HOME LESSONS FOR PRIMARY PUPILS.

Shannon News, 20 March 1925, Page 3

HOME LESSONS FOR PRIMARY PUPILS.

SECOND ASSIGNMENT OF WORK. The following is the second assignment of work covering the week lytli to 26tih March. Answers to reach head teachers by 25th March. Parents to see that the packages are lully stamped. J Group A. READING.

Name the book qr books you read last week. Which character did you like beistj? Transcribe in your best writing a paragraph that you think a good one.

If children have received their School Journals they should read one hall, at the same time continuing to underline difficult words land passages, making in Standards 4, 5, and 6, a. free use of a dictionary. Should there have been no issue of the Journals, parents are asked to provide suitable reading matter—a supplementary reader, or any Interesting boys’ or girls’ book.

ENGLISH. Essay. Standard 2. —Write about a bird and its nest; or relate a fairy story. Standard ?.—Tell a story of bow a boy tried to steal apples from an orchard, and what happened to him; or describe a day at the seaside or m the bush.

.Standard 4.—Describe a good place lor spending a holiday and say why you recommend it, or, write a letter to a friend describing what youi are doing while the schools are closed. Standards 5 and 6.— Write a letter to a friend describing the chief attraction of the place in which you live; or, your experiences on a windy day.

Lessons in English. Standard 3.—Read pages 7 to 10 and write iout Exercise 5. Standard 4.--Read pages 12 to 14 and write out Exercise 6, and the first six sentences of Exercise 10. Standard s.—Read page 33 and write out Exercises 16 and 17, the first ten of each. Standard 6. —Read pages 64 and 65 and write out Exercise 18, the first 6. Recitation. Standards 1 to 6.— Continue to learn a verse of poetry per day and name the poem you are learning. Drawing. Standards 4 lo 6.7— Draw and colour with crayon hr brush some of the fruits now being sold in the shops. ARITHMETIC. (Text Book, Progressive Arithmetic) Standard I.—Work page 4. Standard 2.—Exercise 5, a, b, c, Standard 3.—Exercise 4b, and first six of Exercfse Y 6a. Standard 4. —Exercise 4a. Standard s.—Exercise 54b. Standard 6.— Exercise 3, d, e, f. Group B. GEOGRAPHY. Standard 3. —Trace the map of the South Island of New Zealand, putting in the chief railways and eight principal towns.

Standard 4.—ln tile map of Australia show the following mountains: Australian Alps, Blue Mountains, Liverpool range, New England range. Put in also the chief rivers. Mark on the. map the localities from which the various products come. Standard s.—Make a list of the chief industries of England. Show them on a map and show the ports from which the products are shipped. Standard 6.—Write all you can about the Canadian Pacific Rahway, die products and towns of the regions it passes through. Make a sketch of this railway. 3 LISTORY. (Any history book may be used). Standards 3 and 4.—Find out all you can about the life of. the ancient Britons and the invasion of Britain by the Roman r Standard s.—Find out all you can about the following adventurers of the Tudor period: Columbus, Vasco di Gama, the Cabots and Magellan. Standard 6.- Read about, the early colonization of America, paying particular attention to the part played by the following: Raleigh, Pilgrim Fathers, Cartier, Champlain and Wolfe. For all Stan lards.—4l time permits attempt the l.t [lowing: What is there oi historical interest connected with the following names: Turhagain, Russell, jTe Raupamha, Tarawera, Endeavour Inlet, Three Kings. NATURE STUDY. Standards 4,5, and 6. —'Look at a cutting on the roadside. Draw a sketch of it, showing the materials of which it is composed. Answer these questions: Are there any roots to be seen in the bank? Name the plants to which they belong? How lo.ig arc the roots? What, do you notice about, the effect of rain and wind on fie bank? Are there any springs? Can you trace /where the spring comes from? Are any plants gi owing on tl e bank? Give any further interestin ' information about H. DRAWING AND NATURE STUDY. Standards 1. 2, and 3. —Pick out, a tree at or ne; r your home. Draw a leaf from it. Draw a branch with several leaves. Draw the whole tree. Write a few sentences telling about its size, its use, Its flowers, berries, nt* fruit For all Srt ahdards.—Continue to keep a daily record of the weather as in the first lesson.