SECOND YEAR
FIRST WEEK
Monday
To be committed to memory:
LADY MOON
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving?
“Over the sea.”
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving?
“All that love me.”
Are you not tired with roving and never
Resting to sleep?
Why look so pale and so sad, as forever
Wishing to weep?
“Ask me not this, little child, if you love me:
You are too bold.
I must obey my dear Father above me,
And do as I’m told.”
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving?
“Over the sea.”
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving?
“All that love me.”
—Lord Houghton
Have the first stanza of the poem copied and learned.
Tuesday
Have the second stanza of the poem copied and learned.
Wednesday
Have the third stanza of the poem copied and learned.
Thursday
Have the fourth stanza of the poem copied and learned.
Friday
Have the poem recited, throughout.
SECOND WEEK
Monday
For dictation:
Be kind in all you say and do,
That others may be kind to you.
Tuesday
Talk about snowflakes; if possible, showing some of the single flakes. Where do the snowflakes come from? What becomes of them if they are taken into a warm room? What becomes of them when they fall? What becomes of the snow when the weather gets warm? How does the snow help the grass and flowers? (Keeps them warm during the cold winter.) Why is snow sometimes called a blanket?
Wednesday
Story for oral reproduction:
A WISE DOG
One night a farmer was riding home along a lane which had walls on both sides. Suddenly he heard his dog barking on the farther side of the wall.
The man stopped his horse and started to see what was the matter.
The night was very cold. Snow lay on the ground. Sitting on a large stone was the farmer’s little daughter.
The child had left the house and had wandered out into the meadow.
The dog had followed her, keeping close at her heels. Now he was barking for some one to come and take the little girl home. She had lost her way, and was crying.
The father looked at the footprints in the snow. He saw that his little daughter had walked close beside a deep hole.
She had walked all the way round the hole. But the wise dog had gone, all the time, between the little girl and the great hole.
Was he not a wise dog?—Adapted
Thursday
Children tell the story of the lost child and the dog.
Friday
Write three sentences about the little girl and the dog.
THIRD WEEK
Monday
Supply words to fill the following blanks:
My dog Spot is ——.
He eats ——.
Spot can ——.
When I run, Spot —— too.
Tuesday
To be committed to memory:
Hearts, like doors, will ope with ease,
To very, very little keys;
And don’t forget that two of these
Are, “Thank you, sir,” and “If you please.”
—Selected
Wednesday
Write a list of ten objects to be seen in the school-room.
Thursday
Talk about bread. Who makes the bread we eat? What is it made of? Where does the flour come from? Where does wheat grow? How does wheat grow? How is the wheat made into flour? How is the flour made into bread?
Friday
Write three sentences about bread.
FOURTH WEEK
Monday
Children write their fathers’ and mothers’ names.
Tuesday
For dictation:
When the cold wind blows,
Look out for your nose.
Wednesday
Talk about how we are protected from cold, by clothing and by artificial heat. How is the school-room warmed? How are the children’s homes warmed? Why is it unnecessary for stables to be heated?
Thursday
A riddle for the children to guess:
I am as black, as black can be,
But yet I shine.
My home was deep within the earth,
In a dark mine.
Years ago I was buried there,
And yet I hold
The sunshine and the heat, which warmed
That world of old.
Though black and cold I seem to be,
Yet I can glow.
Just put me on a blazing fire—
Then you will know.—Selected
Friday
Write three sentences about coal.