ELA
Choose the words below where this applies:
book argue took look barbecue fruit
argue
barbecue
fruit
What is a patent? Who did we learn about this week who was the first black woman to get a patent?
A patent is something that protects new ideas and inventions. Sarah E. Goode was the first black woman to get a patent.
Give an example of equivalence between a fraction and a whole number, and between two fractions.
3/3 = 1
5/5 = 1
4/8 = 1/2
3/6 = 1/2
3/6 = 4/8
What is a cabinet-bed?
A bed that folds up in the daytime to make a desk.
What is the capital city of Tennessee?
Nashville
How many syllables are there in "subraction" and how is it divided?
3 syllables
sub trac tion
What is an invention? What invention did Sarah Goode make when she lived in Chicago?
An invention is something that was created or designed that has not existed before. It usually meets a need that has not been met before.
Sarah invented a folding bed that turned into a desk to meet the need of furnishing small apartments in Chicago.
Draw a number line on the board and label the following points:
0, 1/2, and 1
See the board for answer.
Give a good topic sentence for someone who is going to write about Sarah Goode.
Sarah Goode was a smart inventor who owned a furniture store in Chicago.
What is the capital city of South Carolina?
Columbia
Some endings do not sound the way they are spelled like "tion" and "sion"; they say /shun/.
Name three words that follow this rule.
explosion
confusion
suggestion
What does accelerate mean? Use it in a sentence.
Increase the speed.
I needed to accelerate my car before the light turned yellow.
What fraction is larger, 1/2 or 4/4?
4/4 = 1 whole, so it is larger than 1/2.
Why did people call Katherine Johnson a "female computer"?
Because she was so smart and good at math.
Who died between the last Penderwick story and the one we are reading now?
Hound.
Unscramble the syllables to fit the meaning:
-a disease caused by germs-
in/fec/______
tion sion shun shin
tion
in/fec/tion
What does the word integrate mean in the following sentence?
Katherine Johnson was the one of the first black students to integrate into West Virginia's graduate schools.
Think about, or draw a number line that has endpoints of 1 and 2. Would the fraction 15/8 be closer to 1 or 2?
15/8 is almost as much as 16/8, which is = 2. 15/8 would be closer to 2 than to 1.
Why couldn't Katherine Johnson get a job with NASA the first time she applied?
They did not have a position open for her, but she was hired the second time she tried to get a job there.
Who was added to the family between the last Penderwick story we read and the one we are reading now?
Lydia, the new baby who is now 2 years old.
How old with Katherine Johnson be on August 26, 2019?
100 years old.
Give two different meanings for the word "solution".
solution: a liquid mixture such as lemonade
AJ was playing baseball and it was his turn at bat. after he hit the ball, he made it to 2nd base. Using a fraction, tell where AJ is in terms of leaving home getting back to home plate.
When AJ is on 2nd base he is 1/2 way back to home base.
Give a topic sentence and a good conclusion for a paper you could write about Sarah Goode.
Sarah was a smart inventor who owned a furniture shop in Chicago.
Sarah's invention helped the people in Chicago who lived in small apartments.
What grade is Batty in now that we are reading a new Penderwick book?