  Talk about the new month. What month is this? What was last month? What month follows March? What season is this? What are the three months of the spring season? What season follows spring? What season is just past? How many days has March? What is March sometimes called? (The windy month.) TuesdayWrite the date. Write the word March. WednesdayTalk about the wind. Can we see the wind? How do we know when the wind is blowing? What does the wind do to the trees? What does it do to the clothes hanging on the line? What does it do to our faces? (Makes our cheeks rosy.) ThursdayTo be taught to the children: WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you; But when the leaves hang trembling The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I, But when the trees bow down their heads The wind is passing by. —Christina Rossetti FridayTeach the children the poem given above. SECOND WEEKMondayTalk about wind-mills: How they are used; how they turn; Holland and the wind-mills of that country. TuesdayWrite: Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I. WednesdayStory to be told to the children: THE WINDS This is one of the stories that the fathers and mothers in Greece used to tell their children. Æolus was the father of all the winds, great and small. He had six sons and six daughters. When the children were old enough, they went out into the world to work. Often they were gone all day long. They had to sweep and dust the whole world. They carried water from the sea to wash and scrub the earth. They helped to move the great ships across the ocean. They scattered the seeds, and watered the flowers, and did many other helpful things. And these things are what the winds do for us to-day. Can you tell the names of the four great winds? (East, West, North, South.) ThursdayHave the children tell you about Æolus and his winds. FridayWrite: The four winds are East, West, North and South. THIRD WEEKMondayTalk about kites and kite-flying: How does a kite fly? How high will a kite fly? How do boys make kites? Tell the children about the kites of Japan, and about kite-flying day in that country. TuesdayHave the children give as many words as they can that rhyme with kite. Write these on the blackboard, and use them for drill in phonics. WednesdayTalk about pussy willows. Who has seen pussy willows? Who has seen pussy willows this year? Where? How do we find the little pussies growing? What are they covered with? What for? (To protect the tiny buds from cold.) ThursdayWrite: Pussy willows have gray fur. FridayTo be committed to memory: Whatever way the wind doth blow, Some heart is glad to have it so; So blow it east, or blow it west, The wind that blows—that wind is best. FOURTH WEEKMondayTell the children about St. Patrick, the good old Irish saint, whose birthday comes in March. TuesdayHave the children tell you about St. Patrick. WednesdayWrite: Spring begins in March. ThursdayFill the blank spaces in the following: The East Wind comes from the ——. The West Wind comes from the ——. The North Wind comes from the ——. The South Wind comes from the ——. FridayTalk about the signs of Spring. SECOND YEARFIRST WEEKMondayTo be committed to memory: THE WIND I saw you toss the kites on high, And blow the birds about the sky, And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies’ skirts across the grass— O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all— O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! O you that are so strong and cold; O blower, are you young or old? Are you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me? O wind, a-blowing all day long? O wind, that sings so loud a song? —Robert Louis Stevenson Children copy the first stanza of the poem, and commit it to memory. TuesdayCopy and learn the second stanza of the poem. WednesdayCopy and learn the third stanza of the poem. ThursdayRecite the entire poem. FridayWrite a list of the naming words (nouns) in the poem. SECOND WEEKMondayFor dictation: Galloping, galloping, galloping in, Into the world with a stir, and a din. The north wind, the east wind, the west wind together, In-bringing, in-bringing, the March’s wild weather. TuesdayWrite five sentences, telling what the wind does. WednesdayStory for reproduction: SPRING It was spring. The sun had melted the snow from the hill-tops; the grass blades were pushing their way through the brown earth, and the buds on the trees were beginning to break open and let the tiny green leaves peep out. A bee, waked from the sleep in which he had lain all through the winter, rubbed his eyes, then opened the door, and looked out to see if the ice and snow and the north wind had gone away. Yes; there was warm, clear sunshine. He slipped out of the hive, stretched his wings and flew away. He went to the apple tree and asked, “Have you anything for a hungry bee, who has eaten nothing the whole winter long?” The apple tree answered: “No; you have come too early. My blossoms are still buds and so I have nothing for you. Go to the cherry tree.” He flew to the cherry tree and said, “Dear cherry tree, have you any honey for a hungry bee?” The cherry tree answered: “Come again to-morrow; to-day my blossoms are shut up, but when they are open you are welcome to them.” Then he flew to a bed of tulips nearby. They had large, beautiful flowers, but there was neither sweetness nor perfume in them and he could not find any honey. Tired and hungry, the poor bee turned to seek his home, when a tiny dark blue flower, beside a hedge, caught his eye. It was a violet that was all ready for the bee’s coming. The violet opened its cup of sweetness. The bee drank his fill, and carried some honey to the hive. —Selected and Adapted ThursdayChildren retell, in their own words, the story of “Spring.” FridayWrite five sentences about spring. THIRD WEEKMondayFor dictation: If a task is once begun, Never leave it till it’s done; Be the labor great or small Do it well, or not at all. TuesdayTalk about signs of spring! Sky, bright sun, warmer days, return of birds, pussy willows, swelling buds. WednesdayWrite five sentences about pussy willows. ThursdayWrite a letter to your sister or brother, telling about pussy willow. FridayWrite a sentence containing the word blue; one with the word green; pink; yellow; red; white. FOURTH WEEKMondayTell the children about St. Patrick. TuesdayWrite three sentences about St. Patrick. WednesdayWrite the names of all the members of the family, and your address. ThursdayFor dictation: Under the snowdrifts the blossoms are sleeping, Dreaming their dreams of sunshine and June. FridayTalk about the wind, and what it does. THIRD YEARFIRST WEEKMondayTo be committed to memory: THE VOICE OF THE GRASS Here I come creeping, creeping, everywhere; By the dusty roadside, On the sunny hillside, Close by the noisy brook, In every shady nook, I come creeping, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere. All around the open door, Where sit the aged poor; Here where the children play, In the bright and merry May, I come creeping, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; In the noisy city street My pleasant face you’ll meet, Cheering the sick at heart. Toiling his busy part— Silently creeping, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere, You cannot see me coming, Nor hear my low sweet humming, For in the starry night, And the glad morning light, I come quietly creeping, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere, More welcome than the flowers In summer’s pleasant hours; The gentle cow is glad, And the merry bird not sad, To see me creeping, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; My humble song of praise Most joyfully I raise To Him at whose command I beautify the land, Creeping, silently creeping everywhere. —Sarah Roberts Boyle Copy the first half of the poem. TuesdayCopy the rest of the poem. WednesdayCommit to memory the first two stanzas of the poem. ThursdayCommit to memory the second two stanzas of the poem. FridayRecite the entire poem. SECOND WEEKMondayWrite a list of the nouns in the poem. TuesdayWrite a list of the verbs in the poem. WednesdayWrite a list of adjectives in the poem. ThursdayFor dictation: In her dress of silver gray, Comes the Pussy Willow gay; Like a little Eskimo, Clad in fur from top to toe. FridayWrite five sentences about pussy willows. THIRD WEEKMondayWrite, to a classmate, a telegram of not more than ten words, saying that spring is coming. TuesdayWrite a letter to a pussy willow. WednesdayTalk about the wind and what it does. ThursdayWrite five sentences telling what the wind does. FridayWrite the story of St. Patrick. FOURTH WEEKMondayFor dictation: Day after day, and year after year, Little by little, the leaves appear; And the slender branches far and wide, Tell the mighty oak is the forest’s pride. TuesdayWrite a list of at least ten objects beginning with m. Who can write the longest list? WednesdayWrite a rhyme of four lines about the wind. ThursdayWrite a story about some pet that you have or that you know about. FridayTell something that makes you happy. Tell something that makes you sorry. Tell something that you think it is right to do. Tell something that you think it is wrong to do. FOURTH YEARFIRST WEEKMondayTo be committed to memory: THE FAIRIES Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren’t go a-hunting, For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl’s feather. Down along the rocky shore, Some make their home; They live on crispy pancakes Of yellow tide-foam; Some in the reeds Of the black mountain lake, With frogs for their watch-dogs, All night awake. High on the hilltop, The old king sits; He is now so old and gray He’s nigh lost his wits. By the craggy hillside, Through the mosses bare, They have planted thorn trees For pleasure here and there. Is any man so daring, As dig one up in spite? He shall find their sharpest thorns In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren’t go a-hunting, For fear of little men, Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap; And white owl’s feather. —William Allingham Copy the poem. TuesdayLearn the first half of the poem. WednesdayLearn the rest of the poem. ThursdayAnswer the following questions: What is meant by the “airy” mountain? What is meant by the “rushy glen”? What is a glen? Why are the fairies called “wee” folk? What is meant by their “trooping”? What are “crispy” pan-cakes? What are “reeds”? Why is a mountain lake called “black”? FridayWhat “old king sits”? What are “wits”? What is a “craggy hillside”? Why are the, mosses called “bare”? Write a description of a fairy as given in the poem. SECOND WEEKMondayTalk about the following: What story, that you have read, do you like best? Why? What game do you like best? Why? What song do you like best? Why? What study do you like best? Why? TuesdayFor dictation: Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime; And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time. WednesdayWrite about what the wind does. ThursdayWrite about the signs of spring that you have noticed. FridayTalk about what you saw on your way to school. THIRD WEEKMondayWrite a list of all the words you can think of that begin with h. Who can write the longest list? TuesdayFor dictation: In spring when stirs the wind, I know That soon the crocus buds will blow; For ’tis the wind who bids them wake And into pretty blossoms break. WednesdayWrite a description of the teacher’s desk. ThursdayWrite an informal invitation to a St. Patrick’s Day entertainment at the school. FridayHave a spelling match. FOURTH WEEKMondayWrite seven verbs. Write each in a different sentence. TuesdayFor dictation: To look up and not down, To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand. WednesdayWrite a letter, if you are in the country, to some one in the city, telling what games you play at recess. If you live in the city, write to some one in the country. ThursdayWrite a description of some game you play. FridayTalk about the return of the birds. |
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