The Elementary Education Act1876 Author:Great Britain Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NEW CODE, 1876. STANDARDS OF EXAMINATION IN BEADING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC. STANDAKD I. Reading.i—To read a short paragraph from a book not confined t... more »o words of one syllable. Writing.—Copy in manuscript character a line of print, on slates or in copy books, at choice of managers; and write from dictation a few common words. Arithmetic.—Simple addition and subtraction of numbers of not more than four figures, and the multiplication table, to six times twelve. STANDARD H. Reading.i—To read with intelligence a short paragraph from an elementary reading book. Writing.—A sentence from the same book, slowly read once, and then dictated. Copy books (large or half-text) to be shown. Arithmetic.—The four simple rules to short division inclusive. STANDARD HI. Reading.i—To read with intelligence a short paragraph from a more advanced reading book. i Reading will be tested in the ordinary class books, if approved by the inspector ; but these books must be of reasonable length and difficulty, and unmarked. If they are not so, books brought by the inspector will be used. Every class ought to have two or three sets of reading books. The class examination (Article 19, C.) will be conducted so as to show the intelligence, and not the mere memory of the scholars. Writing.—A sentence slowly dictated once from the same book. Copy books to be shown (small hand, capital letters, and figures). A rithtnetic.—Long division and compound addition and subtraction (money). STANDARD IV. Pleading)—To read with intelligence a few lines of poetry selected by the inspector. Wi iting.—Eight lines slowly dictated once from a reading book. Copy books to be shown (improved small hand). Arithmetic.—Compound rules (money) and reduction (common weights a...« less