66 METHODS IN TEACHING 



III 



has ] 

 Do did doing have f done 



had J 

 My work is done. 



We have done the drawing. 



Who did it? The teacher did it yesterday. 



Did the janitor do the cleaning? 



You did the drawing but mother has done the painting. 



THIRD YEAR GRADE 



Reproductions are continued, the pupils telling the stories 

 that have been told or read by the teacher. Narrations are 

 based on some topic chosen from the life of 



Language 



the pupil. Descriptions, simple but accurate, 



are given of what may be readily seen or 

 heard by the child. Sentence structure is carefully watched 

 to prevent the repetition of loose connectives. A knowledge 

 of how to form compact sentences must be gained from the 

 drill periods, but in the time for oral language the child 

 should be held to practicing what he has learned. The pupils 

 are being led to self-observation in sentence making, con- 

 tinuity of thought, and other accuracies and niceties of lan- 

 guage. Until they learn to criticise themselves there will be 

 no sound basis for progress. This they can soon learn to 

 do concerning the points which are known, and it is the work 

 of the drill period to make known certain definite correc- 

 tions for the child to incorporate into his language. 



In the technical work, the year is begun with a careful 



review of the points that have been drilled 



Verbs A , 



on in the preceding grades. A number of 



new abbreviations are learned. Quotation marks are 



