WORD STUDY 



two or three in every lesson, and about thirty words form 

 the daily assignment. Lists of misspelled words are kept 



by both teacher and pupils for weekly re- 

 Spelling 



views. From two to four times a month 



lessons in homonyms are given, consisting of ten or twelve 

 sentences dictated by the teacher or the pupils. Several 

 rules for spelling are developed during the year. Some 

 may be entirely new to the pupils, others may be the con- 

 summation of the inductive reasoning of preceding months 

 or years. 



In word analysis, simple affixes, in, un, a, less, ness, ish, 

 let, are used in forming new words ; or words having these 

 prefixes or suffixes are chosen from the lessons, their mean- 

 ings are given, and other words having the same syllable 

 are suggested. 



Some fourth grade analyses of words are also shown 

 here. 



a. 



delight ful full of delight 



leaf less without a leaf 



a fire on fire 



plumb er one who plumbs 



un happy not happy 



un certain not certain 



use less without use 



use ful full of use 



a shore on shore 



b. 



bright ness the state of being bright 

 sad ness the state of being sad 



