WORD STUDY 



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Spelling 



spelling every day. Words and simple sentences are dic- 

 tated. Many lists are used from the vocabularies of the 

 children and from the various lessons of the 

 day. Words of more than one syllable are 

 divided into their parts. Pupils in advanced grades often 

 make the mistake of dividing words anywhere, because 

 they are ignorant of the proper divisions. This can be pre- 

 vented, in part at least, by training the children from the 

 first to recognize the syllables of a word in spelling and in 

 pronunciation, and often in lists for writing. The use of 

 the hyphen is not necessary, the word is spaced, joy ful ly. 

 If a division comes at the end of a line the hyphen is used. 

 The meanings of simple prefixes and suffixes are easily 

 studied, and, although much is forgotten by these little folks, 

 so much is retained that the effort is well worth making. 

 Some of those used are, ing, as in going, coming; er, in 

 faster, nearer; est, in sweetest, hottest; less, in careless, 

 homeless ; ness, in kindness, sickness ; ful, in careful, useful. 



Contractions, as don't, can't, are expanded to find out 

 what they really are made up of. Synonyms, homonyms, 

 and definitions help interweave the word study and the 

 language work. 



The following is summarized from a year's work with 

 second grade pupils : r 



As in the first grade word study generally means phonics 

 and spelling. Fifteen minutes are given to phonics daily 

 throughout the year. Ten minutes daily are given to writ- 

 ten spelling, five minutes to oral spelling. Lists of from ten 



fifteen words are given during the first part of the year ; 

 iter, the number is increased to eighteen or twenty. Two 



1 Teacher, Miss Flora E. LaRue. 



