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Junior Good 2026-10-03 · Animal behavior and communication: how animals use smell, gas, and touch to keep peace or survive. · Reviewed October 6, 2026

โœ… Strengths

๐Ÿ’ช Areas to Improve

๐Ÿ“ Exercise Review

What I Learned

Completeness: partial ยท Depth: surface

The student gives two general lessons: animals can teach us, and queen mole-rats/apes help us learn about nature. This is accurate but broad and does not include a third specific fact. 'smell off' โ†’ Suggest: 'smell of'; 'how Apes keep peace' โ†’ Suggest: 'how apes keep peace.' Add one more fact, e.g., 'Queen mole-rats release a smell that stops other mole-rats from fighting and having babies.'

My Favorite Part

Completeness: complete ยท Depth: fair

The student covers all three articles in order, which is good. Content is mostly accurate: queen smell keeps others peaceful and prevents pregnancy; animals fart; apes hug/kiss when stressed. However, grammar and phrasing need fixing. 'Scientists uses many experiment' โ†’ Suggest: 'Scientists used many experiments'; 'that keep other mole rats to stay peace' โ†’ Suggest: 'that keeps other mole-rats peaceful'; 'It also keep female mole-rats from pregnant' โ†’ Suggest: 'It also keeps female mole-rats from getting pregnant.' The farting entry is very short; add a specific example, e.g., 'Manatees can use gas to float.' 'Apes like Chimps and Bonobos hugs and kisses each other when they were sad or Nervous' โ†’ Suggest: 'Apes like chimpanzees and bonobos hug and kiss each other when they are stressed or nervous.'

New Words

Completeness: complete ยท Accuracy: good

Two vocabulary words are recorded with example sentences: 'colony' and 'scent.' Both are relevant. The examples need correction: 'This colony of ant only have an ant queen' โ†’ Suggest: 'This ant colony has only one queen.' 'Dogs have sharp scence of smell' โ†’ Suggest: 'Dogs have a sharp sense of smell.' Also note that 'scence' is misspelled; it should be 'sense.'

Draw It

Completeness: partial

The drawing labels show 'nakedmole-rats' and 'animals may fart, too!' This indicates the student drew ideas from the mole-rat and farting articles. If the Draw It! prompt was specifically for the apes article, this is off-topic; otherwise it is a neat labeled drawing. Correct spelling to 'naked mole-rats.' Consider adding a small ape hug or a queen mole-rat smell symbol to match all articles.

๐Ÿ“ธ Homework Images

Page 1
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What I learned
We can learn many things from animals. We can
study the smell off queen mole-rats and how Apes
keep peace. They helped us learn about nature.

My Farotite Part
โ‘  Scientists uses many experiment to show the queen
mole-rats have a special smell that keep other
mole rats to stay peace. It also keep female mole-rats
from pregnant.
โ‘ก Animals can also fart! That's funny.
โ‘ข Apes like Chimps and Bonobos hugs and kisses each
other when they were sad or Nervous.

New Words
colony: This colony of ant only have an ant queen.
scent: Dogs have sharp scence of smell.

Draw it!
nakedmole-rats
animals may fart, too!
Page 1 is a complete worksheet with all four sections: What I Learned, My Favorite Part, New Words, and Draw It!. Content understanding is generally accurate: the student recognizes that the queen mole-rat's smell keeps others peaceful and prevents pregnancy, that animals can fart, and that apes hug or kiss when stressed. However, phrasing and grammar need attention. For example, 'Scientists uses many experiment' should be 'Scientists used many experiments'; 'that keep other mole rats to stay peace' should be 'that keeps other mole-rats peaceful'; 'It also keep female mole-rats from pregnant' should be 'It also keeps female mole-rats from getting pregnant.' The favorite-part section is well organized with numbers for each article, but the farting entry is very brief and could add a detail such as manatees using gas to float. New Words are appropriate, but the example sentences have errors: 'This colony of ant only have an ant queen' โ†’ 'This ant colony has only one queen'; 'Dogs have sharp scence of smell' โ†’ 'Dogs have a sharp sense of smell.' The drawing labels are neat, though 'nakedmole-rats' should be 'naked mole-rats.' Overall, good comprehension with a need to focus on subject-verb agreement, plural forms, and prepositions.

โœ๏ธ Grammar & Spelling

OriginalCorrection
FarotiteFavorite
smell offsmell of
Apesapes
Scientists usesScientists use / used
many experimentmany experiments
that keepthat keeps
other mole rats to stay peaceother mole-rats peaceful
mole ratsmole-rats
It also keepIt also keeps
from pregnantfrom getting pregnant
Apes like Chimps and Bonobos hugs and kisses each otherApes like chimpanzees and bonobos hug and kiss each other
when they were sad or Nervouswhen they are sad or nervous
colony of antcolony of ants / ant colony
only have an ant queenhas only one queen
scencesense
sharp scence of smellsharp sense of smell
nakedmole-ratsnaked mole-rats

๐Ÿ“ Transcribed Text

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What I Learned
We can learn many things from animals. We can
study the smell off queen mole-rats and how Apes
keep peace. They helped us learn about nature.
My Favorite Part
โ‘  Scientists uses many experiment to show the queen
mole-rats have a special smell that keep other
mole rats to stay peace. It also keep female mole-rats
from pregnant.
โ‘ก Animals can also fart! That's funny.
โ‘ข Apes like Chimps and Bonobos hugs and kisses each
other when they were sad or Nervous.
New Words
colony: This colony of ant only have an ant queen.
scent: Dogs have sharp scence of smell.
Draw It
nakedmole-rats
animals may fart, too!