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blanks. The chief objection to the last plan is the monopoly 

 it involves of considerable blackboard space. Pupils in this 

 grade are very well able to make and fill out forms ruled for a 

 week as follows : 



As a sample method of procedure, suppose that the record 

 is to be made in a form similar to the above ruled on the 

 blackboard. The observations may be made during the noon 

 hour and immediately before entering school in the afternoon. 

 The teacher, or pupils in their turn, may enter the report 

 which is agreed upon by the class. 



Cloudiness. — If the sky be clear the word " none " is appro- 

 priate. If it be cloudy, the nature and degree of cloudiness 

 will be described in phrases or sentences by the pupils ; the 

 teacher will accept a correct brief phrase and gradually intro- 

 duce the suitable technical term. In this way the pupils will 

 learn the appropriate words to apply to the different kinds of 

 clouds. 



Thin, whitish, high, half-transparent clouds usually drifting 

 easterly at an altitude of four or five miles are cirrus clouds. 

 When banded and layered they are known as cirro-stratus. 

 The whole sky may be thinly overcast or veiled with this kind 

 of cloud. In such conditions, halos and coronas around sun or 

 moon may occur. Sometimes the cirrus is broken up into little 



