Il6 METHODS IN TEACHING 



joyful ness the state of being joyful 

 full ness the state of being full 



c. 



Words ending in e preceded by a consonant should have 

 the last letter dropped on taking a suffix beginning with a 

 vowel. 



bite biting 



come coming 



give giving 



have having 



hope hoping 



live living 



lose losing 



FIFTH YEAR GRADE 



The pupils are now old enough to develop understand- 

 ingly and usably the most important of the rules for spell- 

 ing, a step rendered easier by the work in phonics and word 

 analysis that has been done in the lower grades. Many 

 of the rules will be but wording and putting into easily 

 remembered form the practice of the preceding years. 



Systematically arranged drills are found in 

 Course in 

 Spelling text-books on spelling, where words are 



usually classified as to sound, form, use, 

 and meaning. These lists are supplemented constantly by 

 words selected from the various subjects studied, and from 

 conversation vocabularies. The dictionary now becomes 

 the frequent aid of the pupils in spelling and pronouncing, 

 and careful training should be given in the use of this valu- 

 able language tool. 





