What will be the most suitable and pleasing way in which to get before our audience; and also, back to our places after our dance has been given.
A LESSON IN ARITHMETIC BASED ON A REAL PROBLEM WHICH WAS INTERESTING TO CHILDREN
Such a lesson gives little opportunity for practice in arithmetical computation, but gives the very best possible motive for the drill work which is to follow. This lesson was planned and taught in the third grade of the Speyer School, Teachers College, Columbia University, by Miss Roxana A. Steele.
Teacher’s aims: To have children appreciate the practical value of itemized bills.
To make children conscious of their need for the multiplication table of six.
Pupil’s aim: To find the cost of the basket of food to be given to a poor family on Thanksgiving Day.
Subject Matter
1 squash.
2 cans of vegetables.
3 qt. of potatoes.
2 qt. of apples.
6 lb. of beef.
1 qt. of cranberries.
1 lb. of sugar.
1 lb. of nuts.
Market list prices:
| Small squash | 12¢ |
| Large squash | 18¢ |
| Canned vegetables | 10¢ |
| Potatoes per qt. | 8¢ |
| Apples per qt. | 12¢ |
| Cranberries per qt. | 12¢ |
| Sugar per lb. | 6¢ |
| Nuts mixed per lb. | 18¢ |
| Small squash | 12¢ |
| Large squash | 18¢ |
| 2 ) 30¢ | |
| Medium squash | 15¢ |