156 METHODS IN TEACHING 



The other weights and measures, mentioned above, are 

 reviewed, in order to test, rectify, and strengthen the chil- 

 dren's knowledge and ability to estimate. Then the tables 

 and the various abbreviations in use are learned. 



SIXTH YEAR GRADE 



The general outline of the subjects to be studied in the 

 sixth grade is similar to that for fifth grades, only the work 



becomes more intensive, and the subjects 

 Course 



are treated more broadly. Decimal frac- 

 tions added to common fractions means that percentage, 

 bills, .and many business transactions in money matters can 

 be studied more fully than in the earlier grades. Complex 

 fractions are also taken up this year. Exercises and drills 

 are numerous to fix the tables of weight and measure 

 learned and used in the preceding grades. 



Mental and oral exercises are given one-third of the time 

 allotted to arithmetic during this year; concrete measure- 

 ments are continued at intervals; construc- 

 Distribution . , . . . , . , , , 



of Time tlve wor ^ 1S stl ^ associated with the draw- 



ing, and, in addition, pupils are required to 

 draw to scale the surfaces mentioned in assigned problems 

 or to make illustrative diagrams, showing that the opera- 

 tion to be performed is understood thoroughly. This illus- 

 trative work is continued in the seventh and eighth grades. 

 The special new feature of the year is the study of deci- 

 mal fractions, particularly in their application to percentage 



and to other business forms. At first, the 

 Percentage 



pupils are led to see that the underlying 



principles of fractions, both common and decimal, are iden- 

 tical with those of percentage. They are also led to see 



