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The teacher will appoint a leader who will leave the room. The teacher will also appoint another pupil to stand at the blackboard and point to a word for the pupils in the class to have in mind.

The leader will then return and try to find which

word or phrase was chosen. This is the way:

Leader: Harry, is the word sand?

Harry: No, the word isn't sand.

Leader: Sarah, is it brand new?

Sarah: Yes, it is brand new.

Raise your hand if the leader does not pronounce each word distinctly, or if any one forgets to use isn't when he should.

Can You Do This Perfectly?

Your teacher will choose a leader to read the words. You may write the words as the leader reads them. If the leader does not pronounce each syllable distinctly, you may raise your hand, and the teacher will appoint another leader.

hurt tent
round cried

snap

went sound found moved sewing flying writing reading

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know any one who can throw farther than you? Tell how you dodge a snowball that some one throws at you. If you were ever hit by a snowball, tell about it.

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Look at the picture of children snowballing and make up a story about it. Who were the children? How did they happen to be snowballing? Were they having a snowball fight, or throwing snowballs at each other for fun? Who could throw straightest? Was any one hit by a snowball?

A Snowball Battle

One mild January day, when the snow was soft, the boys in a country school wanted to have a snowball fight. The teacher told them that they might have one if they would choose up sides and promise to play fair. Two of the largest boys, Jack and Teddy, were captains. They chose their soldiers and put them in lines on opposite sides of the school grounds. They agreed that, when a soldier was hit, he would fall down and would not throw any more snowballs.

Finish the story of the snowball battle. What happened to a boy who didn't play fair? How did one boy happen to hit another on his own side? Who were watching the fight? Which side came near losing but finally won? Why?

A Spelling Game-Seat Work

See how many words you can make from the letters in the words winter sports. The one wins who finds the largest number of words.

After the winner has been announced, each pupil may stand in front and hold his paper so that the others can see it. The class may by vote choose the paper that has the best appearance.

DAYS OF THE WEEK

New Words

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Perhaps, in telling the story, one of the pupils has used a word that is new to you. If you heard a new word, tell what it means if you know, and use it in a sentence. Which of the words given by other pupils were new to you? Perhaps you will like to write on the blackboard the words that were new to you.

Make a list of the new words that you learn between now and the next lesson and bring it to class. Before beginning the regular lesson, your teacher will ask you to give the words and to use them in sentences.

NOTE TO TEACHER. A few minutes may be given to an exercise of this kind as often as the interest of the pupils demands..

LESSON 40

Days of the Week

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There is one day of the week that you never forget because it is a holiday. Can you think what day it is? You know the names of all the days of the week, and you will want to know how to spell them. Some of them are hard to spell, and people older than you sometimes make mistakes in spelling them. The names of the days of the week are given below in a form that was used by boys and girls long before your father and mother went to school.

Copy:

How many days has my baby to play?
Saturday, Sunday, Monday,

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

With what kind of letter does the name of each day of the week begin? Make a rule that tells how you should begin each name when you write it.

Class Exercise

Spell the name of each day of the week aloud. Pronounce the name before you spell it and again after you have spelled it.

Your teacher will ask you to write one of the names on the blackboard. When you are writing,

you must remember:

The name of each day of the week should always begin with a capital letter.

Write a date line at the top of each paper that you hand to your teacher hereafter. This is the way it should be written:

Wednesday, February 12, 1920.

Notice that there are three parts,

The first part is the day of the week.

The second part is the month and the number of

the day of the month.

The third part is the year.

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