SCHOOL LESSONS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 80, 21 April 1937, Page 9

SCHOOL LESSONS

Work For Primary Divisions TWENTY-TH1RD SERIES Following is the 23rd series of honie lessons for pupils r ttending primary sehools: — READING AND SPELLING. FOBM 2. Gall for your April Journals to use to-morrow. Eeading. — Continue' as you did yesterday — read for half an hour (lOmins. aloud) from a book or newspaper. Spelling.-— Learn every word you have at any time misspclt, among the words set in both journals. Then get someone to test .you in these. There can be n6 excuse after this for any error in any word in either journaL EOEM 1. .. . Eeading. — Page 61, ' ' The Motlier Giraffe." Eead through and find moanings of the following words J Indietinguishable, suspicion, wariness, encroaching> launeh) prowling, aloft, comparative, disable, manoeuvre, stalk, *haze, spindle, enormous tenseness. Spelling.— Giraffe, euspieion, .desert, thinning, separate, twirling, disappear, wariness, realized, balance. Dictation. — Page 03, ' ' Many time? . , . . by inches. ' ' STANDAED 4. . Eeading (time 20 minutes).— April Journal (which you must obtain immediately from sehool), page 33, "The Sun Tells a Story." Eead this page ' aloud, using your dictionary . for the pronunciatidn . and meanings of any strange words. Spelling (time 20 minutes). — -Eule 'apencil line neficly undemeath these words o'n page 33. Break theni into their paxta, or syUables, and learn tbern* thoroughly before your paronts test you 0n them: Story, caused, buttorcups, burnished, pony, donkey, anxiously, interested, playground, • vigorous, restless, pleasure, freclde, company, "performihg, absent, shining, aeroplane, vhirring, worry.T STANDAED *, Eeading.— Mareh t-'durnql,. pagog 2S, 29, '"The Eight Oi thu rJolly Eogitr." Try and enter into the spirit of the story. tWhen you come.to the parts where Captain Hook speaks read them ' as you think a captain of sueh a. ship wOiild speak, This story is suitablo to test your skill in reading fluently an«l ■with good expression. Make the words ecno the sense or thought of the story. ; Time 20 minutes. ; Spelling. — Suddenly, croft, triumph, chained, hoist, prisoners, ' ordered, pieparing; steadily, crawled, screwing. uourage. >■ ' v " STANDAED '2. - Eeading (time 15 minutes) .~1,. Eoad >page 30 again. . Underline the adjectives or describing words. Mahy adjectives ara placed close to nouns. We have "tiny black ' ' placed next to the noun eggs. Go over the paragraphs and find other such describing "words. 2. Thon we have verbs or'doing words. Doing words sueh as remember, tol.d, laid and float&d are knowh. as verbs. Eule neat lines under othejr verbs on page 30. 3. Eerread' the whole lesson. 4. Spelling. — All adjectives: Slipperv, hungry, warm, wanner, warmest, tiny, lively, snmll, longer, longest. STANDAED 1, Eeading.— Eead. aloud "Froggy" from March - Journal with correct phrasing, " correct 'pronunciation, and clear enunciation. Be sure to- put emphasis bn the most important words in the sentehces you ,are reading. Spelling. — Learn the. following words. .aftefwards to be tested: Wind'ow," stare, staring, sMne, shining, want, wanting, seem, seemed, curl. Write a sentence about each word. AEITHMETIO. STANDAED 6. S 1. Divide. 644379 by 37 and prove it. 2. Express 74466 incheB in mli ch. yd, it. in.. „ 3. Change these fractions to decimal8, 3 places (divide numerator by denominator): 3-7ths, 4-9ths, 2-llths. 4. Oost of 1 ton 17 cwt. 3 qrs. at 6/3 a stone. 5. 3 and 3-5ths cwts. cost £9. Eind eos^ per cwt. 6. Cost of 48 books at l/8i each less 12i per cent. 7. 10 minus 2 and 3-5ths and ininus 4-7ths. 8. (a) 3 and 3-5ths multiplied by 2 and 2-9ths, (b) 1 and 7-9ths divided oy S. Answers to Test 22.— 1 5 and l-28th, J 3/5 and 2-3rds, 3 97 and 13-20ths lbs., 4 655627, 5 4 and lS-30ths, 6 £9, 7 £89997, 8 3-40ths. STANDAED 5.. 1. How many lid stamps for £36 3/4if 3. 9 stones J3 lbs. 14 ozs. multipliod oy 12. v 3. Eeduce 3 mls. 6 fur. 5 p-ha. to yards. 4. Make out a bill for the following lteins: — 25 bananas at 10 a shg, 4 doz. oranges at 3 a shg. lbs. apples at 4d a lb. i ewt. potatoes at 14 lb. a shg. ' 6. 68 bullocks cost £938 8/0. How njuch eachf 6. (a)3 qr. 15 lbs. multiplied by 7. (b) 5 cwt. 18 lb. divided by 9. 7. How many links in 1$ miles? 8. 6497 multiplied by 647. Answers to Test 22. — 1 £2993 16/8, 2 £4 16/1$, 3 438 148-167, 4 59090, 5 £563 17/6, 6 6 cwt. 4 ozs., 7 10 yds. 1 ft. 11 ins., 8 77 chs. 6 yds. STANDAED 4. 1. 26,869 plus 8,249 plus 76,384 plus .68 plus 709 plus 86 plus 9. 2. To the product of 804 and 603 add 1-6 of 7,896. - 3. To the sum of 86,948 and 3,869 add their difference. 4. The dividend is 84963, the divisor , is 72, find the quotient.

5. 3 mls. 24 chs. of motai at 2/6 a chain. 6. Divide £79 18/6 among 9 people. 7. How many twdpenny stamps for £16 18/8? 8. 5-8 of flock of 7328 'sheep wer*» sold. How many were left? Time, 45 mins. Answers to Test 22. — 1 £835 6/2, 2 £217 18/8, 3 £589 16/0, 4 £7l 3/0 6-11, 5 6895 pence, 6 £10 6/0, 7 £1 6/9, 8 127 hlf. crs» STANDAED 3. Eevise multiplication . tables to 12 times. 1. 4376 plus 29 plus 186 plus 3948 ecjuala - u 2-. £12 13/6 plus £15 8/9 plus £10 9/8 plus £13 14/6 eqtfals . 3. 243958 minus 187069. • 4. £52 6/8 minus £43 17/10. 5. 283498 multiplied by 7 equals . 6. £10 8/11 multiplied by 6 equals 7. 483957 divided by 8 equals 8. £47 2/8 divided by 7. Answers to Series 22. — 1 (a) 2,792, (b) 4,075; 2 (a) ono thousand, six hundred and nine, (b) fdur thousand three lmndred and sOventy-eight; 3 3982, 4 £75 18/10, 5 £101 8/8, 6 £4 15/3, 7 £15 15/9, 8 2555775. STANDAED 2. ■Eevise multiplication tables to 7 times. Test as before; 1. 247 plus 139 plus 108 plus' 277 equals "• ■■ 2. 187 plus 295 plus 348 plus 180 equals 3. 390 plus 473. plus 138 plus 259j equals 4. 28957 multiplied by 7. 5. 48395 multiplied by 8. ' "6. 35160 divided by 8. 7. 22488 divided by 6. 8. 37682 minus 18936. "Answdrs to Series 22.— 1 (a) 607, (b) 429; 2 (a) three hundred and fortyseven, (b) five hundred and thirty* nine; "(3), 3, "9,- 15, 21, 27, 33, 39, 45, 51; (4V 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45; 5 305032, 6 2377, 7 4656 5-7, S 9277 2-5. ; . STANDAED L ' Eevise multiplication tables to 5 times,- testing as before. 1. 7 plus 3 plus 4- plus 5 equals • 2. 6 plus 2 plus 5 plus 7 equals . 3. 9 plus 5 plus. 3 plus 6 equals 4. 8 plus 9 plus 3 plus 4 equals 5. 6 multiplied 5 plus 4. 6. 4 multiplied by 7 plus 3. 7. 6 multiplied by 3 plus 5. 8. 3 multiplied by 9 plus 2. Answers to Series 21, — (1) 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 37, 44, 51; (2) 2, 5, 8, 11, 14. 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32; / (3) 51, 45, 39, 33, 27, 21, ' 15, 9, 3; (4) 38, 34, 30, 26, 22, 18, 14, 1Q, 6, 2; (5) 27, (6) 24, (7) 29, (8) 47.. " ° GEOGRAPHY. STANDAEDS 5 AND. 6. FORMS 1 AND 2." British Columbia, Eesources and Industries. — Minerals: Gold is found -in British Columbia. Coal is also found as well as silver and copper. Timber: There are immense timber resourqes near the coast and on the slopes of the mountain ranges. Paper pulp is manufactured on a -large scale. Fruit is grown in British* Columbia, and in cohnection with this has- sprung up an immense canning industry. * Fish; The Fraser river teems with salmon. Herring is plentiful on the coast, along. which are scattered large canning factories. ManufactUres: Canada is increasing her manufactures. She exports from the west agricultural machinery, . motor-cars, timber and ' tinn'ed salmon. Markets: The chief markets in the Pacific for Canada 's fish, fruit, furs, flour, paper-pulp, machinery and manufaotured goods are: China, Japan, South .America, India and Fiji. Canada sends to New Zealarid timber, paper, agricultural machinery, fish, furs.' ■ STANDAEDS 3 AND 4. Districts of New Zealand. — Southland: SOuthland, in the extreme south,' includqs Stewart Islaiid where fishing is .the chief industry. " Southland has the coldest climate in New Zealand. Its chief products are wool, dairy produce, gold, oats, frozen meat; Coal, though not of a very high quality, is found in the western area ,of Southland. Nightcaps and Ohai are coal mining .contres. The timber industry also flourishes in this western region. , Invercargill, nineteen miles from Bluff, is the largest and, most important centre. It ranks as the sixth city of the Dominion. " Bluff is • tho^ chief port, while Ri,verton is .a small port, and , 4 holiday xesort during the summer "months. Gore, inland, has flour mills, and is a busy country town. Winton, Wyndham and Mataura- are other important farming centres.