Expressive Activities: Illustrate some Santa Claus poem by free-hand cutting. Represent on the sand table the Christmas story that you have told. (3) LETTERS Written Exercise: Write one of the following: An invitation to some friend to go on a Christmas sleighing party with you. A letter to your sister, thanking her for the gift which you received. An invitation to some friend to spend Christmas Day with you. Address the envelope and inclose your letter. O Fir Tree green! O Fir Tree green! Not only in the summer time, But through the winter's snow and rime O Fir Tree green! O Fir Tree green! How oft to me on Christmas night With what kind of letter does each line of the above poem begin? Why? What words of one letter do you find in this poem? How are they written? XXXI SENTENCES THAT EXCLAIM While the new years come and the old years go, - LUELLA CLARK. Pretty moon, pretty moon, How you shine on the door On my nursery floor! How far that little candle throws his beams! Do these sentences make statements or ask questions or give orders? What do they do? What three things have we learned that sentences do? Here is a fourth : Sentences express strong feeling, as surprise or wonder. They begin with capitals and are followed by exclamation marks (!). There's a New Year coming, coming, His baby eyes bright With hope and delight, We welcome you, Happy New Year. There's an Old Year going, going, His beard is like snow And his footsteps are slow: There is always a New Year coming, Drops the Happy New Year As he scatters his gifts on the snow. -LUCY LARCOM. By permission of Houghton, Mifflin and Company. What does that mean? What month is it? What day of the month is it? The year that this was written was nineteen hundred six, the month was March, the day was Saturday, the tenth. It is written, Saturday, March 10, 1906. Write the date upon which you are studying this lesson in the same way, being careful to use punctuation marks and capital letters just as they are used in the date above. Why are capitals used here? Write in your blank book a rule about this use of capitals. Copy in your notebooks, filling in the dates: Christmas came December 25, 19— How many days are there in this month? How many were there in last month? How many will there be in the next month? Write the names of all the months in a column. With what kind of letter do they all begin? Because some of the names of the months are long, we write them in a shorter way, or ab-brevi-ate them. Copy in your blank books: What mark is used after the ab bre vi a tions? Make a rule and copy it in your blank book. Which are the months whose names are not abbreviated? Why are they written in full? Write the names of all the holidays in the year, giving the month and the number of the day. In writing, begin the names of all holidays with capital letters. Expressive Activities: Make a clock face with hands that move, for use in studying time. Make a calendar for the new year. Letter it carefully and mount it on an ornamental background. |