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Page 65 - MEASURES. 2 pints are 1 quart 8 quarts " 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks " 1 bushel (bu.) 4 gills (gi.) are 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints " 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts " 1 gallon (gal.) 2. Name some things that are bought by the quart or gallon. Some sold by the bushel or peck. 3. How many quarts in 9 gallons ? Pints ? 4. How many gallons in 28 quarts ? In 16 pints ? 5. How many pecks in 7 bushels...
Page 150 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song ! Let mortal tongues awake ; Let all that breathe partake ; Let rocks their silence break,— The sound prolong ! Our fathers...
Page 150 - t is of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring. 2 My native country, thee, — Land of the noble, free, — Thy name, — I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills ; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 114 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November— All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, Which has but twenty-eight in fine, Till Leap Year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 150 - Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring. My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet Freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake, Let all that breathe partake, Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our Fathers...
Page 65 - AVoIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.).
Page 112 - What day is today? What day was yesterday? What day will tomorrow be?" As the children call out the names of the various days, she stops to correct them: "Give your answers in sentences!
Page 116 - THE WIND AND THE SUN The North Wind and the Sun once had a dispute as to which was the stronger of the two. They were about to part in anger when they saw a traveler coming along the road, and they agreed that whichever one succeeded in making him take off his cloak, should be acknowledged the stronger.
Page 16 - The woman washes her hands. She washes them with warm water. She takes the brush in her hand. She washes her fingers. She washes her finger-nails. She wipes both hands dry. She wipes them on a towel. She cleans her finger-nails. She cuts her finger-nails. She files her finger-nails. She pushes back the skin from the nails.
Page 145 - THE UNITED STATES This country is the United States of America. It is the land of freedom and liberty, because the people govern themselves. All citizens love their country, because they know that this freedom was earned by men who gave their lives for it.