Set 5: Sentence 7 & 8 Correctons

How do animals keep cool?

Happy Sun


Spelling focus: prefixes, base words, and roots

(7.) The light-colored coat of a zebu refflects the sun so heat bounce off it's back.

SPELLING: reflects
CAPITALIZATION
ok
PUNCTUATION
Commas (with coordinating conjunctions)
GRAMMAR & USAGE
Pronouns (possessives vs. contractions)

The light-colored coat of a zebu reflects the sun, so heat bounces off its back.

* (8.) An elephant covers itself with mud the mud keeps it cool than water can

SPELLING: ok
CAPITALIZATION
First word (in sentence)
PUNCTUATION
End marks (with declaratives)
GRAMMAR & USAGE
Run-on sentence, Comparison (comparative degree)

An elephant covers itself with mud. The mud keeps it cooler than water can.

* An asterisk [*] before a correct sentence means the student may correct an error in more than one way, as when fixing fragments, run-ons, and double negatives.

 

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