GRADE I. 



The First Day in School, and What Was 

 Done by Children Six Years Old. 



Song. 



Morning's golden light is breaking; 



Tints of beauty paint the skies; 

 Happy song-birds now are waking, 



Let their songs to heaven arise. 



This is a fine morning to begin your first day in 

 school. After thinking a moment you may tell a few 

 of the interesting things you saw on your way from 

 home. 



Bessie — I saw a bird's-nest up very high in a tree. 



Helen - - 1 saw a little boy playing in the sand. 



Ida — I saw a white rock on the wall. 



John — I saw some red clover and some white 

 clover. 



Did any of you find out what makes it so light that 

 we can see all these things so nicely ? May raise 

 your hand if you can tell what makes it so light every 

 day and so dark every night. 



Ida — The sun rises every morning and makes it 

 light. 



Does the sun stay in one place after it rises ? 



May — As soon as the sun rises it goes up higher 



