Homophones and Folded books 13 IV 20

Today is Day 31 of our stay-at-home time.

Read about some new words, see our heart photo collage and learn how to fold a book from a piece of paper!

HEAD

This week on google classroom, you will be learning about fractions. Fractions are equal parts of a whole object or group of objects. A fraction is also known as a "fair share".

Did you notice the two homophones above?

1. whole/hole
2. fair/fare (fair is also a homonym with two meanings)

HOMOPHONE ALERT!

1. The word whole means all of something or an entire object, for example, "I ate a whole bag of potato chips." A hole is a hollow space with nothing there, for example, "I have a hole in my sock and my toe is sticking out."

2. The word fair has two meanings. First it means right and appropriate, for example, "The teams played a fair game." But it can also mean a traveling show with games and rides, for example, "When I go to a fair, I always go on the roller coaster." Fare means money paid for a trip on a bus or subway, for example, "You have to pay your fare as soon as you get on the bus." But fare can also mean the types of food at a restaurant, "That restaurant serves a wide range of fresh vegetarian fare."

Which homophones go where?

a) Did you get your ________share of pizza at the party?

b) Henry had to dig a big ________ before he could plant the tree.

c) There are almost 600 students in our ____________ school.

d) In the summer, my family goes to the __________ to have fun playing games and trying to win prizes.

BONUS

e) Do you have enough money for bus _______ and to buy some of the ________ at the bakery?

f) Do you think that _________box would go through that __________in the wall?

HEART

Thank you to everyone who sent in a big, beautiful heart! These pictures show the love and caring to and from all the students. Here are the photo collages:





HANDS

I've made a video to show you how to make your own book out of a piece of paper. Try making books with stories in them or just pictures or words that are important to you or whatever you want.

If you make some books, please send me photos. Maybe we could create an online Room 222 classroom library. Have fun making stuff!

First, here's a photo of my assistant Iggy, working hard to help me make the video.



Here is the video: