Hello grade 5!

You are now watching the support video which was prepared to help you
complete week 1 thursdays questions from your DLR textbook.

Alright, first, let's take a look at question 1. The instruction says, circle the correct
abbreviation for ounce. Abbreviation means, short form or spelling of a word. For
example, instead of spelling centimeter like this, we can spell it cm. So, what do you
think is the abbreviation for ounce, which is the name of the unit used for expressing
weight in some countries, like the United States of America cuz they don't use really use
grams and kilograms... If you want help, check the dictionary. I think dictionaries tell us
the abbreviation of words...

Next, let's take a look at question number 2. The instruction says, what reference source
would you use to find the meaning of "etiquette"? Well, do you all know what reference
source means? Well, another word for reference source is reference tool or resource. So,
the question is asking you, if you wanted to find out the meaning of the word "etiquette",
what resource would you use? Please write the answer on the line provided.

Next, let's take a look at questions 3 and 4. They are sentence correction questions.

In regards to questions 3 and , I would like to talk about two things, and first, I want to
talk about possessive nouns. Do you all know what nouns are? Well nouns name a
person, place, thing, or idea. For example, Kenji, students, school, desk, Gunma,
happiness, and peace are all examples of nouns since they are all either a person, place,
thing, or an idea. Well, possessive nouns are used to show that something belongs to a
person, place, thing, or idea. For your information, the word possessive comes from the
word possession, which is linked to the word own or belong. So, when we want to inform
who the owner or user of something is, we can use possessive nouns.

So, if we are talking about a violin which belongs to Karen, we can say Karen's violin,
and the word Karen's is a possessive noun. Now, watch how there is an apostrophe used.
When we spell possessive nouns, we always use an apostrophe. If we are talking about
one owner or user, we use an apostrophe plus s after the noun, for example, Sarah's,
Kenta's, student's, teacher's.
But, if we are talking about more than one owners or users, we put an apostrophe after
the s showing that the noun is plural, for example, cats', parents', and teachers'.
However, if the plural form of a noun does not end with s, for example, oxen, we add an
apostrophe plus s after the plural noun, so oxen becomes oxen's.

Next, I want to talk about the word that and there. The words that and there both
inform us about the location of things, and have similar meaning. However, there is a
rule regarding how and when to use the word that and how and when to use the word
there. For example, let's look at the sentence can you get that there apple? What do you
think about this sentence? Well, this sentence is actually incorrect because the words
that and there are both informing the same thing, and we don't need to use both words.
Instead of saying, can you get that there apple, we can say, can you get that apple? We
can just take out the word there because the word that is already informing where the
apple is. Or, if you really want to use the word there, we can say can you get the apple
there. So, the lesson here is, we don't really use the words there and that together.

Lastly, I want to talk about the word syllables. Honestly, I think that many people find
it difficult to understand what syllables are. Well, syllables are kind of like parts of a
word. To find out or check how many syllables there are in a word, gently put your hand
under your chin like this. Gently okay? Then, say the word clearly and slowly. The
number of times your chin pushes your hand down is the number of syllables that word
has.

So, for example, how many syllables does the word student have? Check! Student. I
think my hand was pushed down 2 times, so the word student has 2 syllables. So, for
number 5, you need to circle the words that have three syllables. Now everyone, note
how the question says words and not word, ok.

Alrighty, that's all I wanted to say about Week 1 Thursday's DLR activity. Good luck
and thanks for watching!