School Lessons

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 54, 19 March 1937, Page 13

School Lessons

THE THIRD SERIES Primary Division Work CORRECTION OF SUMS The third set of lessons for the children of the primary schools of Hastings and district appear below. It should he noted that corrections to sums marked wrong in the second series should be made before the present set are attempted. Children fishing to follow the brbadc&sted lessons as they did when at school are reminded that these lessons are still being cOntinued, and may be heard on Tuesday and Wednesday from 1YA, 2YA and 3YA. READINC AND SPELI.ING standard 1. «> Reading (15 minutes) : Revise "Percy Pig and Mr Mouse'5 and "Waves" from February Journai, always emphaaising clear articulation. lf time permits proceed to further revision of "Raggedy Ann Leads the Way." Spelling : Learn the following Words for testing) later by parent or guar dian : — soon, they, good, could, reach, handle, down, through, hair, other. STANDARD 2. Time : 15 minutes. Reading: Pages r and 8; "Raggedy Ann Leads the Way." 1. Note the caj&tal letters which are used for the names of people, and the do.l, Raggedy Ann. 2. Note the "agostrophe s" ('&) which is used to denote owneVship in:— Grandma's rag doll. Raggedy Ann'e head. And Marcella's Raggedy Ann. 3- Act the piece with someone else; taking care to use the exact words of the speakers. Read their woi'ds as thougih you were taking part in tLe raid on the pautry. 4. Spelling: Grandma, something, family, fajpilies, soldier, soldiers, shelf, shelvee, piuned, scraxnble. STANDARD 3. Reading: February Dournal, P. 8 and 9. Time, 20 minutes. Spelling: people, everyone, spiders, tulips, building, horrid, money, however, afternoon, fortune, shelf, shelves. STANDARD 4. Reading (time: 20 minutes): February Journai, "How Animals Use Colour. ' 1 Again read aloud pages 13 and 14, and continue to the end of page 15. Remember to use your dictionary for pronunciation and meanings of words with which you have diffieulty. Spelling: Rule a pencil line under* neath these words on page 15, break them into their syllables or parts, and learn them thoroughly: — message, nerves, colour, cells, according, receive, marvel, almost, exactly, lying, unpleasant odour, poistm, thief, prefer, weapons, threaten, enemies, certain, lizards. FORM I. Q Reading: Page 27, "Birds." Read poem through. Use dictionary to find meanings of the following words, and write these wordes and meanings in your exercise book: — poised, sheen, sanetify, commandment, toucans, ter; rifies, vultures, horizon, saerifice, hornbills, surpassing, cormorants, earrion eiders, crested, hoopoes. Spelling: Learn the flrst ten words from the above list. FORM 2. Journai: Page 17 to 21. ADOut two dozen words should require reference to the dictionary for their meanings. Insert those found at the side of the printing in the Journai. Spelling: P. 17 (meanings from dictionary), president, practising, enthusiasts, dynamite, discusBion, condescended, exploits, geatieulated, audible, announcementj elocutionist, dudgeon. Dictation Exercise: Page 19. "The reading progressed satisfactorily .... convulsions."

arithmetic ANSWERS to SERIES 1 Standard 1: 20, 20, 10. Standard 2: 215, 236. 230, 232, 219. 180, 312, 276, 92. Standard 3 : 46,854, 34,716, 47,370, 3227, 1030, 802 staNdard i Learn thoroughly two-times table. Ask parents to test. How manyy twos in 12, 14, 10, 18-, ©tc. Addition : Learn combinations to make 11 : — 11 10 9876543210 0 123456789 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Written work: 4 plus 7 plus 3. 2 plus 6 plus 2 plus 4. 2 plus 5 plus 4 plus 3. 6 multiplied by 2 plus 3 equals 5 multiplied by 2 plus 4 equals STANDARD 2 Tables: Revise four-timos table and rearn five-times thoroughly. Ask parents to teBt thus : (a) 6 multiplied by 5 equals; 7 multiplied by 5 equals; 9 multiplied by 5 equals; etc. (b) How many fives in 25, 40, 55, eto. Written work: 54 plus 19 plus 27 plus 15 equals 28 plus 63 plus 46 plus 19 equals 81 minus 37 equals 62 minus 29 equals 79 multiplied by 4 equals 86 multiplied by y5 equals 76 divided by 4 equals 90 divided by 5 equals standard 3. Tables : Learn thoroughly severn times table, also revise sjx-times. Ask parents to test thus : (a) 3 multiplied by 7 equals; 6 multiplied by 7 equals; 9 multiplied by 7 equals jetc. (b) How many sevens in 56, 42, 21, 28, 35, etc. Written work: (1) 498 plus 39 plus 765 plus 84 plus 6 equals. (2) 927 plus 465 plus 38 plus 265 plus 8 eqijqls. (3) 8659 multiplied by 7. (4) 7406 multiplied by 6. (5) 1965 divided by 5. (6) 2207 divided by 6. (7) 6804 minus 3746. (8) 4623 minus 1874. STANDARD 4. 1. 67,934 plus , 879 plus 9968 plus 52,932 plus 592 plus 96732. 2. 729 x 873. 3. £316 16/8 x 7. 4. 72918 divided by 73. 5. £5263 16/6 divided by 7. 6. Ohanga 35 tons 12 cwt. 4 sts. to sts. 7. Change 52376 sts. to tons, etc. 8. How many pence in £32 16/10? Time: £ hr. Answers to Test 3 with Test 4. i Answers to Test 2. i 1. 67712. 2. 24995. 3. 809984. 4. 1114 56-78. 5. £1112 5/11. 6. £94 7/9. 7. £548 13/4. 8. £478 2/10. STANDARD 5 1. £79 19/84 plus £87 8/7 plus £93 17/6 plus &65 13/11* plus £84 8/4 plus £27 15/11* plus £394 13/9* plus £86 5/10. 2. How many yds. altogether in 6 chs. 17 yds.: 4 chs. 19 yds.: 8 chs. 11 yds. and 3 chs. 9 yds.? 3. £834 8/6 minus £376 11/7*. 4. 586,551 divided by 51. 5. Reduce to qrs. 7 tons 16 cwt. 3 qrs. 6. 3 rnls 6 fur. 9 chs. x 7. 7. Find the average of 16 chs. 18 yds.: 9 chs. 13 yds.: 7 chs. 17 yds.: 4 chs. 12 yds. 8. To three-quarters of a million add one-quarter of a thousand. Time: J hour. Answers to Test 2. 1. 85,848. 2. £2126 11/2. 3. £22 4/3*. 4. £20 15/0. 5. 1 cwt. 6 si 10 lbs. 4 ozs. 6. 20 tons 12 cwt. 7. £23 4/7*. 8. 10,082. STANDARD SIX 1. — 134 tons 7 cwt. 1 qr. 10 lbs. divided by 11.

2. — A field is 47 chains long and 35 ehains wide. (a) Find area in acres, equare chains. (b) How many miles and chains round the field? 3. — 39945 divided by 87. 4. — Prove No. 3. 5.— £5 17/9 multiplied by 29. 6. — 7 g.14. plua 3 3-8 minus 2 6-7. 7. — Express 18/9 as a fraction of £7 16/3 (lowest terms). S. — Subtract 13 miles 54 chains 17 yards from 20 miles. Answers to Test 2. 1.— £197 3/6. 2. — 7680 pluls 41. 3.— 637481. 4.-6265. 5. — 17*. 6.— (a) 34 4-5; (b) 10. 7. — (a) .05918; (b) 25.436. 8.— £991 13/4. GEOGRAPHY . STANDARDS 3 AND 4. Using the map you have already drawn of the North Tsland mark in tne folflowing: Wanganui and YV'iknl' | Rivers, Lakes Taupo and Waikare moana, Manukau, Waitemata and Kaipara Harbours, Bay of Islands, Palmerston North, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Auckland, Whangarei. . STANDARDS 5 AND 6. — FORMS I. AND II. Using the map vou have already drawn of the South Island mark in the following: Wheat, barley, timber, fruit, gold, coal areas; sources of hydro-electricity — Lake Coleridge, Kurow or Waitaki. By means of shading indicate the areals most suitable for sheep farming.