Identifier: cataloguecircula191011191516newj (find matches)
Title: Catalogue and circular of information of the New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair
Subjects: New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair
Publisher: (Montclair, N.J.) : New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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to be given to word-study as comparedwith reading? Is it reading if the child himself has not thethought but has the mechanics? Place of silent reading; valueof the use of the dictionary. (b) Vocal expression: Howsecured? Comparison of method which emphasizes the thoughtside, which stimulates interest and imagination, with that whichmakes the mechanics prominent. Faults of expression: Causes?How correct? Need for definite aim in each reading lesson;for developing the imagination; for creating a desire to read; forsecuring a love for good literature through reading. How canthese be reached? Correlation of reading with other subjects;advantages of allowing children to read individual selectionsfrom their own books, and of forming grade libraries. 2. Spelling. Various views of spelling discussed, viz.: Shall oral orwritten spelling be more prominent? Shall the words be pre-sented in sentences or in lists? Shall they be chosen fromwords in common use or from a text? Shall phonetics play a
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State Normal School at Montclair. 33 part in the spelling lesson? The following topics will be con-sidered : Selection of words for primary grades; division ofwords into syllables; the part pronunciation plays in spelling.Shall words be given alone or with meanings? Necessity ofvisualizing, of directing attention to parts of the word whichchildren know, to silent letters; to small familiar words withinthe larger word. Advisability of returning papers containingmisspelled words for correction; of requiring misspelled words tobe written ten times. Value of dictation lessons. Desirabilityof having children keep lists of their own misspelled words forfrequent review. Spelling games, matches, etc. Why desirable ?How conducted? 3. Penmanship. Its place in first grade; kind and size of mediums used in earlywork; how aim in primary work differs from that in highergrades. Aims from third grade on—interest, effort, good sitting posi-tion, pen holding, forms of letters, uniform size, neatness,

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