SCHOOL LESSONS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 72, 12 April 1937, Page 4

SCHOOL LESSONS

Work For Primary Divisions SIXTEENTH SERIES Following. is the 16th series of lessons for primary schools in the Hastings district. READING AND SPELLINC FORM 2 Reading. — Pages 52 and 53 March Journal and revise last chapter "Keeping Cool." The rhythm of both pieces of poetry you can easily mark now, as both, you will find, are the common lorm, weak, strong, etc. What was "the broader wjcket?" The M.C.C. ? UnorthodoxP The screen? The law's majestie tread? Perhaps some might iike to memorize this piece, "Six and Out,'7 as part of their year's poetry. Spelling. — Woollen, headache, Egyptian, wentilafed, quartz (one of the hardest rocks, geaierally contains gold), poisonous, artiticially, malaria (fever), disease. Dictatipn exercise. — Last paragrapli, page 51. Reading. — Pages 45 and 46. Read through aloud and find the meanings of the following words. Write them down in your books. — Atmospheric, sand-dunes, enveloped, discipline, jackal, genuine, hilt, oppressive, loom, presumably, lance, veteran, parried, intimate, interlude. Spelling. — Caring, Arab, legion, opposite, discipline, veteran, wounded, reined, rifle, cartridge. Dictation. — Page 46, last paragraph. STANDARD 4 Reading (time, 20 minutes) : — March Journal, pages 24 and 25, "Number Rhyme," and "Harvest Moon." Read these two poeins aloud several times after refeiTing to your dictionary for any strange words. Spelling (time, 20 minutes): — Itule a pencil line neatly underneath these words and learn them thoroughly. Page 24 (from "Water-Lily and Crow'sfoot") : produced, large quantity, assure, spoilt,x idiot, company. Page 24 (from "Number Rhyme") : Rhyme, seconds, minute, almanac. Page 25 (from "Tonyj the Pack-Mule"): North America, combed, careful, received, attention, knotted, tangled, travellers, prettier. STANDARD 3. Reading. — March Journal: Pages 30, 31, 32. Use your dictionary to find the meanings of the following words: furious, gradually, flouting, poised, bulwarivs. Attention to phrasing and expression. Time, 20 minutes. Spelling.— Shriek, staggering, furious, shuddering, nierced, magazine, flouting, sligh|ly, advanced, captain, crocodile, dreaidful. STANDARD 2. Rieading (time 15 minutes).— Page 24. Read the whole page. Yoii have a good example of the way to join sentences on page 24, the ninth line down. Read the things that the coachman did, and observe the "and" before the last verb (cracked). Underline the two others. Note the words father and farther, in the lesson; for, four; their, there; here hear; > and reins, rains, These pairs of words sound alike, but they dilfer in meamng. Spelling. — Onion, peacock, shilling, reins, cracked, wheels, tired, traces, instead, rattle. STAiNDARD 1. Reading. — Read through aloud, "Dickey-birds", "Dickery, Dickery; Dock", "X.Y.Z.", and "Peacock Pie", remembering clear articulation, correct phrasing and punctuatipn. Now read through silently "Jane's Birthday" and ask about any words or passages you do not know or do not clearly understand. Spelling. — Learn the following words to be tested later : your, over, foot, tall, loudly, afraid, made, ,mind, climb, touch. Write a sentence about each _word, remembering your full-stops and capital letters. ARITHMETIC. STANDARD 6. 1. How many 2oz. packets can be made from 14 cwt. of spice? 2. Find cost of 39 bicycles at £8 16/3 each. 3. 1 spend 2-3 of £5. What decimal part of £6 13/4 is left? 4. Find value of 23 balea of wooi each weighing 3401b. at 17jd. per lb. 5. Value of 21.65 tons at £7 a ton. Answer in £. s. d. 6- How many times is 2 and 6-15ths. contained in 3 and 3-5ths? 7. How many l^^inch nails can I inake. from 1 mile 13 chains of wire ? 8. Product of 5 and n-49tlis a,nd fvt.

80tbs. Answers to Test 15. 1 1. 36 and l-42nd. 2. £167 17/9. 3. £281 14/-. 4. £45. 5 2250 gallons. 6. £201 1/6. 7. £228 1/3. 8- 1858 plus 28. STANDARD 5. 1 . Multiply twelve * thousand nine bundred and thirty-seven by two hundred and seventy-six. 2. The quotient is 346, the divisor is 854; what is tlie dividend p 3. How many ounces in 6^ pounds of butter plus l ljlbs. of cheese? 4. To the difl'ereuce between £16 19/8 and £24 13/7 add £13 11/9. 5. 643758 divided by 623. 6. Cost of 500 tricycles at £1 1 / 6 each. 7. £462 18/3 divided by 87. 8. How many chains in 6 miles 5 furlongs 9 chains Answers to Test 15. — 1. 3,500,010. 2- £146 18/5. 3. 7985. 4. £49319 6/7. 5. 3882- 6. £48 14/3. 7: £60. 8. £1 9/-. STANDARD 4. 1. £27 16/10 plus £578 16/3 plus £7 £ 16/10 plus $9 18/7 plus £316 17/2. ; 2. £729 13/2 minus £509 14/8.

3. £724 13/8 multiply by 7. 4. £6i74 12/10 divided by 8: 5. From 1-5 of £432 take 1-3 of £217 10/-. 6. Reduce £8 6/7i to penny halfpence. 7. How many florins in* £26 18/-? 8. How many £ s d would I receive for 7298 pence? Time, 45 minutes. Answers to Test 15.— 1. 247991. 2. 61926. 3 484956. 4. 1183 52-59. 5. 3821. 6. £183 1/2, 7. £605 .1/8- 8. 878 fourpences. ^ STANDARD 3Revise all tables to 12x, 1. £14 17/9 plus £12 16/7 plus £15 18/6 plus £16 19/5. 2. £27 14/6 plus £19 15/9 plus £28 15/10 plus £17 5/10. 3. £9 18/4 multiply by 9, 4. £11 17/8 multiply by 8. 5. £24 7/1 divided by 7. 6. £33 3/4 divided by 10. 7. £28 14/10 minus £19 16/4. 8. £33 13/4 minus £27 18,9. Answers to series 14.— £52 11/2. £69 1/4. £85 7/6. £123 13/2. £3 8/3. £2 13/10. £10 18/9. £26 7/10. ^STANDARD 2. Contiuue with 12x table*. Test as before. ' ■ 1. 76 plus 93 plus 85 plus 19. 2. 84 plus 27 plus 39 plus 48. 3. 1967 multiply by 9. 4. 2685 multiply by 11. 5. 6953 minus 28796. 3407 minus 1985. 7- 7632 divided by 8. 8. 4953 divided by 5. Answers to series 14. — 227,297. 169. 253. 1912. 2178. 82 8-9: 49. STANDARD 1. Learn 6x table and addition of nos. to 14. 1. 6 plus 3 plus 4 plus 7 equals. 2. 4 plus 7 plus 3 plus 9 equals. 3. 5 plus 3 plus 4 plus 4 equals. 4. 2 plus 7 plus 3 plus 5 equals. 5. 5 multiply by 7 plus 2. 6. 4 multiply by 6 plus 3. 7. 24 divided by 6. 8. 20 divided by 4. Answers to series 14. — « 22, 21, 21, 19, 21, 18, 4, 8GEOGRAPHY. STANDARDS 5 & 6, FORMS 1 & 11. Japan (continued) — Chief exports : silk, cotton* goods, steel goods, pottery, glass and tea. The butput of cotton and steel g(0ods has increased enormously witbin recent years. In the southern parts shipbuilding is an important industry. Chief imports: Raw • material (wool, cotton, metals, petroleum and f oodstuffis) . Most of the imports come from the United States, China, India and the East Indies. Chief markets: Japan is steadily building up a large trade in the Pacific. In fact, she is the only great trading Power to concentrate her attention on this part of the world. STANDARDS 3 and 4. Tourist resorts of the South Island. — Marlborough Sounds (Picton and Havelock South) holiday resort. Akaroa, Banks Peninsula. Mt. Cook (mountain climbing). Franz Josef Glacier "(South Westland). Milford Sound (visited by steamers carrying tourists.) In a year or two a road will reach from Invercargill or Dunedin to the Sound. Queenstown (Lake Whakatipu), holiday resort. Stewart Island, holiday resort— fishing. These are the .principal tourist resorts. Try and secure some pictures of these places and bring them to school when you return.