Levin School Lessons

Chronicle (Levin), 3 February 1948, Page 6

Levin School Lessons

Dear Children, — ! The school opened this week. It is all very quiet aild still, We miss your smiling f aces and cheerful voices. As the booklets from the Education Department have not yet come to hand, we have prepared some work for you which "The Chronicle" has very kindly consented to publish. These lessons will be published once a week until the booklets arrive. When you have finished all your work for the week, place it in the same envelope that your school journal arrives in and post it back to the school. ko stamps are required if the envelope is marked "School Lessons." Use pad paper. Work neatly and try to do as much«df it as you can without worrying your parents. If you have changed your address since you were enrolled, please let me know. Your sincerely, H. F. McCLUNE.

Primers 3 and 4 Printing: 4 lines copied from reading books (wide lines) . Reading: 15 mins. or more. Wordbuilding. — Mon.; 4 'ea' words found from reading books (each) . T.ues.: 4 'oa' words found from reading books (coat). Wed.: 4 'ai' words found from reading/ books (•paid). Thurs.: 4 'ch' words found from reading books (chop) . Friday: 4 'sh' words found from reading books (ship) . Sentences : Use wordbuilding words in sentences. Art: Illustrate wordbuilding words. Number (P. 3) : Learn 1 and 1 , are 2, 2 and 2 are 4, 5 and 5 are 10. Number (P. 4) : Learn addition tables 1 and 1 are 2, 2 and 1 are 3, 3 and 1 are 4, 1 and 2 are 3, 2 and 2 are 4, 3 and 2 are 5. Standard I Arithmetic Write in figures: Sixteeri, eleven, twenty-four, thirty-six, twenty, nineteen, eight. What number comes after 29, 0, 32, 11, 25, 9, 14, 18. WHat number comes before 20, 12, 1, 40, 16, 38, 25. How many is a pair? A dozen? Half a dozen? Add these: 2 plus 1, 3 plus 1, 2 plus 2, 1 plus 6, 5 plus 5, 1 plus 1, 2 plus 0, 7 plus 1, 0 plus 0, 3 plus 3, 8 plus 1, 5 plus 4, 3 plus 1, 2 plus 0, 4 plus 1, 6 plus 1, 4 plus 4, 3 plus 2, 2 plus 8, 9 plus 1, 2 plus 5, 6 plus 4, 4 plus 3, 8 plus 2, 4 plus 5, 2 plus 7, 2 plus 4, 8 plus 0, 3 plus 6, 1 plus 0, 5 plus 3, 6 plus 2. Add: 2 and 11, 1 and 13, 2 and 12, 1 and 16," 1 and 15, 1 and 11, 0 ! and 12, 2 and 27, 3 and 13, 1 and' 18, 5 and 14, 3 and 11, 2 and 10, 4 j and 21. j Write these out and fill in the missing figure: 2 .plus equals 6, 4 1 plus equals 7, 5 plus equals 10, 5 plus equals 8, 2 plus equals 9, 3 plus equals 7, 3 plus equals 9, 5 plus j equals 5, 2 plus equals 7, 7 plusj equals 10, 4 plus equals 9, 3 plus i equals 8, 4 plus equals 6, 4 plus j equals 10, 5 plus equals 9, 1 plus equals 7, 0 plus equals 4, 1 plus equals 9, 7 plus .equals 7, 0 plus equals 6. Write in your note books and j learn 2 and 3 times tables. i Standard I Spelling: Write the following words in your note books. Learn six . each day and ask mother to test you at the end of the week: man, can, ram, get, wet, let, run, gun, sun, met, fun, ant, red, bed fed, did, hid, lid, hot, not, blot, spot, led, lip. October Journal, p. 131, "Now, the master . . . work." Study this sentence carefully. Ask mother to read it aloud while you write it down. Send in with your spelling test. Essay: Read "The Magic Pot" story from your October Journal and write a few sentences telling what happened after the . pot brought back the gold. Writing: Inside your journal you will find a writing copy. Write this carefully and send in. Reading: Read aloud to mother the first two stories in your October journal. Standard II Arithmetic : Thoroughly revise /tables 2, 3 and 4 . Written work: '4 plus ? equals 11, '■6 plus 9 equals, 6 plus 8 equals, 14 minus 9 equals, 17 minus 8 equals, 7 plus ? equals 15, 9 plus ? equals 17, 17 minus 9 equals, 16 minus 4 equals, 2 into 12 equals, 2 into 16 eauals. 3 into 15 eauals. 4

X 0 equals, 13 minus 4 equals, 3 into 21 equals, 7 plus 9 equals, 9 plus 4 equals, 14 minus 6 equals, 7 plus ? equals 11. » (2X6) plus 4 equals, (2X7) plus 3 equals, (2X7) plus 5 equals, / 2 X 8) plus 2 equals, (2 X 8) plus 6 equals, (2 X 8) plus, 7 equals, (2 X 8) plus 4 equals, '(2. X 9) plus 5 equals, (2 X 9) plus 4 equals, (2 X 9) plus 6 equals, (2 X 9) plus 7, equals, (2 X 11) plus 3 equals, (2 X 11) plus 7 equals, (2 X 11) plus 3 6 equals, (2 X 11) plus 5 equals, (2 X 77) plus 7 equ^1' (2 X 11) plus 3 equals, '(2 X 0) plus 4 equals, (2 X 3) plus 7 equals, (2 X 9) plus 2 equals. (3 X 4) plus 4 equals, (3 X 4) plus 6 equals, (3 X 4) plus 7 equals, :(3 X 4) plus 9 equals, (3 X 2) plus8 equals, (3X7) plus 4 equals, (3 X 7) plus 6 equals, (3X7) plus 7 equals, (3 X 8) plus 4 equals, (3 X 8) plus 6 equals, (3 X 8) plus 2 equals, (3X9) plus 2 equals, (3 X 9) plus 0 equals, (3 X 9) plus 4 equals, (3 X 12) plus 5 equals, (3 X 12) plus 7 equals, (3X4) plus 10 equals, (3X3) plus 6 equals, (3 X 11) plus 4 equals, (3. X 7) plus 6 equals. (4 X 6) plus 5. equals, (4 X 6) plus 6 equals, (4X6) plus 9 equals, (4 X 6) plus 0 equals, (4 X 9) plu's 4 equals, (4x9) plus 6 equals, (4 X 9) plus 2 equals, (4 X 3,2) plus 3 equals, (4 X 12) plus 5 equals, (4 X 12.) plus 6 equals, (4 X 10) plus 4 equals, (4 X 11) plus 7 eqiials, (4 X 11) plus 3 equals, (4 X 4) plus 2 equals, (4X5) plus 9 equals, (4 X 8) plus 2 equals, (4 X 8) plus 3 equals, (4 X 2) plUs 4 equals, (4 X

3) plus 6 equals,' (4 X 4) plus 7 equals. 24 plus 11 plus 23 equals, 15 plus 21 plus 32 equals, 23 plus 13 plus 23 equals, 42 plus, 27 plus 10 equals, 14 plus 23 plus 12 equals. 68 minus 24 equals, 75 minus 21 equals, 87 minus 24 equals, 96 minus 13 equals, 84 minus 40 'equals. Writ.e in figures: Sevbnteen, twenty-four, one hundred, fortyone, thirty-six, sixty. Standard II Reading: Read "The Lion's Den" '(P. 130 Oct. journal) and "Lazy Carlos and the Enehanted Fiddle" (Pgs. 131-138) . Spelling and 'dictation : List and learn five of the following words daily. Test completed work and send in for correction. Learn first paragraph on P. 130 for dictation. Test with list words and send in both tests: Once, were, ask, because, who, one, poor, all, would, upon, little, your, which, soon, ground, none, inside; last, should, asked. As an occupational exercise see how many of these words you can find in the two stories set for this week's readings. This need not be sent in. Writing: Write out neatly the first two sentences on P. 130. Essay: Write a few sentences about the lion's plan for obtaining food and how the fox found him out. Standard III Spelling: Each day learn six of the words and one of the sentences marked in the Oct. journal. Composition : ' Read carefully the story in Oct. journal, "Children in New York," and write a story like it called "Children in Levin." English: Do the card which will be posted to you with your journals and return it with your written work. Reading: Read one page of Oct. journal aloud feach day. Writing: Each day write a sentence using one of the words from your spelling. . Arithmetic: Add 9 to each of the following: 43, 35, 84, 62, 71, 78, 49, 17, 36, 93. Subtract 8 from each of the' following: 69, 27, 48, 53, 77, 85, 92, 42, 19, .62 like this 69 — 8 equals 61. Divide each of the following by 7: 46, 72, 85, 29, 38, 19, 88, 25, 59, 50. . Multiply each of the following by 8: 9, 12, 8, 7, 6, 3, 4, 5, 11, 13. Write in -words: 1245, 3197, 4002, 1404, 1005, 3030, 2110, 1515. Add: (1) 48, 96, 75, 38. (2) 69, 78, 85, 36. (3) 58, 99, 45, 37. (4) 54, 68, 79, 95. (5) 85, 49, 87, 68. Standard IY Reading: October journal, "Children in New York" and "Tit for Tat," (Read a page orally daily). Dictation: Page 268; "Oh-, he" down to "shave him." Spelling: Famous, steady, whiskers, happened, seized, bargain, touch, friend, basins, minutes, immediately, answered, enough, quite, judge, having, coming, does, doesn't, something, somewhere, goes, being, meant. (Six words per day) , Writing: Three sentences daily containing spelling words. Essay: "Tit for Tat." Write in your own words — do not copy from journal (three paragraphs). Nature Study: Write .a short paragraph about a native tree. Arithmetic: Repeat daily three, four, five and six times tables, and also the following tables: Half-

crown, pence, length, weight. Mental. — Dozen rule: 1 doz. at 94 ea., 4|d x 12, 7/9 divided by 12. Score rule: .20 at 3/3 ea., 14/9 x 20. If "one ton costs £14 10s, 1 cwt. costs ? Written: 11,694 plus 2,208 plus 22,731 plus 1,694 plus 41,148 * pluS 10,654 equals. 68,190—24,638 equals. T,694 x 36 equals. Divide 31,943 by 21. £246 16s 5d— £159 18s lOd. £12 16s 9d x 11. ■Divide £46 16s 8d by 9. Mak-e up ■five other examples of, each mental and written sum. Form I Arithmetic 70732 divided by 62, 78310 divided by 87, 5803 x 57, 8089 x 98, 4678 plus 5397 plus 4706 plus 895, 97 plus 8049 plus 832 plus 16, 50673 — 29849, 91001—47099. £39 13s 6d plus £19 12s lld plus £23 19s 8d plus £47 16s lld, £1" 19s 7id plus £3 4s 8£d plus 18s ll^d plus 16s 94d plus 9s lOd, £59 8s 6d —£28 11s lOd, £151 13s 9d— £98 18s lld, £4 17, s 8d x 9, £13 .19s 5d x 11, £30 10s 9d divided by 7, £74 5s 9d 'divided by 9. Bill: 28 lbs. potatoes at 3d a lb., 4 lbs. plums at 44 lb., 54 lbs. tomatoes at lOd lb., 25 oranges at 5 for Is. With a £50 note I pay an account for £26 13s 4d. How much change do I get? Each of 12 men earn £6 13s 4d 'per 'week. How much altogether? A merchant spends £2 12s 6d. How many penny stamps will he obtain? Form II 8295 x 69, 58496 divided by 37,

£58 13s 7d x 27, £947 13s 8d' divided by 56. > A'dd: £38 14s 6d, £59 13s 8d, £87 16s lld, £53 14s 7d, £87 17s 5d, £38 14s- 7d. From £856 16s 3d take £278 17s 74-d. 3 3-5 plus 2 7-10 plus 4 2-5, 4 3-4 plus 7 1-2 plus 4 3-8, 12 1-2 — 2 3-4 —1 1-6, 4 3-8 plus 5 3-16— 3 5-8, 16 3-8 plus 2 7-12—9 5-6, 6 2-5 X 7-8, 3 3-8 x 11-12, 4 1-2 divided by 6 3-7, 3 3-4 divided by 1 7-12. Bill: 7 lbs. at 2s 4d a lb., 8 lbs. atls 74d a lb., 34 lbs. at lOd a lb., 16 lbs. at 14d a lb. . Reduce 872567 yards to miles, chains and yards. Find the simple interest on £375 for 2-3 of a year at 4 per oent. Find the value of 25 bicycles at £18. 15s 6d each. . Divide £115 8s 6d by 27. Forms I and II Spelling: Spectacled, jovial, tempting, commence, disappear, excellence, appetites, summoned, suggested, entertained, suspected, breakfast, ascended, announce'd, curious, immense, apparently, countenance, inclination, encouragingly. Dictation: Copy the following passages as a di'ctatidii and * writing lesson, October journal. Page 259, Mr. Winkle chaise was ready. Page 261, Mr. Winkle — — full length. Composition: A story. English: When the siren sounded many p.eople rushed madly towards the fire. (Clauses, phrases, words as in class) . Reading: Read and prepare story, October journal, p. 258-p. 2641 Special Class » Arithmetic: " 10 marbles; take away 1; how many left? Then take away 3, 2, 4, 5, 7, 6,' 9, 8, and give the answers. Learn and write 'out 2 and 3 times tables. A shilling is worth? pence, ? threepences, ? sixpences. Four marbles cost 8d; how much each and how much money left out of 1/-? . Reading: Journals, Part*I, "The Magic Pot." Part II, "The Lion's Den." Part III, "Children in New York." Primers revise last term's reading. Writing: Two pages of exebcise book. English: Write one sentence each day about what you have read. - Upper class^s: Do the work allotted to the ordinary standards, whatever work you think you can

uu. Art Work Standards 6 and 5 — Girls: A wedding; boys, fishing. Design: All-over pattern 3 inch square (no more than 6 squares), using any two letters of the alphabet (4 colours). Standard 4 and 3: Inside a milk bar on a hot day. Design: Disguise, any number by afijding lines to make a hodder pattern 3 niches wide (4 colours). Standards 2 and 1: Dad Catering the garden. Design: Make a row of sailing boats all the same size using ,one colour for all the sails and another colour for the rest of the boat. Third colour for fish and birds. P. 4: The Three Bears. P 3: Watching mother bath the baby, or watching mother cOok the dinner. P. 2: The biggest person in your house. P. 1: Father Christmas.