Off Track - Zebra #5

The suffix -ly can be added to the end of an adjective and change the meaning of the word.

Example:  safe + -ly = safely

The firefighter safely placed the lost kitten in the boy's arms.

Please change the base word by adding -ly and use the final word in a sentence.

bright, happy, bright, rich, sweet

Off Track - Zebra #4

Please rewrite this paragraph with the correct punctation, spelling and capitalization.

Snowed In

      The day was allmost over, and the class seemed to bee ready to leaf even though it wasn't dismissal yet.  Jody and Gaurav, the two students who sat by the door, hurried up and finished there assignements and pagged they're backpacks.  "Students, I have a announcement.  We are stuck, because there is two much snow outside, and the rowds are blocked.  None of your parents can get here yet, and we'll have to wait until the roads are clawed said the teacher.  All of the students looked at each other.  What are we going to do Ms. Cocla asked Jody.  We are going to play games, have snacks, and watch a movie the teacher said as she smile.  The class was happy that they would be able to have some fun until the snow clawed.

Off Track - Zebra #3

Math Word Problems:

1)  There are 16 farmers selling food at the market.  Only 5 of them are selling corn.  What fraction of the farmers are selling corn?

2)  Sam is selling 6 baskets of onions.  He sold 4 baskets of them by noon.  What fraction of the baskets of onions does he have left to sell?

3)  A farmer has 8 boxes of cabbage to sell at the market.  She sells 3 boxes in the morning and 2 boxes in the afternoon.  What fraction of the boxes of cabbage does she have left to sell?

4)  John has 5 barrels full of nuts.  He has 2 barrels of salted peanuts, 1 barrel of roasted peanuts, 1 barrel of pecans, and 1 barrel of walnuts.  What fraction of these barrels contain peanuts.

Please show work.  Draw pictures if you need to.  Circle you answers.

Off Track - Zebra #2

This assignment will help you practice the difference between fact and opinion.

Remember, fact is something that everyone agrees on, it may have a number and it is a statement that someone else cannot prove wrong.

An opinion can be a thought or idea that is not always true.  Someone else may have an opposite thought or idea about the same thing.

Here are some examples:

This classroom is way too cold.  OPINION
(For one person the temperature might be cold, the person next to them may feel it is just right)

There are 100 index card in that packet.  FACT
(If counted right, no one can say it has 99 or 101 cards)

Please decide if the following are facts or opinions.

1)  This keyboard is too hard to use.

2)  Tape is a very useful for art projects.

3)  Dancing is good exercise.

4)  There are fish found in the ocean.

5)  Blowing your nose too many times can make your nose fall off.

6)  Paper comes from trees.

7)  Six is a number.

8)  That boy can't run.

9)  For someone who can't walk, wheel chairs are very helpful.

10)  Basketball is the best sport in the entire world.

Off - Track Zebra #1

Hello Students!  I hope you are enjoying your time away from the classroom.  Remember, the world is also a classroom.  There is math, reading, writing, science and social studies everywhere we go.  Keep up with your off-track packets and reading/P.E. logs.

Today, we start our Zebra blogs again.

Here is an assignment to help you remember what a homophone is.  Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.

PART 1:

Please come up with one or more homophone for the below words.

Example:  By - bye - buy

1)  there

2) weigh

3) I

4) hare

5) maid

6) herd

7) not

8) sail

9) scent

10) see

PART 2:

Please write a sentence using each of the words above.  Also, use the homophone that you came up with in a sentence.  Remember, make your sentences 5th grade interesting.  Use plenty of adjectives, and don't start the sentences the same way.