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Dictation:
Mace is a covering of the nutmeg.
Pepper and allspice are berries.
The inner bark of a laurel tree furnishes cinnamon.

Ginger is the root of a plant found on the island of Jamaica.

Cloves are the dried flower-buds of a tree that grows in the East Indies.

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80—Abbreviations

Sun day Mon day Tues day

Sun.

Wednes day
Mon.

Thurs day
Tues.

Fri day
Sat ur day

Sat.

Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.

Copy the lesson. Write the abbreviation for the first day of the week ; the last ; second ; fifth ; third ; sixth ; fourth.

New Year's Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Thanksgiving Day

HOLIDAYS

Washington's Birthday
Easter
Fourth of July
Christmas

Write why each of these days is celebrated.

81-Letter

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82-Parts of the Body

fist, el bow, heel, skin, nerves, thumb, ar ter y, sole, pore, lungs, wrist, limbs, brain, knuck le, chest, heart, thigh, throat, stom ach, nos trils.

Select and write ten words and what each person does.

Temperate means There are two Zones. The North Temperate Zone is the most

part of the There are four in the Temperate They are and There are

months in each sea

son.

Copy, and fill in the blanks with words from the list.

The silk worm feeds upon the leaves of the mulberry.
Corn, wheat, rye, oats, and barley are called cereals.

Write answers : Which sports do we have in summer ? In winter ? In spring ? In autumn ?

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. Chesterfield.

If a task is once begun,
Never leave it till it's done.

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We can do more good by being good than in any other way.

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89—Geography

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sub tract dividend mo tion ho ri'zon min u end

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Mister and Mistress George Brown bought ten yards of carpet.

Doctor Charles Smith has one barrel of flour.
I picked three bushels of cranberries in September.

The boy bought one quart of milk and one pound of beefsteak at the store.

Copy the lesson, using abbreviations and figures in place of words.