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In conclusion, I wish to thank all who have contributed to the success of the High School during the past year, more especially, the Superintendent, members of the School Committee and teachers.
Financial Report.
Report of money received and expended for the Saugus High High School in I898 :
Alton Coffin
.. Creasy
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
RECEIPTS.
Cash balance, Jan. 1, 1898
· $16 64
Receipts from Bond Prize Exhibition . 42 IO
$58 74
. EXPENDITURES.
For Printing
$11 75
For selling tickets
2 50
For books
3 50
For sundry expenses
I 75
Cash balance, Jan. 1, 1899
39 24
$58 74
Respectfully submitted,
N. E. ADAMS.
For nearly five years the schools have been working according to a course of study that has existed only in the form of mimeo- graph copies, and has from year to year, as the schools have pro- gressed, been subject to change and revision. It is at best only a brief outline of what is attempted, yet it has served to greatly unify and elevate our school work, while leaving full play for the individuality of the teachers.
It has been thought best to print, in connection with this report, a part of our course of study. It has been carefully revised and in part rewritten, to adapt it more fully to the present needs of our schools. The attention of parents is invited to the outline courses in geography, language and arithmetic, which will be found appended.
While our schools have made very commendable progress in grading, uniformity of instruction, and in raising the standard of work, it is believed that the convenience of having the course of study in print will add much to the efficiency and regularity of our work. It is to be hoped that in the next annual report the remainder of the course may appear.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
In closing, allow me to thank the committee for their cordial support in my efforts to improve the schools, and for their good advice, so wisely given ; also the parents, for their friendly spirit of co-operation, so generally shown in their dealings with me.
Respectfully submitted, C. E. STEVENS, Superintendent of Schools.
Jan. 16, 1899.
ENROLLMENT, JUNE, IS98.
AGE
TOTALS.
GRADES.
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TABLE I.
Giving Grades of Schools, Names of Present Teachers, Year of Election, and Annual Salary.
WED.
GRADE.
TEACHERS.
YEAR OF ELECT.
SALARIES.
High School.
N. E. Adams
1896
$1,300
Helen L. Bacheller
1895
550
Bertha E Lang
1898
450
Sara S. Emery
1898
400
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North Saugus. Mixed
Anna A. Danforth
1898
360
Center.
viii, ix
Annie L. Ricker
1895
450
vi, vii
Esther A. Parker .
IS63
440
V
Emma E. Chubbuck
IS96
380
iv
Pauline R. Peckham
1897
380
iii
G. A. Walton
1873
3So
ii
Isabelle Hay
1897
380
i
M. L. Walton
ISSI
3So
Cliftondale.
viii, ix
Alice E. Chase
IS95
450
vii
M. E. Smith
1 892
420
vi
D. A. Dunn
1892
3 So
V
Laura C. Austin
1896
380
iv
Grace P. Bartlett .
1898
3So
iii
Fannie A. Davis
1898
380
ii
Martha J. Parsons
1896
3 So
1
Clara Trowbridge
1892
3So
Essex street.
iii, iv. v .
Harriet C. Sanborn
IS95
3So
i, ii .
Laura F. Armitage
ISS5
3So
East Saugus.
vii, viii, ix .
Ellen Young
1898
450
v, vi
Carrie M. Bassick
1 896
400
iii, iv
J. M. Leavitt
1898
38
i. ii
E. A. Mansfield
IS49
38
Lilla G. Parker, Asst.
IS9S
5
Oaklandvale.
Mixed
Henrietta Hawkes
IS97
360
Music
Helen M. Page
IS95
400
Drawing
Sadie R. Melzard .
IS9S
225
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3
4
TABLE II.
TEACHERS.
Enrollment.
Boys.
Girls.
Less than 5.
Over 15.
Between S
and 14.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Dismissals.
Visitors.
Norris E. Adams.
92
34
58
0
71
3
S5.7
79
96.3
S2.2
76
91.3
95.5
91
97
112
Annie L. Ricker .
39
21
IS
0
6
23
38.0
34
42.5
30.4
32.8
39.1
93.8
30
29
28
Esther A. Parker .
51
22
29
0
0
30
40.1
41.8
40.5
37.3
37.9
41.2
92.9
34
28
21
Emma E. Chubbuck
40
21
19
0
0
3S
32.4
31.9
34.7
29.5
29.9
32.3
92.7
54
30
85
Pauline R. Peckham
45
25
20
0
C
45
37.5
34.7
3.1.0
33.9
31.2
31.9
92
09
21
40
G. A. Walton .
43
IS
25
0
39
36.2
33.2
36.5
32.1
29.9
34.2
91.2
12
23
46
Isabelle Hay
4S
29
19
0
0
23
38.9
33.1
32.8
33.9
29
30.4
89
36
10
92
M. L. Walton .
78
40
3S
0
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37.9
42
34.3
31.7
37.6
30.3
S7.4
42
7
04
Alice E. Chase
53
2S
25
0
14
19
44.1
35.3
50.3
41.2
30
45.9
95
14
23
22
M. E. Smith .
56
25
31
0
3
43
49.1
44.8
49.6
45.3
41.1
47.8
93.2
14
29
48
D. A. Dunn
60
32
2S
0
1
55
51.6
49.5
41.3
48.7
46.5
38.7
94
22
24
65
Laura C. Austin
61
27
34
0
0
47.7
47.1
40.8
44.5
44.3
38
93.6
33
34
108
Grace P. Bartlett
2
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30.8
90.7
15
14
13
Fannie A. Davis
57
37
20
0
0
55
45
41.7
46.4
42.1
39.3
93.5
41
31
49
Martha J. Parsons
02
27
35
0
0
25
44.1
44.4
50
40.8
42.3
46.8
93.7
36
23
49
Clara Trowbridge .
93
38
55
I
0
3
50.6
44.3
45.3
44.8
41.2
41.2
90.7
03
8
41
Hariot C. Sanborn
40
22
18
O
0
36
34.6
45.3
33.1
32.5
40.4
91.5
101
62
10
Laura F. Armitage
61
29
32
1
0
8
37.3
35.1
26.8
33.2
31
24.9
90.9
75
32
22
Ellen Young
46
20
26
0
4
13
37.3
38.5
44.6
34.2
36.2
41.2
92.6
66
4S
22
Carrie M. Bassick
42
22
20
0
1
39
38.9
30.8
37.9
30.6
28.6
34.9
93-4
32
10
15
J. M. Leavitt .
58
2S
30
0
I
51
45.2
48.4
40.2
41.5
43.S
41.4
91
115
25
39
E. A. Mansfield .
92
40
46
0
0
IS
50.3
54.6
61.9
43.8
49.3
51
S9
35
9
23
Henrietta Hawkes
19
IO
9
0
0
9
9.0
13.7
16.1
8.7
11.6
12.9
83.6
207
8
3º
Anna Danforth .
46
22
24
0
0
34
29.7
29.9
38 3
27.3
27.2
36.2
92.9
226
22
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AVERAGE MEMBERS111P.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
Per cent of
1
37
50
34
Summary
Number of children in Town, May 1, IS98, from five to
fifteen years of age
958
Number between five (5) and eight (S) 291
Number between eight (8) and fourteen (14) 593
Whole number enrolled in all schools
1,284
Number of girls
659
Number over fifteen (15)
IOI
Number between eight (8) and fourteen (14) 682
Average membership for the year 972
Average membership for the Winter Term
953
Average membership for the Spring Term
925
Average membership for the Fall Term
I.O2I
Average attendance for the year
897
Average attendance for the Winter Term
872
Average attendance for the Spring Term
S53
Average attendance for the Fall Term .
94S
Per cent. of attendance 92.2
Number of pupils who have moved into Town
I66
Number of pupils who have moved out of Town . 163
Number of teachers employed, including specials .
30
Increase during the year
3
Number of different schools .
24
Increase during the year
I
Number of tardinesses .
1,523
Number of dismissals
653
Number of visits, not including those of Committee and Superintendent
1,133
Number of boys
625
Number under five (5)
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Graduating Exercises
OF THE
Class of '98 Saugus High School.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1898.
PROGRAM.
I MUSIC-"The Postillion," . Arr. by L. T. Wade CHORUS.
2 PRAYER-
3 MUSIC-"Rest Thee on This Mossy Pillow," . H. Smart TRIO.
4 ESSAY-"Doe Ye Nexte Thynge," with Salutatory. LOUISE A. KOHLRAUSCH.
5 ADDRESS- · GEORGE H. MARTIN. Supervisor of Schools in Boston.
6 MUSIC-"The Alpine Shepherd," F. Abt
SOLO AND CHORUS.
7 ESSAY-"Beyond the Alps My Italy Lies," with Valedictory. LENA R. EDMANDS.
8 AWARD OF DIPLOMAS.
9 MUSIC-"Twilight,"
TRIO. F. Abt
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Graduates
Four Years Classical Course.
LENA RICHARDS EDMANDS, LOUISE AUGUSTA KOHLRAUSCH.
Four Years English Course.
ERNEST WARREN HOMAN,
MARGARET WALKER SMALL.
Three Years English Course.
ANNA GENEVIEVE GARRA,
EDWARD DAMON MCNUTT.
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Bond Prize Recitations
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1898, 7.45 O'CLOCK.
PROGRAM.
I PIANO SOLO-
MRS. KATHARINE FORRISTALL.
2 "Sunshine," . Sharp LILLIAN RHODES.
3 "Aunt Sophronia Tabor at the Opera," FLORENCE E. BEEDE.
4 "How Old Folks Won the Oaks," Eakin FRED MACKENZIE.
5 "Miss Eva's Visit to the Ogre," Elmslie EDITH A. CONE.
6 SOLO-
MISS LUCIE A. TUCKER.
7 "On the Other Train,".
MAUDE F. FEINDEISEN.
8 "Patsy," . .
Kate Douglas Wiggin
MARGARET W. SMALL.
9 "Number 5 Collect Street," · · SHADRACK C. JONES.
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BOND PRIZE RECITATIONS.
IO "Wee Willie Winkie," . Rudyard Kipling *FLORA L. EDMANDS.
II SOLO- .
MISS LUCIE A. TUCKER.
I2 "His Heart's Desire," . Julia Magruder LAURINE S. FREEMAN.
I3 "The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story," Joel Chandler Harris ETHEL H. ROBINSON.
14 "The Trial of Abner Barrow," Richard Harding Davis CLIFFORD A. BARNES.
15 "The Newsboy's Friend," .
HENRY T. CLAUS.
*Excused because of illness.
AWARD OF PRIZES.
First prize was awarded to SHADRACK C. JONES. Second prize to MAUDE F. FEINDEISEN. Third prize to FLORENCE E. BEEDE.
Bond prizes for "improvement" were awarded as follows : Two upper classes, RUTH NICHOLS ; two lower classes, HARRY STANBON.
School Legislation
The following are provisions of the law of the State in regard to the employment of children, attendance and truancy :
No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establishment, nor in any other way for wages while the schools are in session.
No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment unless the em- ployer :
I. Procures and keeps on file, and accessible to truant officers, the district police and inspectors of factories, age and schooling certificates for all such children employed.
2. Keeps two complete lists of all such children employed, one on file and one conspicuously posted near the principal entrance of the building where such children are employed. In all cases an employment ticket, duly made out and signed is required before an age certificate can be granted. (Blanks may be obtained of the Superintendent. )
Compulsory attendance of all pupils between the ages of seven and fourteen years is now required for the entire school year, instead of thirty weeks as formerly.
These three classes of children may be sent to the truant school or elsewhere :
I. Habitual truants-Children between seven and fourteen years of age, who are habitually absent from school.
2. Habitual absentees-Children from seven to sixteen years of age who may be found on the streets, not attending school, having no lawful occupation, and growing up in idleness and ignorance.
3. Habitual school offenders-Children under fourteen who persistently violate the reasonable regulations of the school, or
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SCHOOL LEGISLATION.
otherwise misbehave so as to render themselves fit subjects for exclusion therefrom.
Any person having under his control a child between seven and fourteen years of age, who fails for five days, or ten half days, within any period of six months, to cause such child to attend school, shall forfeit and pay a fine.
Any person who induces a child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or who employs or harbors a child unlawfully absent shall be fined.
[ACTS OF 1898, CHAP. 496, SECT. II.]
No child who has not been duly vaccinated shall be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practicing physician that such child is an unfit subject for vaccination. No child who is a member of a household in which a person is sick with small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household exposed to contagion from a household as aforesaid, shall attend any public school during such sickness, or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a cer- tificate from the board of health of the town or city, or from the attending physician of such sick person, stating in a case of small- pox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, that a period of at least two weeks, and in a case of measles a period of at least three days, has elapsed since the recovery, removal or death of such person, and that danger of the conveying of such disease by such child has passed.
COURSE OF STUDY IN
Geography, Language and Arithmetic
FOR THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SAUGUS, MASS. 1899.
GEOGRAPHY.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
I. Geography claims a place in the school curriculum because of (1) its practical value, (2) its disciplinary value, and (3) its culture or spiritual value. Of these the last is most important and if wisely realized will involve the others.
2. The globe should be used constantly in all grades. Many teachers do not use it enough. It is an indispensable aid in giving correct geographical ideas.
3. Teachers should make constant use of maps. Relief maps cannot be purchased for all schools, but may be made by the pupils. Outline maps without names are very valuable. Gov- ernment maps, such as the atlas sheets of the topographic map, charts of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, maps of the Mississippi River Commission, pilot charts of the North Atlantic, and maps and charts published by the United States Weather Bureau, are of much value. Maps, as a rule, should not be on the wall unrolled, but displayed only as needed for study or recitation. Pupils should thoroughly understand how to read a map, and be able to give the meaning of all lines, marks and colors.
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COURSE OF STUDY.
4. Lead pupils to form the habit of looking up every place mentioned in their reading and study. Important current events call for some attention, especially in the higher grammar grades.
5. In the upper grades, beginning with the sixth, lessons should be assigned and recited topically. This can be successfully done if the right use is made of magazines, library books, geo- graphical readers and reference books.
6. A good collection of pictures judiciously used is one of the most valuable aids obtainable.
7. Make large use of appropriate poems. At every good opportunity connect with important historical events.
8. The study of "types" should be emphasized. A full and detailed study of a single river, a mountain or a coal mine gives the key to a large amount of geographical knowledge.
9. Too much time should not be given to map drawing, although a little time may be spent with great profit. Rapid sketch maps, production maps, maps of river systems and moun- tain ranges, progressive maps with outline given, call for some attention. Cardboard models of the continents for tracing the outline are useful.
GRADE III.
I. All the work of this grade is oral. Lead pupils to observe the position of the sun morning, noon and evening. Teach car- dinal points of the compass. Have pupils locate objects and places in the Town by pointing in the direction they are situated.
2. Draw a plan of the school-room. Locate objects on the plan. Draw a plan of the school grounds, locating the school- house. Pupils should measure the distances.
3. Study this Town : its roads, their direction and towns to which they lead ; its streets, school-houses, churches, and points of interest. Make a map of the Town, principal streets only.
4. Lead pupils to observe common forms of land and water. Hill : summit, slopes and base. Brook : slopes of the stream and cutting power of water ; deposits of sand. This work properly done forms a basis for the study of all relief forms and all rivers.
5. Indians : life in tribes, chiefs, warfare. Indian child : dress, cradle, pets, games, toys. Furniture : work of the women.
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COURSE OF STUDY.
Manners and customs : trade, money, administration of justice, medicine men, the Great Spirit, happy hunting ground. Treat- ment of white people. Read to the pupils about Hiawatha. Make a similar study of Eskimos. Read "Little Folks of Other Lands."
GRADE IV.
I. In this grade the teaching is oral ; no text-book in the hands of the pupil. Continue the line of work suggested in topics two and three of the preceding grade. Have pupils draw a more detailed map of the town or the section in which they live. Draw school-room to scale.
2. Continue observation of relief. Brooks and brook-basins, -slopes, water-parting, bed, speed, sand, deposit, deltas. Rivers and river basins. Uses of rivers. Structure of coast line, irregu- larities of land and water-Islands, capes and peninsulas-Frye's "Brook and Brook Basins."
3. A few lessons on methods of transportation. Cart, bicycle, carriage, canoe, boat, street car, electric car, steam cars, sail- boats, canal-boats, steamships.
4. Continue the kind of work suggested in topic five of grade three. Use "Seven Little Sisters," or "Around the World," second book.
GRADE V.
I. For reading and reference use the small text-book on geography, also geographical readers, and books of travel from the public library. Make large use of appropriate poems, pic- tures, stories and newspaper clippings.
2. Study New England ; the United States as a whole ; North America, with special reference to drainage rivers and river basins, mountain ranges, soil, climate, plants, animals, principal cities as markets and as centres of commerce ; South America and Europe briefly.
3. The earth as a whole: form, size, distribution of heat, relief. Hemispheres : land and water, northern and southern, eastern and western. (Use a globe.)
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COURSE OF STUDY.
4. A few lessons on the different occupations in which people are engaged in cities and in the country.
5. Continue work of topic five of preceding gråde, taking up a study of Africans, Japanese, Lapps and Arabs.
6. Massachusetts. A brief study. Consider relation between its relief and climate ; climate and productions ; productions and location of cities. Consider its mountains, rivers and coast-line ; occupations and industries of the people ; differences of temper- ature ; its plants and animals.
GRADE VI.
I. The more formal study of geography now begins, using the larger text-books. Constantly use the globe, wall-maps, charts, pictures, poems, supplementary readers, and books from the public library. Whenever there is an opportunity correlate with history.
2. A careful study of the United States by sections, especially New England. Detailed study of North America. General study of the earth. Brief study of South America.
GRADE VII.
I. A careful study of the United States, with special reference to the people, climate, industries and commercial relations. Re- lation between relief and history.
2. General study of British America, Central America, Mexico and West Indies, especially Cuba and Puerto Rico.
3. Thorough study of South America.
4. Change of seasons ; latitude and longitude ; moon and tides ; rainfall ; winds ; heat and cold ; storms and predictions of weather changes. (Use United States weather maps.)
5. Special study of the British Isles.
6. Make large use of pictures, books of travel, appropriate poems, and articles from magazines and newspapers. Make constant use of globes, maps and charts.
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COURSE OF STUDY.
GRADE VIII.
I. Critical and comparative study of Europe-Emphasize physical, industrial and commercial features. · Teach social conditions, races of men and forms of government
2. Teach Asia in a similar manner, dwelling especially upon Japan, China and India. Commerce, methods of transportation, productions, people, cities, form of government and history are important topics.
3. Africa, a brief study, dwelling chiefly upon Egypt and the Nile valley.
4. Australia and the neighboring islands, especially Hawaii and the Philippines.
5. Life : plants, animals and races of men.
GRADE IX.
I. All work based upon the usual text-books is completed in grade eight.
2. Physical Geography. A systematic study based upon the prescribed text-book. Time : a half year.
3. Commercial Geography. A thorough study of this im- portant subject for one-half year. Special attention is given to the routes and growth of commerce, production centres and mar- kets of the world, methods of transportation, the staple articles of commerce and their relative value and importance.
LANGUAGE.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
I. In language teaching we aim to train the pupil to the habitual use of good English, to give him the ability to speak and write readily and correctly, and to give him some knowledge of the language itself.
2. From the beginning to the end of the school course there should be careful, systematic and progressive drill in talking and
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COURSE OF STUDY.
writing. At first the oral work predominates and in all grades should receive careful attention. The language of the recitations should be considered. The talking exercises in primary grades should be short, usually not more than fifteen minutes.
3. It should be remembered that pupils talk well only when they have clear ideas. The teacher should do her part to secure good thinking.
4. - Criticism should be carefully given. The more sensitive cannot endure it without harm unless given with a show of sympathy. Usually all errors should not be corrected, but only the most evident.
5. Dictation exercises if carefully planned and specially adapted to the needs of the pupils are very valuable. In this way the proper use of capital letters, punctuation marks and partially familiar words as well as spelling may be taught.
6. In all grades, each pupil should, from time to time, learn carefully selected gems. The sentiment, the moral influence and the beauty of the language may be considered in making selec- tions. Pupils of the three upper grades should commit to memory at least one hundred lines each year, the next three grades from fifty to seventy-five lines, and the three lowest grades from ten to twenty-five lines.
GRADE I.
I. Daily talks about familiar things, as toys, plants, pictures, etc. The first lessons should be such as will readily connect home with school. Material for stories may be taken from his- tory, poetry, mythology fables or the Bible. Teach each week one short quotation, maxim or memory gem. Lead pupils to observe the most important facts as to social life about them in regard to food, clothing, shelter, occupations and modes of travel.
2. As soon as pupils are able have daily copying of words or short sentences from the blackboard or cardboard slips. (Closely connect with the reading and number work.) Pupils may write their own name from carefully prepared copy.
Teach the use of capital I ; also the period and question mark at the end of sentences.
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GRADE II.
I. Pupils may tell of places they have visited, interesting objects they have seen, or games they play at home. They may describe pictures of special interest, reproduce the reading lesson often, also interesting stories told by the teacher. Continue observations of social life and contrast with other peoples. De- scriptions of pictures. Simple lessons on common plants and domestic animals. Memory gems. Insist upon polite and court- eous forms of speech.
2. Copying and dictation daily. Fill blanks in sentences based on the reading lesson. Reproduction of stories told the pupils, of the reading lesson and of nature study lessons.
3. Teach the use of capitals at the beginning of sentences, in names of persons, streets, days of the week, months of the year and the words I and O. Teach the use of the period and question mark at the end of sentences, and apostrophe in contractions. A few common abbreviations such as are useful in their number work, also for names of the months; Mr., Mrs., St., Av., Ans.
4. A few common contractions such as don't, I'll, isn't, hasn't, etc. The proper use of is, are, was, were, has, have, this, that, these, those.
GRADE III.
I. Reading lessons, nature study, physiology and form study will afford valuable material for many oral lessons. Reproduction of carefully selected stories told by the teacher. (Do your pupils talk freely and correctly ?)
2. Copying, dictation, and written composition, picture stories, gems of poetry and prose copied and memorized by all the pupils. Letter writing-only the most common form.
3. The uses of capitals as in Grade II, also in names of countries, towns and cities. Marks of punctuation as in previous grade, also simple use of comma, and hyphen in compound words.
A thorough review of the work with abbreviations of the pre- ceding grade. Teach also the following : Initials in the name of persons, Dr., Rev., Mass., Esq., Supt., and abbreviations for the days of the week.
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4. Contractions as in previous grade, also doesn't, can't, won't, wouldn't, it's, I'm.
The possessive form of nouns in the singular in which the apostrophe precedes the s.
The proper use of verb forms, as in Grade II, also may, can, sit, set, lay and lie. The use of is for are, done for did, seen for saw, ain't for isn't or aren't must be persistently corrected in both oral and written work.
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