NATURE STUDY. 



They are like threads. 



Miss Grey showed us how a string draws up water. 



We can suck up water with a straw. 



The fine roots draw up water for the mallow. 



We had a plant without any fine roots. 



We put it in water, but it dried up. 



It could not drink the water because it had no fine roots. 



Miss Grey showed us how salt and sugar melt in water. 



Some things in the ground melt in the water. 



The roots drink these with the water. 



They are the food of the plant. 



So the fine roots get water and food for the plant. 



In this oral review try to have the children tell all about 

 each topic or division of a subject before allowing them to 

 go on with another. Always have them tell observations 

 or describe experiments before they give the conclusions 

 based on those observations or experiments. This is in- 

 ductive and scientific, and will help to correct the tendency, 

 so common in children and adults to " jump to con- 

 clusions," to state conclusions, and overlook that on which 

 these are, or should be, based. 



On the clearness and thoroughness of this review will 

 largely depend the clearness and permanence of the ideas 

 gained. 



Stem. Position: erect or creeping. Use or function: to 

 fasten the leaves and flowers to the root ; to carry food and 

 water from the root to the leaves and flowers ; to lift up 

 the leaves and flowers where they can see the sun or get 

 the light. Color, length, and shape (" round like a pencil," 

 not merely "round"). Oral review and summary by at 

 least two or three children. 



Leaves. Review the uses of the leaves and their fond- 

 ness for the sun, as noted in the field lesson. How has 

 Mother Nature fitted them for their work ? 



What happens to a leaf when we break it from the stem ? 



