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Do Wedriesddy, November 20,1968

Special teaching for special classes

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By CINDY LOEWEN
What can be done fora child

:, who appears to be a “slow

learner**? Agcording to Ter-
race teachers of special clas-
ses for slow learners thereis
plenty that can be done,

*Slow learner’ is a pretty
hard term for a child and his
parents to accept, particularly
when the term is often mis-
interpreted. A slow learner
is not a stupid child, tea-
chers explaint he merely
needs more time and attention
to learn,

With the help of individua-
lized attention in small clas-
ses and a modified curricu-
lum the teachers have dis-
covered their students canand
do learn eagerly and well.

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There are three special
classes in Terrace, the pri-
mary level at E, T. Kenney
school, intermediate at Clar-
ence Michiel, and the senior
class at Cassey Hall School,
"We must establish firm-
ly that these children are not
stupid. They learn slowly,
have retention difficulty and
naturally respond well to
achievement, They are real
people,’’ Mrs. Vesta Douglas
intermediate level teacher

said. -

“Give each child a sense
of personal worth and he tends
to live with a true desire to
seek knowledge, work to cap-
acity and become a citizen of
merit,’* she continued,

The teachers point out often

maximum 15, and the flexibl-
lity of the program she
is working with, Mrs. Ivens
can spend extra time with
the student to bring up his
arithmetic ups
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The program also makes
use of the student's parti-
cular interests. The senior
students expressed an inter-
est in a study in the north
land and have been working
on the project for some time,
The classroom walls display
essays, maps and illustra-

‘tions of all aspects of the

northiand, all products of the
students own investigation and
study,

Mrs, Ivens said her students
will progress to the occupa-
tional programs at the high
school level where they can
learn the skills to make a
way for themselves in the
world, Progress is based
on achievement rather than
on academic standards.

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Meanwhile, at Clarence
Michiel School] Mrs, Douglas
is busy giving her students a
practical training as well as
covering material in grade
three and four texts.

The students’ interest is
spurred on by quick changes
from one subject to another
and back again. Demonstra-
tions and projects form an
important part of the pro-
gram and student participa-
tion is at a maximum.

left at one project long enough
to become bored.

“The purpose is mental agi=
Uty,*? Mrs, Douglas said.
“Apathy —they don’t know
the meaning of the word,”

The primary class at K,1.
Kenney school consists of 14
students aged 8 to 11, At
this age the childrenare catch-
ing up on their basic reading
and writing skills. .

Again-the emphasis is on in-
dividual instruction, Each
child is met at his own tevel
of achievement. There are
five different reading groups
in the class.

‘It's something lke being
in.a one room school,” Mrs.
Bonnie Anderson said, “T en-
joy this teaching. The re-
wards are small but the chil-
dren learn because of you, not
in spite of you, They need
you. They really need guid-
ance instruction.’’

Children are placed in the
special classes at as early an
age as possible after the tea-
chers, with the aid of some
testing, decide the childneeds
extra help. The classes are
for slow learners only, ‘the
teachers point out, and not for
emotionally disturbed child-
ren or children with other
learning difficulties, How-
ever, they do say it is very
difficult to separate the slow
learners from the emotional~
ly disturbed children and the
children with other difficul-

TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

Mr, and Mrs,

and Vancouver,
On Saturday evening,

Morris H, Wightman

Wightmans mark
25th anniversary

Mr, and Mrs. Morris H, Wight-) erates
man of 3315 Eby celebrated thelr |Smith Ltd, on Lakelse Avenue,
25th wedding anniversary onOct~
ober 20 vacationing with relatives
and friends in Quallicum Beach |pis Jast year at the University

today, Wightman and

The Wightmans have three chil-
dren, E.R, (Sandy), 22 finishing

of B,C.; Jane’ 19, in her second

Nov-lyear at UBC and Peter, 17, whc
ember 16, a group of: friends ;. 3 Sten

is completing Grade 12 atSkeena

gathered at the home of Mr, and

“Terrace man wed |

William Casey, son of Mr, and
Mrs, LG, Casey of Terrace
wed Ruthte Elaine Morck in an

afterncon wedding ceremony at
Bethany Lutheran Church in Til
ley, Alberta, September 7,

The bride's father, Pastor
A.N. Morck who officiated’ at
the double ring ceremony, was
formerly pastor of - Bethai
’ ‘The bride wore a white floor
length gown of peaw de*sdle

“trimmed. with lace with match-
ing train extending from the
waist... Her shoulder length
veil was held. in placo,by a
tulle head piece, She carried
a cascade style bouquet of red:

were dressed in empire line
style floor length gowns of pea-
cock blue peau de sole, They
carried colonial style bouquets
of white daisies. ;

Confiscated booze
is good medicine

Her, three bridal. attendants

WINNIPEG (CP) — Confiseat-
ed liquor becomes medicine af+

ter six months. That*s. the fate
of liquor taken by cjty police
under the Manitoba Liquor Act,
provided the seal is not broken,
The liquor is given to patients

to “pep up their appetites.”?

kills skunks

NORTH. BATTLEFORD, Sask.

(CP) — Dog catcher Bob Bell
kille? 100 skunks in six days
in this city, 110 miles northwest
of Saskatoon. The drive followed
a report of an outbreak of rab-
jes in the province, . '

We!

n Alberta.

Pat Casey, brother of the | studles in Recreation at the Un-

groom, was oneofthree grooms -

men for the occasion,
_'The grooms parents attended
their son’s wedding in Tilley,
Mr, and Mra, Willlam Casey
plan to live in Edmonton where

the groom is. completing ils -

iveraity. to, _
The bride, who is currently
working in a scientific study
of muscular dystrophy, gradua-
ted from U of A this year with
a. Bachelor. of Selence degree

ta genetics. “

OCEAN CEMENT APPOINTMENT ©

My. R. E. Haskins, P, Eng.

Mr, N. D. MaeRitehle, P. Eng, -

Mr. R. E. Haskins, Vice-President Engineering & Produstion
is pleased te announce the apointment of vir. WN. D. Mate

Ritchie as Manager, Engineering & Production. ~
Mr, MacRitchie will be responsible to Mr. Haskins. for the
iproduction of cpgregates, the. operation of the marine d-
vision, as well as the company. wide. service functions of
engineering, maintenance and. mobile equipment, —

Secondary School.

a slow learner is Left to sit Mrs, R.C, Sandover - Sly on Eby

in the back of the classrooms
doing nothing and learning
nothing until he can ‘ dropout”
of school. Approximate cost
for this child’s education is
$3,000 over an eight year per-
iod, Mrs. Douglas says.

With the kelp of the spe-
cial classes the $3,000 can be
put to good use to give the
child the basic education and
skills he needs to progress
through the occupational pro-
gram at the high school level
Where he learns the skills
necessary to get a job when
he Jeaves school,

ee

Mrs, Naida Ivens teaches
the senior students at Cas-
sie Hall. Her 14 students
range in age from 12 to 15
and progress in individual sub-
jects varies with each student.
One student may have reach-
ed the grade seven reading
standard but will be twoyears
behind with their achievement
in arithmetic,

Because of the small num-
ber of students.in the class,

Mrs. Douglas makes use of
everyday objects which are
familiar to the children, Fop-
ulation differences are taught
with the use of telephone books
from all over British Colum-
bia. Weights are taught with
a scale the children helped
construct themselves. Bal-
ances are coffee bags, soup
cans, sugar packages and
other household objects.

Mrs, Douglas explains, once
a child has been made to feel
he can solve a problem, once
he can think things out for
himself he is keen to learn.
If his interest is kept up by
constant achievement, he will
progress,

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The classroom is informal-
ly organized and students are
allowed to move freely through
the room. Much of the school
day is organized so the child-
ren are moving around and
doing things much of thetime,
When it is time to sit down
to desk work the children are
ready,. They are at:hovtme

ow

EQUIPMEN

ties, In the future they are
locking forward to better
methads of detecting and
coping with children’s learn-
ing problems,

‘Beautiful B.C.’
photos displayed

The Government is proudly
showing off the best ofits 'Beau-
tiful British Columbia” maga-
zine,

Over a hundred photographic
works of art, all of which have
appeared in “Beautiful British
Columbia” magazine,” have
been assembled in two salons
which will go on disply in dif-
ferent parts of the world,

Victoria will have a preview
of this display irom November
12 to December 8 on the second
floor of the new Provincial Mus-
eum neut'the Parliament Build-

ings ‘in Victoria. © ©

Sly were co-hostesses,

ice barrel,

recalled,

Street to mark the occasion.
Mes, Len Orr and Mrs, Sandover=

On behalf of the friends Fred
Stewart. presented Morris and
Betty Wightman with a silver
A buffet supper
was served during the evening
when many happy memories were

Building permits

down in October
The value of building permits
issued in Terrace during Octob-
er was down by $8,350 compared
to last year.
Seventeen building permits tot-

The Wightmans were married
in Powell River in 1943 when
Morris was on embarkation lea«

his wife Betty took a position

with the Canadian Red Cross’
Corps, The Wightmans spent
a year together in London, Fol-
lowing the end of the war Mr.

Wightman re-joined the Royal

Bank service in Vancouver. He
was transferred to Prince Ru-

pert with the bauk in 1947 and
in 1950 came to Terrace to man-
age the branch here on Kalurm

Street — at that time the only
bank in Terrace, coe

In 1952 he left the service of
the bank to go into business;
here — a business he still op

| announces the appointment of _
| OMINECA BUILDING SUPPLIES |

as full line HOMELITE dealer
for the Terrace Area

ve with the RCAF, A year later
in B.C, House, London, England

alling -$412,180 were issued in
comparison with 31 permits va-
lued at $420,530 during October
1967. :

The greatest single decrease
was in dwelling units. Only seven
permits valued at $133,800 were
issued compared with 20 per-
mits valued at $293,680 during |

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_ NAVY RUM
PALM BREEZE

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e same period in 1967,

- Weasked Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Brown of Terrace : .
_..<.what they like best abou

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SLE? SEALE

“We take our holidays during the wi nter, so that’s an”

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important thing to us. Electric heating is completely trouble-free. We enjoy
even, comfortable heat without the care of most other fuels, 9 :

Dave Challenger, area sales manager, Dave MeKeown, Tony Wingenback, Jim McKeown, Bill Paarson, oo vo
: ~. We're pleased with the economy too.’”

. General Sales. Manager. : —_

HOMELITE Chain Saws
- TERRY Fire. Pumps & Spaceheaters

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