Show NORMAL SCHOOL The articles published in this department are written by students of the Normal School They are the unaided productions of students and neither the Normal School nor the CHRONICLE is responsible for any statements they contain A Training School Plan to Teach the No Nineteen MOTIVE To develop memory and lay laythe laythe laythe the foundation for and teach addition of the number nineteen Having prepared a number of packages containing ten beans and a number containing nine beans I hand each pu pupil pil one of the packages Here children are some packages Dont Don't open them until I tell you Now you may open them and see what is inside What have you Jennie I i iII II I I have beans II What W at have you Charlie II I I ha have ve ten beans 11 II Tell me on the board y He writes 10 II Who can tell me another way You may Cora She writes II ten ten II Now here are some more packages and what do you find in them Ida II I I find nine beans II How many beans are there in all Minnie Tell me what you did on the board She writes 10 9 10 9 19 and reads II Ten and nine are II All All put your beans into two piles Tell me on the board how many there are in the two piles Repeat this until all possible combinations combinations combinations com com- have been made If they do donot donot donot not get them in great enough variety suggest making one pile smaller Then proceed with the three numbers that compose nineteen in a way similar to the procedure ure wi with th two n numbers urn bers ha having having hav hav- ving v- v ing the students make all combinations if time allows Then proceed with the c four numbers that make nineteen then the five and six For those who are not acquainted with O our oar Ir training school I wish to explain what the object of this thi's plan is All students who study training are required to prepare their method of teaching the subject assigned in writing wn writing writ writ- ting t- t ing and these are plans one of which I have prepared to illustrate part of our method t Geo H. H Crosby Jr |