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previously given in the course in the Normal School, are put into 

 actual practice. Plans are made by the students for each lesson, 

 criticized by the instructor, and returned before the lesson is 

 taught. Observation of these lessons on the part of the instructor 

 or critic teachers furnishes further opportunity of giving aid to 

 the practice teachers. 



Most of the bird work is done in the spring term. Abundant 

 use is made of colored pictures, both of the separate plates pub- 

 lished by the Audubon Society, and of charts in which several 

 pictures are grouped on the same sheet. 



Following is the outline of bird study as carried out in the 

 Training School \ 



Primary Grades 



Winter 



GRADE 3 



Holiday Studies. 



Christmas dinner for the birds. 



a. What kind of Christmas gifts do birds like? 

 h. What kind of birds will come to the feast? (Use Christmas 

 tree) 



Spring 



GRADE I 



The returning birds. 

 a. Bird calendar. 

 h. Bird walks. 

 c. Special study of robin, bluebird, and bank swallow. 



GRADE 2 



The returning birds. 

 a. Bird calendar. 

 h. Bird walks. 



c. Special study of red-winged blackbird, Baltimore Oriole, 

 and chimney swift. 



GRADE 3 



The returning birds. 



a. Bird calendar. 

 h. Bird walks. 



c. Special study of house wren, scarlet tanagcr and rose- 

 breasted grosbeak. 



d. Building bird houses for wren. 



