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4. Substitute as many words as possible for this word in 

 this sentence. 



5. Upon what basis may these words be classified ? 



6. Think of a name or word that appropriately expresses 

 words classified on such a basis. 



7. State what is meant by such words. 



The following group of farm words could be used in the 

 same way: Cultivate, till, prepare, work, manure, plow, 

 dress, sow. 



The teacher may ask the class to write and use in sentences 

 the names of all the parts of the reaping-machine. Or the 

 teacher may suggest the following list and ask the class to 

 use the words properly in sentences: Reaper, harvester, 

 knife, finger, finger-bar, rake, reel, platform, dropper, binder, 

 wire, twine, SLtm, sheaf, grain, bundle. The spelling work 

 must be made to mean something. 



ARITHMETIC 



The main objects to be secured in the study of arithmetic 

 are the ability to think number; the acquisition of skill, 

 rapidity, and accuracy in the use of numbers required in or- 

 dinary business transactions ; and the development of power 

 in the application of the processes to the solution of all classes 

 of problems. While the importance of this subject in the 

 elementary school should be emphasized, it should not be so 

 exaggerated as to deprive other subjects of their due share of 

 attention. The work should be made intensive rather than 

 extensive; the number of topics should be diminished and 

 greater stress put upon those that are studied. 



In teaching arithmetic the work should be made as con- 

 crete as possible. The problems in the book may be supple- 



