THIRD YEAR
FIRST WEEK
Monday
Poem to be committed to memory:
WE THANK THEE
For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
For blue of stream and blue of sky;
For pleasant shade of branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees—
Father in heaven, we Thank Thee!
For mother-love and father-care,
For brothers strong and sisters fair;
For love at home and here each day;
For guidance, lest we go astray—
Father in heaven, we Thank Thee!—Selected
Have the poem copied.
Tuesday
Learn the first stanza of the poem.
Wednesday
Learn the second stanza of the poem.
Thursday
Learn and recite the entire poem.
Friday
Write a list of the nouns in the poem.
SECOND WEEK
Monday
Write a list of the adjectives in the poem.
Tuesday
Write the name of a flower that is blue; one that is yellow; pink; red; purple; white. Write a sentence describing each of the flowers in your list.
Wednesday
Write the name of a bird that is brown; one that is black; blue; green; yellow. Class exchange papers. Write a sentence about each bird on the list you receive.
Thursday
Talk about May, and how it differs from any other month of the year. What garden flowers are in blossom this month? What wild flowers are in blossom? What fruit trees? What forest trees?
Friday
Write five sentences about the flowers and trees that blossom in May.
THIRD WEEK
Monday
Story for reproduction:
ANEMONE
Once upon a time there lived a youth whose name was Adonis. He was a fine-looking boy, tall and straight, and he was very fond of hunting.
Every day, with only his dogs for company, he would go into the woods, carrying his bow and arrows. He had a fast horse on which he rode.
His friends often urged him not to go too far into the deep woods, but Adonis was not at all afraid. He had killed bears, and he had killed lions, so why should he be afraid?
One day Adonis was in the woods as usual, when he caught sight of two wild hogs. He left his dogs to worry one of the hogs, and he started after the other with his spear.
The angry hog bit him and he had to hasten to the brook to bathe his wounds. The angry hog followed him.
Swimming in the brook were some beautiful white swans. When they saw Adonis wounded, they went to Venus and told her what they had seen.
Venus hastened to the brook in her silver chariot.
“Adonis! Adonis!” she cried.
No answer came. The only trace she could find of Adonis was some drops of blood on the green grass.
Venus was very sorry, for she loved the boy Adonis very much. From a silver cup which she carried with her, she sprinkled a few drops of blood over the grass. In a little while, tiny flower buds peeped out from the spot where each drop of blood had fallen.
A gentle wind came up and blew the little buds open and before night it had blown them all away. People called the little flowers wind-flowers, or anemones. Their delicate pink coloring was believed to have come from the heart of Adonis. Have you seen the dainty little anemones, the wind-flowers?—Adapted
Tell the story to the children.
Tuesday
Have the children tell back to you the story of the anemones.
Wednesday
Write the story of the anemones.
Thursday
Write five sentences about the woods where the anemones grow.
Friday
Have the children play in their own way the story of Adonis.