UNIFORM COURSE OF STUDY FOR Elementary and High Schools OF MARYLAND ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, JULY 2, 1901 SUBMITTED BY M. BATES STEPHENS STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC EDUCATION a. Use chart and blackboard. Be- a. Combinations of numbers to gin with words. Phonics. ten. Use objects. Teach in order the facts of the numbers 2, 4, 8, 3, 6, 9, 5, 10, 7. Use terms one-half and onefourth. Teach pint and quart. Original stories. b. Comparison of blocks in size. Develop in connection with Group V-b-the meaning of sphere, cube and cylinder, surface and edge. Length of edges. SECOND HALF YEAR. a. Lessons from First Readers. a. Combinations of numbers to Analysis and synthesis of words twenty with and without objects. by sound and letter. Phonics. Teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Teach First Reader completed. Use at first with objects, afterward abanother First Reader or suitable stractly, and finally teach the figmatter for supplementary reading ures. b-d. Copying words and seutences. Teaching correct forms of single letters continued. Spell all the words learned. Write words from dictation. c. Write sentences. Teach pupils to write their name; school; town; father's (Mr.) name; Teach dozen, quart, gallon, dime, foot, inch. Teach fractional parts of numbers as far as tenths. Apply measurements in practical problems. Original problems. b. Comparison of length of edges mother's (Mrs.) name; teacher's of inch cube with edges of other name. Oral and written reproduction of what has been told. e. Learning and reciting of short pieces continued. blocks. |