SPELLING
Cleveland has set apart an average amount of program time for spelling.
Possibly the study might more accurately be called word-study, since it aims
also at training for pronunciation, syllabification, vocabulary extension, and
etymology. Since much of the reading time is given to similar word-study, the
figures presented in Table 4 are really too small to represent actual practice in
Cleveland.
TABLE 4.—TIME GIVEN TO SPELLING
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| Hours per year | Per cent of grade time
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Grade | Cleveland | 50 cities | Cleveland | 50 cities
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1 | 47 | 54 | 6.5 | 6.
2 | 63 | 66 | 7.2 | 7.
3 | 79 | 73 | 9.0 | 8.
4 | 63 | 67 | 7.1 | 6.
5 | 51 | 61 | 5.7 | 6.
6 | 47 | 58 | 5.4 | 5.
7 | 47 | 52 | 5.4 | 5.
8 | 47 | 51 | 5.4 | 5.
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Total | 444 | 482 | 6.5 | 6.
————————————————————————————The general plan of the course is indicated in the syllabus:
"Two words are made prominent in each lesson. Their pronunciation, division