SECOND GRADE WINTER WORK 93 



A good geography, book of travels, or an encyclopedia 

 will contain information for a few lessons on this topic, 

 which will greatly interest the pupils of this grade. 



LESSON XVI 

 EFFECTS OF FROST UPON PLANTS 



Note the first frosts and their effects upon plants. What 

 plants are "frost-bitten" first? What effect has frost upon 

 these plants ? Are all plants affected by it in the same way ? 

 The ones most easily injured by frost may be called tender 

 plants ; those not so easily injured by it we call hardy plants. 

 Mention several tender plants ; several hardy plants. How 

 may tender plants be protected for a time against the frosts ? 

 What plants are killed by the_ frost before their fruit all gets 

 ripe? What great harm is sometimes done by frosts that 

 come too early in the fall? What harm is often done by 

 frosts that come too late in the spring? Does frost do any 

 good to anything? Why do we need frost? Notice each 

 morning whether there is frost or dew on the grass and other 

 plants. 



SECOND GRADE WINTER WORK 

 LESSON XVII 



PREPARATION FOR WINTER MAN 



What changes in our homes are made necessary by the 

 change in temperature now going on? Let the pupils sug- 

 gest the things usually done in the fall before it snows : e.g. 

 raking up the fallen leaves and burning them; removing 



