GWS #30

Please turn on your volume, and click on the word penmanship.  It is a short clip on how to hold your pencil and paper correctly.  Just watch and learn.  You may replay it if you need to.

Penmanship

GWS #29

In this practice assignment, you will be putting prefixes and suffixes onto root words.

The prefix re means again.

Add the prefix re to the following words to make a new word.  An example:  re + read = reread.

1)  do
2)  view
3)  learn
4)  write
5)  cycle

The suffix ful means full of.

Add the suffix to the following words to make a new word.  An example:  fear + less = fearless.

1) mind
2) care
3) hair
4) harm
5) pain

What do you think the word rewrite means?  (Hint: read the meaning of re again)

What do you think the word careful means? (Hint: read the meaning of ful again)

GWS #28

Directions:  Please correct these sentences.  There are TWO things incorrect in EACH sentence.  Write out all of the sentences correctly in your best penmanship.

1)  Its two warm to wear a sweater.

2)  At the same time, the to boys yelled, "Its easy!"

3)  Its a good idea to remember that, too wrongs don't make a right.

4)  The boy's sister is planning too walk the surface of Mars and explore it's environment.

5)  The old book was two ripped, and it's pages smelled like dust.

GWS #27

Square Numbers

This is a review of what is a square number.  When you take a number like 2 and multiply it by itself, the answer is a square number.  That means that 4 is a square number.

If you have the number 20, it is NOT a square number.  Why?  It's because there is no number multiplied by itself to equal 20.

Examples: 

4 is a square number, because 2 x 2 = 4.

6 is NOT a square number, because there is no number multiplied by itself to equal 6.

8 is NOT a square number, because there is no number multiplied by itself to equal 8.

9 is a square number, because 3 x 3 = 9.

Question: 

 

What is another square number?

GWS #26

Learning Goal:  You will learn about labels on food.

Here is an example of a nutrition label found on a package of food:

Please find a food in your kitchen with a Nutrition Facts label.  Complete the following information:

The packaged food that I picked is ___________________________.  There are __________ servings in each container.  Total Trans Fats are ________________.  There is ____________cholesterol in this food.   There are __________________ protein.  The vitamin that is the highest in this food is: ______________________.

The ingredients label tells us more information about what makes up the food.  Here is an example of an ingredients label.

 

Find the ingredients list on your food packet.  Complete the following:

 

1)  Write down the weirdest name that you can find in the list.

2)  Do you recognize (know) any of the ingredients?  Write two.

 

 

 

 

Great White Shark - Practice #24

The following questions test your science comprehension. You have read the Moon Lesson. If you need to go back to your textbook, you may do so.

1) The moon seems to change shape each time we see it.  Each shape is called a:

a)  face
b)  phase
c)  phaze
d)  faze

2)  Waxing means:

a) something is getting smaller.
b) something is getting taller.
c) something is getting bigger.
d) something is getting brighter.

3)  Waning means:

a) something is getting smaller.
b) something is getting taller.
c) something is getting bigger.
d) something is getting brighter.

4)  True or False:  The moon's shape does not change.

5)  Complete the sentence:  The Moon ________ Earth, just like the Earth does to the Sun.

6)  True or False:  The Moon makes its own light.

7)  How long does it take the Moon to orbit the Earth?

a) 24 hours
b)  365 days
c)  4 weeks
d) 60 minutes

8)  True or False:  During a Lunar Eclipse, the Sun is positioned between the Earth and the Moon.

9)  Here is a photo I took of the real moon at 9:17 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2013.  What phase is the moon in?

 

Great White Shark - Practice #23

The following questions test your science comprehension.  You have read the Seasons Lesson.  If you need to go back to your textbook, you may do so.

1)  What are the two ways the Earth moves?  Please use the proper vocabulary words.

2)  True or False, the Earth's axis is always tilted in the same direction.

3)  In June, the North Pole:

a) is tilted toward the Sun.
b) is titled away from the Sun.
c) it is winter.
d) the direction of the axis changes.

4)  True or False, the equator is a line that we make when we walk to lunch at 11:40 a.m.

5)  The equator separates the earth into:

a)  Eastern and Western Hemispheres
b)  Northern and Southern Hemispheres
c)  Peacock Zone and the Bumble Bee Zone
d)  None of the above

Great White Shark - Practice #22

This practice assignment is a Social Studies and comprehension assignment.  In your class you will be learning about the three branches of government in the United States.

The Three Branches of Government of the United States of America

     The Constitution is an important written document that tells us how our government and laws will work.  In the Constitution it is written that there will be three branches of government.  Each branch has the power to check the other two.  The branches are:  the Legislative Branch which is made of many men and women of Congress, the Executive Branch which is made up of the President and his or her cabinet, and finally, the Judicial Branch, which is the court system.  By having these three branches of government, one branch cannot take over power.  These three branches work together to form a solid government for the people.  They check each other, and everything balances.

Questions:

1)  Which branch of government includes the President of the United States?

a)  Constitution
b)  Legislative
c)  Executive
d)  Judicial

2)  The word "cabinet" is used in the passage.  By using context clues, what do you think the word means?

a)  A wooden set of shelves with a door, where you can put things
b)  The President's family
c)  The President's team who works with him/her in the White House
d)  A place where you can stack books

3)  Judges make important decision in courts.  Judges are part of which branch of government?

a)  Judicial Branch
b)  Executive Branch
c)  Legislative Branch

4)  The main idea of this reading passage is:

a)  The three branches of government can take over each other.
b)  The Constitution makes the rules for the United States of America.
c)  There are three branches of government in the U.S.A, and when they work together, they check and balance each other.
d)  The President has all of the power, and no one else has any.

Please turn on your volume and click on the words to hear how they are pronounced:

Legislative
Executive
Judicial

Great White Shark - Practice #21

In this assignment, you will be practicing plural nouns.  Usually (most of the time), we add an "s" or an "es" to a noun to make it plural.  Example:  horse ---  horses.  glass --- glasses.

However, there are irregular nouns.  Irregular means "not regular."  They do not follow the same rule.  Example:  elf --- elves.  You take out the "f", and add "ves".  Also, there are nouns that change their vowels, the word, or add a different ending.  Example:  goose --- geese.

Directions:  change the noun into a plural noun.  In these plural nouns, you do not add an "s" or "es".  These are irregular nouns.  If you are not sure of your answer, say it quietly to yourself and listen to see if it sounds correct.

• More than one elf =
• More than one calf =
• More than one knife =
• More than one loaf =
• More than one shelf =
• More than one wolf =
• More than one loaf = 
   
• More than one man =
• More than one person =
• More than one mouse =
• More than one child =
• More than one foot =
• More than one goose =
• More than one tooth =
• More than one louse =
• More than one cactus =
• More than one appendix =
• More than one ox =

Please look at these pictures and fill in the blank in the following sentences:

There are three green, prickly _________ in this picture.

 

 

There are six gigantic, hairy ___________ in this picture.

Great White Shark - Practice #20

You will be reading Uncle Jed's Barber Shop.  The vocabulary words are below.

equipment
sharecropper
exchange
examine
delayed

You will need a whole piece of binder paper for this practice assignment.

1)  Alphabetize the words.
2)  Find the words in the glossary in the back of your anthology.
3)  Write the part of speech (n, v, adj., adv.) next to the word.
4)  Write the definition of the word
5)  On the next line, write a sentence using the word.
6)  Find the word in the story, and write the page number down on the same paper.
7)  Write each word 5 times using different colored pencils.

Great White Shark - Practice #19

Math Problem:

A hard-working 3rd grade student decided to run the track during recess. The track at his school is exactly shaped like a square. One side is 50 meters long.
     
    1. How long are each of the sides of the track?

    2. What is the perimeter of the track?

    3.  In the past he has run along one side, and stopped at 40 meters and then has cut a corner each time, what shape does that make? You may draw this if it helps.

    4.  His goal is to run the track 4 times. His recess is 20 minutes long. It takes him 6 minutes to run all of the track without cutting corners. It takes him 5 minutes to run the track if he does cut all of the corners. If he wants to reach his goal of running the track 4 times, should he run it all or cut corners?  Write the number problem.

     5. If he cuts corners, what shape do those cut corners make? Pretend you are in a plane and you are looking down. What do the corners look like?

Great White Shark - Practice #18

Math Word Problems:

1) Kiran's mom bought a package of 18 party favors for him to share with his two brothers.  If all of them shared equally, how many party favors will each get? (Party favors are gifts that everyone gets at a party).

2) These are examples of square numbers:  1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49.  Name 3 more square numbers.  Write down in your own words, what is a square number.

3)  What is the rule?

Input	Output
12	2
42	7
54	9
78	13

4)  What would make the statement true?

13 x ________  is between 51 and 92

5)  True or False:  20 is a square number

6)  True or False:  169 is a square number

 

This is a painting of one of the most famous Greek mathematicians, Archimedes (turn your volume up and click here to listen to his name --  Archimedes)  He was born 287 B.C.  When he died, a sphere and cylinder were placed on his tomb!  That is what he wanted.

Great White Shark - Practice #17

Math Word Problem:

Susie planted carrots and potatoes.  Since these are root vegetables, they grow underground.  So when Susie planted them, she put orange popsicle sticks on top of the carrot seeds and white popsicle sticks on top of the potato spuds.  When she was done, she had 5 rows of orange sticks, and 7 rows of white sticks.  Each row had 4 sticks in it.

1)  Please draw out the problem.  Show a set of carrots, and a set of potatoes.  You don't have to make it fancy.

2)  How many carrot seeds did she plant?

3)  How many potato spuds did she plant?

4)  How many more potato plants than carrots plants will she have in 1 month?

Great White Shark - Practice #16

This is a comprehension assignment.  Please read the expository text and answer the questions on your four-square binder paper.  Remember to divide your binder paper into 4 squares using your ruler.  Use your comprehension strategies that you wrote on your red paper.

Transylvania, A Tourist Attraction

     Transylvania is located in the country of Romania.  Romania is found in Europe.  The word "transylvania" means "the land beyond the forest."  The estimated number of people who live in Transylvania is 5,000,000.  People still have jobs like shepherds, weavers, blacksmiths, and carpenters.
    The Apusini Nature Park is one of Transylvania's most beautiful treasures.  Scientists have found fossils of animals that lived in the Ice Age in the caves of Apusini Nature Park!  Visitors like to go to see these caves.  It's not easy.  If they want to enjoy the special view of the caves, they must climb high.  Also, they have to use ropes, crawl and creep to see everything.  The beauty and wonder of Transylvania is waiting for us.


1)  What is the main idea of the passage?

a)  Transylvania is a very dangerous place, so we should not go there.
b)  Transylvania is filled with hardworking people, lovely nature, and history.
c)  It's too expensive to go to Transylvania, so we should go to Australia instead.
d)  None of the above.

2)  Transylvania is found in which of these places?

a)  Romania
b)  Europe
c)  On planet Earth
d)  Mars
e)  a, b, and c

3)  The population of Transylvania is 5 million.  What does the word "population" mean?

a)  something that makes a popping sound.
b)  the size of the place.
c)  the estimated number of people.
d)  the award you get at the end of 3rd grade

4) What does the word "transylvania" mean?

a)  beautiful treasure that is hidden in leaves
b)  the sleeping fossils, once found, never forgotten
c)  the land beyond the forest
d)  the place of vampires

Click on the map below to see it larger.

Great White Shark - Practice #15

There is no writing in this assignment.  Please read each sentence two times carefully and slowly.  This is alliteration, where the same sound is repeated over and over.  This will help you say words clearly.

1) Tim took tons of tools to make toys for tots.

2)  Ralph the reindeer rose rapidly and ran round the room.

3)  Larry's lizard likes leaping leopards.

4)  Betty bought some butter but the butter was bitter so she bought some more butter to make the bitter butter better.

5)  Steve's seven sisters slept soundly in the sand.

Great White Shark - Practice #14

This practice assignment helps you understand how to use there is and there are.  There is - singular.  Example:  There is a shark in the water!  There are - plural.  Example:  There are sharks in the water!

Directions A:  Please complete the following sentences.  Use there is/ there are.  Please write the whole sentence.

1)  _________________ an Australian boy in my class.

2)  __________________ a running track at my school.

3)  _________________  five supermarkets in my town.

4)  _________________ a park next to the library.

5)  _________________ folders in my desk.

Great White Shark - Practice #13

Here, you are going to review root words.  A root word is what everything else hangs onto.  A root word is a real word, and when you add to it, it becomes a new word.  For example the word care is a root word.  If we add the suffix ful, then it becomes careful.  care + ful = careful.  Another example is nonsense.  The root word is sense.  The added prefix is non.  non + sense = nonsense.

Prefix - added before the root word

Suffix - added after the root word

(Hint:  P comes before S in the alphabet, so Prefix is added before, and Suffix is added after)

Directions:  On binder paper, please write the word.  Underline the root word.  Circle the prefix.  Put a rectangle around the suffix.

1) photograph
2) hemisphere
3) unicycle
4) telephone
5) helpful
6) homeless
7) quickly
8) kindness
9) faster
10) nonfiction

Great White Shark - Practice #12

Starting Monday, you will be reading the Go-Around Dollar.  Here are some comprehension questions.  Please read the question 2 times.  Answer by writing 2 sentences.  Use adjectives to describe your answer.  You may use your book.

1)  When you think of a Dollar bill, what does circulation mean?  Do not use the dictionary.  Please use your own thoughts to answer the questions.

2)  Pick 2 symbols on the back of the United States one Dollar bill.  Explain the meaning behind those symbols.

3)  There is a secret formula.  What is the secret formula for?  Why is it secret?

4)  How long does it take for a Dollar bill to become worn out?

5)  What is a star note?

Great White Shark - Practice #11

The reason for this assignment is for you to review the difference between it's and its.  It's is a contraction.  It is makes it's.  Also, it has makes it's.  The possessive (ownership) form is its.  This is different than what you have learned about possessive.  Most of the time, we put an apostrophe in the word to show ownership.  But not for its.  Its would be used in this sentence:  Its wheel spins fast on the road.

Directions:  First try the contraction in the blank.  See if it makes sense.  If it doesn't then the answer is its.  Write your answers on a piece of binder paper.

1)  While the kids rode the train, they heard ______________ horn.

2)  The lady said in a loud voice, "______________ a beautiful day!"

3)  I recognize that bird.  ____________ a blue jay!

4)  ________ hot.

5)  ____________a challenge to do homework on time.  However, I always do.

Great White Shark - Practice #10

Sometimes, this blog will have math problems.  Here is one word problem.  Please read the word problem carefully.  Write down important facts.  Write out the number problem.  Solve (solve means find the answer).

Two siblings (a boy and his sister), went on a field trip together to the great California orchards.  Orchard means fields.  It was summer time, so the trees in orchards were full of ripe peaches.  The farmer told them that if they picked the peaches off of the trees for 8 hours, then they would get $9 per hour together.  Also, they would get $13 for each bin they filled with peaches.  A bin is a very large box.  Before they started picking the peaches, both the boy and his sister decided to go to the store to get some things:  a big sun hat - $5, sunscreen - $3, four water bottles - $2 each, and one bag of almonds - $6.  They went back and worked for 8 hours.  In those 8 hours, they filled 7 bins.  How much money did they each earn?

Please divide your binder paper into 4 sections.  Use your ruler to make nice straight lines.  Use one section to show your work and answer the question.

Great White Shark - Practice #9

The reason for this assignment is to help you understand the difference between two, too, and to.  These are all homophones.  They sound the same, but they look different, and have different meanings.

TWO:  This is the number 2
TOO:  It means also, and it means a lot.
TO:  A direction or place.

Examples:  The students saw two movies that day.
There are too many birds flying in the sky.  He has the color blue on too.
They went to a park and had a barbeque.

Directions:  Please write two, too, or to for each blank to make the sentence correct.  You don't need to write the whole sentence.

1)  There were __________ trains standing in the station.

2)  I usually go _____________ the pool on Saturday.

3)  The questions were _____________  easy for me.

4)  My best subject is math, but I'm good at writing ____________.

5)  The music was _________ loud.

6)  Misha's dream is _____________  be a world traveler.

7)  "I'd like a cookie please!" said Amy.  "Me _____________   !" shouted Mark.

8)  Remember _________ bring your sneakers to school for P.E.

9)  The time is 10 minutes __________ 8 o'clock.

10)  The weekend is ______________ days long.

Great White Shark - Practice #8

This assignment will help you learn how to use pronouns. 

Instead of saying:  The cup is on my desk.  My grandmother gave me the cup for my birthday.  The cup has a flower design on the cup.  The cup is full of tea.  If I drop the cup, the cup will break.  That's too many "the cups!" 

Instead we can use a pronoun in the place of "the cup."  A pronoun is like a substitute noun.  It makes the writing less boring.  So, the new sentence looks like this:  The cup is on my desk.  My grandmother gave it to me for my birthday.  It has a flower design on it.  The cup is full of tea.  If I drop it, then it will break. 

See how it sounds much better when you use it, instead of the cup?

Directions:

Use this list of pronouns to complete the sentences.  You DO write the whole sentence with the substitute pronoun.

he    it    she    they    we    you

1)  Mrs. May walked down the street to catch the bus.

2)  Mary and Paul are going to visit friends.

3)  The turtles were glad to see Erin.

4)  Lucy and I rode our bikes after school.

5)  The soup was delicious!

6)  Mr. Wheat played the drums for the class.

7)  The book was very interesting.

8)  Brian rode the horse.

9)  Bonnie cleaned her room.

10)  Chrissy and Susan danced in the talent show.

Great White Shark - Practice #7

The reason for this assignment is that you know the months and their numbers.

Directions: On a piece of binder paper, write these months in reverse number order.  Remember to capitalize the first letter of each month.  Double check your spelling.  If it is spelled incorrectly, it will be marked wrong.

August
October
January
April
September
February
December

Here are numbers.  Each number goes with a month.  Write the number, and the month that goes with it.  For example:   8  goes with the month August.

3
5
6
7
11

Great White Shark - Practice #6

The reason for this assignment is for you to learn how to change a verb from present to past.  These are special verbs.  They are called irregular verbs.  The word, irregular, means it is different or not normal.  Normally, we change a present verb like play to played.  We just add an ed.  For irregular verbs, we don't do that.  We change the word to a very different word.

Examples:  say  >>  said                   or                   find  >>   found

Please complete these problems:

 

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the past tense of the word.  You do not have to write the whole sentence.

 

1)  The lady __________  breakfast for her family.   (make)

2)  Last year, I ___________ how to draw a rectangular prism.  (know)

3)  The student _____________ a dinosaur in second grade.  (draw)

4)  On Friday, the principal announces who _________ the yellow ticket prize.  (win)

5)  Yesterday, during P.E., the students __________ around the track two times.  (run)

6)  When Ms. Bhopla read the story, the students ________ quietly on the carpet.  (sit)

7)  When they __________ the bell, they walked out of the door. (hear)

8)  The dad _______ he was planning a surprise birthday party for his son.  (say)

9)  The paleontologists ___________ fossils with tools.  (find)

Great White Shark - Practice #5

In this assignment you will match words that rhyme.  Remember that rhyming words sound alike.  Sometimes, they sound the same, but they have a different spelling pattern.  For example, play and weigh.  See how they sound the same, but they don't have the same spelling pattern?  When you want to decide which words are rhyming, say them outloud to find the same sound.

Please complete these problems:

Directions: Write the whole list of words.  Then circle the TWO or THREE rhyming words.

 

1)  weigh     well    cook     stay    done

 

2)  gel    grade    pen   raid   tie   shoe

 

3)  pan   same   draw   brain  again

 

4)  taught  shy   trick   bought   hot

 

5)  fright    snow   white    tall    height

 

 

Great White Shark - Practice #4

In this assignment you will review the use of prepositions.  Say the word outloud now, PREPOSITIONS.  PREP-O-SI-TIONS.  They show the location of an object.  The object can be a person, place or thing.  Example:  The letter goes inside the envelope.  The preposition word is inside.
 
Please complete these problems:

 

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the preposition from each sentence.

 
1)  Please put the dirty dishes ____ the sink.

2) I am going to move you ___________ the board so you can see.

3) Never place your hand ____________    of the Elmo.

4) Place your backpacks ______________ your chair.

5) I live _____________ my elementary school.

6) Airplanes fly _____________  the buildings.

8) There are many sea creatures that live _______________the surface of the ocean.

9)  The teacher is standing ____________ me.

10)  When it rains we stay _______________ during recess.

 

Here are some examples of prepositions.  You may use these to complete the questions.

in/on/under
next to
in front of/behind
on the right/on the left
near (to)/close to/far from
opposite
above/below
by/beside
beneath
inside/outside

Great White Shark - Practice #3

The reason for this assignment is to practice the meaning of fact and opinion.  A fact is always true, and cannot ever be proven wrong.  Also, Fact has the letter t, t for true.  For example:  The student was born on February 7, 1999.   That is a fact.  An opinion is a statement that is the writer's belief.  If it is a belief, it is not a fact.  For example:  The color green is the best color of the rainbow.  This statement is an opinion, because a second person could say that the color red is the best.

Please complete these problems:

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the answer fact or opinion.  Write just the word fact, or opinion.

1) The multipurpose room is the best place to eat lunch.

2)  There are exactly 184 tissues in this Kleenex box.

3)  Math is the best subject.

4)  Flying in an airplane can be a lot of fun.

5)  Eating a good breakfast in the morning is the best for good health.

6) Drinking water directly from the faucet can harm your health.

7) The students kicked the soccer ball so hard, it landed on another field.

8)  Your computer is old.  It's time for an upgrade.

9)  My computer is old, but it still gets the work done.

10) My mom's cooking is absolutely, delicious!

Great White Shark - Practice #2

This assignment will help you practice you're and your.  Remember, the contraction always is made up of two words squashed together, one vowel taken out, and an apostrophe added.  You're is a contraction made from you and are.  Your without an apostrophe is not a contraction.

When you want to decide between you're and your, think of the sentence with you are.  If it makes sense, then it is the contraction.  Your is the word used to show possession.  Possession means something belongs to someone.

Examples:  You're the top student in the entire school.  >>  This means:  You are the top student in the entire school.

Your backpack is very heavy.  >>  This means:  The backpack that belongs to you, is very heavy.

Please complete these problems:

Directions: Write on a piece of binder paper, the answer you're or your.  You do not need to write the whole sentence.

1)  Please put ________ pencil down.

2)  _____________ joke made me laugh so much that I fell off of my chair.

3)  Please tell me where ____________ going.

4)  There is no need to wear_______________ sunglasses indoors.

5)  If ____________ not feeling well, go to the office to see the nurse.

6)  ______________  a great reader.

7)  The math problems that _____________ doing are very fun.

8)  Please pick up _____________ water bottle.

9)  _____________ boots look like Batman boots.

10)  ____________ on time everyday.

Great White Shark - Practice #1

It is important to know the difference between it's and its.

Remember, it's is a contraction.  Contract means that something become smaller, or shorter.  So if you have two words and put them together, take out a letter, and add an apostrophe, the word becomes shorter.  So it contracts.

Examples:  it is >>  itis  >> it's  (you took out the second i and put an apostrophe in the place of the i).

The other its is the possessive form.  Its color.  Its smell is very bad.  The student could not see its shape clearly because he forgot his glasses.  Its is not a contraction.  There is no apostrophe in its.

Please complete these problems:

Directions:  Write on a piece of binder paper, the answer it's or its.

1)  Ice can melt, but ______ fine to eat.

2)  The shoe can be repaired, because ___________ not completely broken.

3)  Be careful of the stapler, ____________ staples are sharp.

4)  _________ true.

5)  Over the years, _____________ price has gone up.