3. Slurring over of sound. Errors rather evenly distributed among the three positions. g-Number of children making errors, 12. Errors: 1. Substitutions. d, dirl for girl. ng, longer. k, dok for dog. Omissions. ood for good. 3. Slurring over. wa'on for wagon. Position in which greatest number of errors was made: 1. Initial. ch-Number of children making errors, 20. Errors: 1. Substitutions. sh, shair for chair. s, sin for chin. ts, peats for peach. 2. Omissions-This occurs most frequently in the medial posi tion. tea'er for teacher. 3. Slurring over. Position in which greatest number of errors was made: 1. Initial. j-Number of children making error, 8. Errors: 1. Substitutions. sh, shump for jump. ch, bridch for bridge. Position in which greatest number of errors was made: 1. Initial. h-Number of children making errors. Errors: 1. Omissions. ead for head. 2. Slighted. The sounds which were oftenest incorrect in the initial positions are: w, wh, r, g, ch, h, s, y, j. The sounds most often incorrect in the middle positions are: m, t, z, zh. The sounds most often used incorrectly in the final are: p, b, f, n, d, sh, ng, v. Those in which the errors were about evenly distributed: 1, th, th, k. Positions in which errors occur: 1. Initial. Combinations of consonants are often pronounced badly, or one, usually the last of the combination, is omitted; blue is pronounced b'ue. Sometimes, however, the trouble may be traced to imperfect pronunciation of one of the two consonants. Stuttering (4 cases), two of which are also lispers. The causes of these appeared to be as follows: nervous exhaustion, 1; congenital as far as the parents can tell (all of these children have other signs of nervousness, tics, a "choking in the throat," motion with hands), 3. The stuttering seems to be one of many manifestations of a generally unstable nervous system. Almost complete lack of speech (2 cases). This condition seems to be due in one case to complete deafness coupled with mental defect of so serious a nature as to make the teaching of lip reading impossible; in the other case, it seems due to low mentality. Additional information considered in attempting to get at the causes of the imperfect speech of some of the group of 59 children who had speech defects. Defective, varying from almost total to very slight deaf Excessive or uncontrolled salivation. Accessory movement of face-Same in most cases. 8 18 14 Left handedness.. Early illnesses, usual. Family speech failings recorded. Former treatment for speech*. Age at which talked: Before they were 2 years of age. 37 children, or 62%, began to talk late in life: Between 2 and 5 years. Over 5 years. Unable to get.. Not at all. Total... *Two of these were operations, one for tongue-tie, and one for soft palate. PLANS FOR NOVEMBER-CENTER OF INTEREST: OUR COUNTRY ELSA M. PAUL UNGRADED CLASS TEACHER, PUBLIC SCHOOL 179, MANHATTAN Center of Interest Our Country: (1) its part in the present war; (2) its early development. I. Opening Exercises. 1. The History of the Flag-Class. 2. Salute to Flag-Class. 3. Hats Off! (poem)-Class. II. Current Events. 1. About the war. 2. Other items of interest. III. Stories to Read to Class. 1. Over the Top-Arthur Guy Empey. 2. The Red Cross and the Navy-October Red Cross Magazine, p. 424. 5. 250,000 Boys Aid the Nation-November Red Cross Magazine, p. 6. Our Gigantic Undertaking-Saturday Evening Post, October 13, 1917, p. 6. 7. The Origin of Our Flag-The Colonies and the Revolution, p. 225. 8. Stories of the Liberty Bell-Heroic Deeds, p. 80. 9. The Boston Boys-Stories of Colonial Days, p. 69. 10. The Boston Tea Party-Stories of Colonial Days, p. 81. 11. Rebecca and the Drummer Stories of Colonial Days, p. 89. 14. The Landing of the Pilgrims-American History Stories, p. 123. I. Reading. ENGLISH Mary Allerton-A Little Pilgrim-Graded Literature, Third Captain Smith and Pocahontas-Graded Literature, Third Thanksgiving Day-Graded Literature, Third Reader, p. 56. |