THIRD YEAR
FIRST WEEK
Monday
To be committed to memory:
CHILD’S EVENING PRAYER
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Low the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep;
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
Through the long night-watches,
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
When the morn awakens,
Then may I arise,
Pure and fresh and sinless,
In Thy holy eyes.—S. Baring-Gould
Have the poem copied.
Tuesday
Learn the first verse of the poem.
Wednesday
Learn the rest of the poem.
Thursday
Recite the entire poem.
Friday
Write a list of the naming words (nouns) in the “Child’s Evening Prayer.”
SECOND WEEK
Monday
Write a list of the doing words (verbs), in the “Child’s Evening Prayer.”
Tuesday
Write a letter to a playmate, telling what you did on a recent Saturday.
Wednesday
For dictation:
Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas,
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.—Selected
Thursday
Write five sentences about clouds.
Friday
Write a list of ten objects that are blue.
THIRD WEEK
Monday
Each child write eight sentences, describing some other child in the room, telling: Color of hair, color of eyes, kind of complexion, height (guessed at), age, costume worn, size of shoes (guessed at), and size of gloves.
Tuesday
Write a rhyme of four lines about a dog.
Wednesday
Write a list of the objects to be seen in the school-room. Who can write the longest list?
Thursday
Have the following poem copied:
WINTER EVENING
What way does the wind come? Which way does he go?
He rides over the water, and over the snow,
Through wood, and through vale; and o’er rocky height,
Which the great cannot climb, takes his sounding flight;
He tosses about in every bare tree,
As, if you look up, you may plainly see;
But how he will come, and whither he goes,
There’s never a scholar anywhere knows.
He will suddenly stop in a cunning nook,
And ring a sharp ’larum; but, if you should look,
There’s nothing to see but a cushion of snow,
Round as a pillow, and whiter than milk,
And softer than if it were covered with silk.
Sometimes he’ll hide in the cave of the rock,
Then whistle as shrill as a cuckoo clock.
Yet seek him—and what shall you find in his place?
Nothing but silence and empty space;
Save, in a corner, a heap of dry leaves,
That he’s left, for a bed, to beggars or thieves!
—Dorothy Wordsworth
Friday
Pupils write a list of the nouns in the poem, “Winter Evening.”
FOURTH WEEK
Monday
Pupils write a list of the verbs in the poem, “Winter Evening.”
Tuesday
Write five sentences telling what the wind does.
Wednesday
Children find answers to the following questions, in any way they can:
What little children wear wooden shoes?
What little children wear moccasins?
What little children wear shoes of fur?
What children wear shoes of silk or satin?
What children wear shoes of leather?
Thursday
Write five sentences about the different kinds of shoes children wear.
Friday
Write five sentences about the shoes you have on.