and making; simple geometric problems in connection with numbers -Measurements -Carpeting floors, building etc. DEPARTMENTAL WORK Regular grade works ends with the first half of the seventh grade. By means of special departments in (1) the Science of Agriculture, (2) English, (3) Mathematics, (4) Geography and Physiology, (5) History and Orthography, those pupils who have proved their special fitness are enabled to complete the remainder of the Academic Course which has been recently outlined with the special object in view of preparing the pupil for "Life". While this plan results in economy of time and energy as well as in better teaching, the teacher still has the care in general of one particular class, and while it is doubtless true that in this as in any other plan, obstacles are encountered, still it is also true that wherever faithfully tried has proved a success, and its principal opponents are those who have never tried in.
