Fraction Spelling
Make a table with three columns. In the first
column, write this week’s spelling words. In the
second column, write in fraction form the number
of vowels in each word. Finally, in the last column,
write in fraction form the number of consonants in
each word. (Hint: you will need to know the total
number of letters in each word before you can
write the fractions.) Here is an example:
Word
because
mixtures
Vowels
4/7
3/8
Consonants
3/7
5/8
In the examples above, you need to count the
number of letters in the word and that number
becomes the denominator. Then you need to count
the vowels in the word and that number becomes
the numerator. In the example above, the word
because has seven letters. Four of the letters are
vowels, so 4/7 of the letters are vowels. Three of
the letters are consonants, so 3/7 of the letters
are consonants.