SCHOOL LESSONS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 68, 7 April 1937, Page 13

SCHOOL LESSONS

13th Series for Primary Division HASTINGS DISTRICT Following is the 13th. series of lessons for primary schools in the Hastings district: — EEADING AND SPELLING FORM 2. Eeading. — March Journal, pages 42 and 46. You should have your journal from school by now. France and iSpain conquered their North African territory from the Arabs by use of i'oreigners who joined their regiments or legions without a question about tlieir previous conduct. They were tough men of all natious — white, black and brown, who joined for adventure, or beeause of love affairs, or crirae even. Eeveille equals re-val-lay equals awake. Pierre equals pe-air equals Peter. Don't forget. to inark any passage you do not understand for explanation by your teaener later. Spelling. — Eeveille, hazardous, eqaipment, macaroni, looseness, perpetually, monotonous, beleaguered, bayoiiets, ammunition, judgment (journal is wrong). Dictation. exercise, last paragraph on page 46. FOEM 1. Eeading, Maori and Pakeha: Page 39. Finish reading extract carefully, finding the meanings of bond, dense, bracken, reveal, haek, period, signal, conceal, encounter, discuss, situation, elude, inspire, traversed, transfigured, sheer, verge, precipice, chasm, ravine. Write down the words and meanings in your books. Spelling. — Learn last 10 words in the above list. Dictation. — Page 39. Stepping to . . . up the rear. STANDARD 4. Eeading (time 20 minutes). — March Journal, page 21, "Lazybones,77 and page 25, "HarVest Moon." Use your dictionary to find the pronuneiation of any strange words before you read these poems aloud. Spelling (time, 20 minutes). — Eule a pencil line neatly underneath these words in the poems, and learn them thoroughly. Page 21: After noon, shimme*, droning, busy, dizzy, cotton-wool, thrilling, joyful, welcomes, munching, browse. Page 25: Harvest, valley, veiling) pathway, lantern. STANDAED 3. Eeading: March Journals: Pages 23 and 24. Use Dictionaries to find the meanings of the following words: District, advertise, satisfied, assnre, company, almanac, scorn, pretence. Give atte'ntion to phrasing and expression. • Spelling. — District, scorn, pretence, poisoned, jealousv, produced, highly, petals, assure, worst, hundred, freshest. STANDAED 2. Eeading (time, 15 minutes). — Page 21 XYZ. Eead the two verses, noting the hardest words, and saying their parts or syllables carefully. Eead the piece again in a natural voice as though you were the little person who is telling the little joke. You remember that nouns are names, like Daddy, Jim and girl. In this lesson you have many words which are used instead of nouns. When talking about your Daddj, you do not^always say Daddy, but you use the words he, him and his. Those little words are pronouns, or words used instead of nouns. Underline any words which are used instead of Dhddy, Mummy and the girh

Spelling. — Harder, pronouns, myself, himself, yourself, their, theinselves, ourselves, herself. STANDAED 1. Eeading. — Eead through silently "X.Y.Z." and ask about any words not known or clearly understood. Take notice of the words that rhyme. Then read the whole poem aloud, clearly pronouncing each word and watohing the punctuation marks. Now read through "Peacock Pie" silently, finding all new words and asking their meanings and the meanings of any passages not clearly understood. Spelling. — Learn these words to bo tested later: Hole, inside, outside, tiny, live, lived, came, every, night, about. Write a sentence about each word, remembering the capital letter at the beginning and- the full-stop at the end. ARITHMETIC STANDAED 4, (Test 13.) 1. Multiply eight thousand nine hundred and seventy- five by forty seven. 2. A draper buys nine rolls of rnuterial for £73 11/6. What is the price per roll? 3. 436 concert tickets were sold for a fiorin each. How much money was received for them? 4. An aeroplane has gone seventenths of a journey of 2,450 miles. How far has it still to go? 5. Eeduce 7 miles 45 chains 16 yards to yards. 6. How many sts. lbs. ozs. in 1768 ozs.? 7. To one-sixth of 4374 add oneeighth of 5880. Time, 45 minutes. Answers to test 12. — 1. 4780. 2. £6 14/2. 3. £8 19/-. 4. £5 6/9. 5. 232706. 6. 1220 5-73. 7. • 1430 fourpences. 8. £88 10/6 2-9. STANDAED 5. 1. How many more tens in 3760 than in &480. 2. £37 16/95 plus £24 19/74 plus £46 13/74 plus £54 11/44 plus £53 ll/4i plus £72 9/6 plus £67 12/8. 3. To 64 gross add 64 dozen. 4. Find the average of 1/3, 4/6, 2/9, 3/7, 7/6 and 1/11. 5. £7 19/11 multiplied by 43 (short method). j 6. £935 16/9 divided by 39. 7. A floor is 20ft. by 18ft. How many square yards? , 8. How many pints in 16 gals. 3 qrs. , 1 pt.? | Answers to test 12. — 1. 480. 2. 6798 yards. 3. £29. 4. 3287 days. 5. 364640. 6. £94 4/6. 7. £1 7/2. 8. 1 ton. 12 cwt. 25 lbs. STANDAED 6. 1. A farmer received £27 15/- for a j bale of wcol containing 360 lbs. How much per lb. was that? 2. A car travelled 306 miles in 84 hours. How many miles per hour? . 3. 7 tons 15 cwt. at £5 8/- per ton. 4. 68374 divided by 48. 5. Prove No. 4. 6. What fraction (lowest terms) is ) 4 chains 8 yards of a mile? 7. How many seconds from 8 a.m. Thursday titi 10 p.m. Saturday? 8. 3-5ths. plus 4-9ths. minus 14-15tlis. Answers to test 12. — 1. £915.055. 2. £569 17/6. 3. 7 and 17-24ths. 4. . 1401. 5. l-16th. 6. 20ac. 2 l-8th. sq. chs. 7. 15/2. 8. 1/8. ANSWEES TO SEEIES 2. Standard 1.— 20, 18, 19, 7, 11, 7, 7, 9. Standard 2.-229, 239, 179, 156, 2646, 2331, 54 7 -8ths. 74 6-9ths. Standard 3. — 1514, 1613, 123840, 150776, 20991 l-3rd., 3797 4-6ths., 2679, 17764. STANDARD 1. Learn 3X table and revise addition of numbers to make 11/ 1. 4 plus 3 plus 9 plus 2 equalB 2. 5 plus 8 plus 4 plus 3 equals 3. 16 minus 9 equals. 4. 14 minus 8 equals "5. 6 multiplied by 3 plus 5 equals 6. 4 multiplied by three plus 7 equals 7. Divide 24 by 3. 8. Divide 18 by 3. STANDAED 2. Learn 10 times table and- test as before. 1. 72 plus 48 plus 67 plus 89 equals 2. 84 plus 37 plus 26 plus 77 equals 3. 420 minus 139 equals 4. 333 minus 208 equals 5. 295 multiplied by 8 equals 6. 476 multiplied by 7 equals 7. Divide 764 by 9. 8. Divide 506 by 7. STANDAED 3. Eevise tables to 10 times and test as before. 1. £16 8/9 plus £15 7/6, plus £14 9/7 plus £17 6/8. 2. £8 11/4 plus £17 16/5 plus £9 14/8 plus £11 4/3. 3. £8" 12/7 multiplied by 8 equals 4. £7 5/8 multiplied ,by 6 equals 5. £10 6/4 minus £3 17/8 equals 6. £9 14/3 minus £6 18/9 equals 7. Divide £18 8/4 by 5. ' 8. Divide £2 11/6 by 7. GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS 5 and 6. FOEMS J and 2 British possessions iu the Pacific: — The Fiji Islands, discqvered by Tasman in 1642 consist of about 250 Islands, oi' which Viti Lavu is the largest. The chief products are sugar, oopra, rice, rubber, tobabco and bananas. These islands are chiefly of volcanic formation. The capital, Suva, on the island of Viti Lavu, has a fine harbour and important eabte connections. Western Samoa: The Eastern group of these islands belonga to the United States of America, but Savaii and Upolu are administered by New Zealand under mandate. They are volcanic islands, whoso capital and chief town is Apia, where a high-power wireies* station lias long been erected. Near Apia is the last home of Robert Louis Stevenson, who is buried there. The cliief Samoan exports are copra and cocoa beans. Find these islands 011 your map of the world and sketch them. (Outline map). STANDARDS 3 and 4. Make an attempt to draw a plan of your school grounds. Mark in witli j squarea or oblongs the difPerent build-

ings — classrooms, convenienees, shelter sheds and baths if you have any. If you find this too difficult sketch a lcettle when the water is boiling, showing steam passing from the spout. This steam is really vapour, and the change is called evaporation. If you liold a piece of glass or small mirror near the steam you will find that the vapour has turned into water j drops or moisture. This changing of 1 vapour back into water is called con- I densation. |