452 NATURE-STUDY 



Transplant the cuttings of currants, willows, lilac, ivy or 

 woodbine made the previous fall. Plant on Arbor Day in 

 appropriate places. Care for them. (221, 232, 220.) 



Apply the lessons on growth conditions learned in the in- 

 door study above. 



Plant turnips, carrots, beets, cabbage, potato, and onion, 

 and note their development the second year. What be- 

 comes of the substance of the roots, bulbs, tubers, and heads ? 

 (256, 252, 258, 254, 231.) 



Exhibit the plants grown at home from the seed. 



Clean up the school playground and lawn. Patch up 

 broken fences. Remove dead vines and branches. En- 

 courage cleaning the backyard at home, raking the front 

 lawn, keeping it clipped, watering it, planting flowers. Arouse 

 a pride in the beauty of the school-grounds, the boulevards 

 and parks. Teach children to respect the efforts of people 

 to improve their city, and not to tresspass, injure trees, etc. 



Add to the wild flower garden. 



FIFTH GRADE 



AIM AND METHOD: The greater maturity of the child- 

 ren in this grade is shown in their greater ability to reason 

 out relations, adaptations, comparisons, and generaliza- 

 tions, and to make better application of their knowledge. 

 They have a greater interest in principles, and see their bear- 

 ing better. They have greater interest in inanimate nature and 

 its forces, in inventions, and commercial values. Type 

 studies can be used more and more, and larger group relations 

 can be appreciated. Conditions of plant and animal life, 

 and our own dependence on the natural environment is more 

 apparent to them. 



