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This week you should reflect on what you know about or have experienced with competition. Write three complete, grammatical sentences sharing either what you know about competition, or what you have experienced with competition.
It mean to go against someone.Competition is to win or defeat someone. To be the best or the champion of a basket ball,baseball,and soccer.
Is that what it means to you? This is good, it is strong writing.–Ms. Mercer
Competion is like to try to win the competion.It is to fight,it is war.Competion means to compete other people.Like you can race,play soccer,football,kickball.That what copention means to
try to beat your enemy or oppoment.
Great ideas! Make sure you check the spelling on words that have red lines under them. Also, leave a space after periods.–Ms. Mercer
what I know about competition is that its a challenge to people who are in competition.competition is also about skills and for people who like to challenge other people.what I experienced about competition is when my brother challenges me to a kick ball game and I always lose.
Make sure you capitalize the start of your sentences. this could have been a three.–Ms. Mercer
One way for me was when me my mom and all the girls at our Easter Pary.All the girls went agianst the boys to see who can find the most easter eggs.We had put 42 eggs out and hid them.It was hard becauce the grass was so long and the backyard was so big.The girls had found 24 and the boys only found 20.The girls were so happy we won cause now the boys had to do everything we asked them to do for us.
This is a good example, you have a lot of details. Please make sure you check your spelling when you see red lines under the words.–Ms. Mercer
what i know about competition is that playing against someone.and that i have competed with my friend in soccer and wall ball .that is what it means and what i have done.with competition.
Please capitalize the start of your sentences and “I” by using the shift key. This is pretty good except for that.–Ms. Mercer
What I now about competition is that we do teamwork & work with each other.Work with others if they need help.agree with others &parents.
Do you help others when you compete?–Ms. Mercer
I had done competition in soccer and other sports.I think everything is a competition for me.When you battle that’s also a competition.
You have done competition in soccer? This is really good, I like your ideas. This is a three.–Ms. Mercer
I had done competition in schoolwork.When I do my reading I don’t copy others.I do my own work.
What kind of competition did you do?–Ms. Mercer
Competition is when you compete it’s someone or something else, like a game.Competition is not always everything, some people think it’s everything.That’s what I know about competition.
You don’t think it’s everything? What else is important? You did a good job. This is a three.–Ms. Mercer
what I know about compition is that your agenst someone . you try to bet someone. you get kind a said but you want a rematch
These are good ideas, but you need to correct your spelling. Please re-write this. Use the shift key to capitalize the start of your sentences.–Ms. Mercer
Competition means that to be against each other like racing.Playing chess is against each other to so it’s competition. There is a lots of games that is playing against each others like all the cards game and all the board games.
Good job, I like your examples. Please leave a space after periods next time you write.–Ms. Mercer
What I know about competition is that people compete against each other.You do not work together you compete to win.Last year my class and I were having a poem competition to see who got to go and read theirs out loud to their mom on a school annual festival celebrating mothers day.
Good job! This is a three. I like your example.–Ms. Mercer
competition is when 2 people or a group is like in a race.competition is when someone is trying to win at games.and it also means cooperating in a game or race.
Use the shift key to capitalize the start of sentences. This would be a three if not for that.–Ms. Mercer
Competition is going against other competitors.Also to win the goal .Last is to beat the competitor at the game.
Good, these are all true.–Ms. Mercer
I think that Competiton is when a person competes against another person on a sport or event. Competition means that you have to play with people that play in that certain game. I think that cooperation could probably help students with problems including friendship…
When I went Trick-Or-Treating we ran and got lots of candy from house’s.I went to a house with a lady outside who gives you a card.Then you are suppose to look under the card u got and mine was a chocalate bar then we went home and checked them.
What does this have to do with competition? Please write a sentence explaining to me.–Ms. Mercer
what i know about competition is that you always have a match with someone.competition take place is like your house,
Rewrite this. Use the shift key to capitalize the start of your sentences, then finish the last sentence and add one more.–Ms. Mercer
Hey, why does this look like Kong’s?
when i was playing at the what ever you play at you want to ask some people
Finish this up with two more sentences. Use the shift key to capitalize the start of sentences.–Ms. Mercer
I be end a lot of
Finish this up please.–Ms. Mercer
Competiton means to compete. Competing is to go against someone. That is all I know.
What is an example of competition?–Ms. Mercer
compete means competing ageist another person in races ,board games ,and in resturants compete aginst each other to.
Use the shift key to make capitals, and this is just one sentence, so rewrite this with two more sentences please.–Ms. Mercer
When I was playing at the park and then I fell down.Then I got in trouble. Then I went home safely.
Can you write a sentence telling me what this has to do with competition?–Ms. Mercer
I withe my boy compete.In chess i win.
Good start. Rewrite, correct your spelling, and add one more sentence.–Ms. Mercer
What I know about competition is that people compete to win a contest. Sometimes people team up to win the competition. When people win the contest/game, they win an award or a price.
This is excellent. You have defined this, and talked about different parts of a competition.–Ms. Mercer
i am in the oak ridge soccer team we will cooperate in the game.we cooperate by calling each others names.i also know that cooperation is a team.
What kinds of names do you call each other? Remember to use the Shift Key to make capitals at the start of your sentences. Also, leave a space after the period.–Ms. Mercer
I know that competition means competing against each other.For example,you could compete while playing any kinds of sports.You don’t always compete in sports though.You could compete in anything that includes your brain too.
Wow, this is fantastic! I love the last part about using your brain. One thing, leave a space after the periods.–Ms. Mercer
Cooperation is when you work together. Comatition is compiting against each other. That is what cooperation and compation means.
Do they ever go together? Make sure that you check your spelling when you see red lines under the words as you type them.–Ms. Mercer
What I know about competition is that
when you joy a team you have to respect the one that is in charge.
I have been in a lot of competition too and how about you.
I have been in times competition too and it is 5th and 6th
but we won.
When you join a team, you do have to respect each other. I’m glad you won. These are great ideas.–Ms. Mercer
Competing means going against each other in contests . Then competition means trying to win a trophy.Then competing is going against each other to win a trophy.
These are all good examples.–Ms. Mercer
Competition is basically all about a contest not working in a group like cooperation.For instance, basketball is when your in a competition to win something, or your just playing for fun.I play for fun and if i’m competing.Just remember,have fun!
This is a really good response, but it’s almost unreadable because of all the extra spaces. Please, use just one space between words. Question is playing on a team also about cooperation?–Ms. Mercer
I think compitition is about playing agianst each other.Like
someone is competing agianst eachothers restaurant.What do
you think compitition is Ms.Mercer
It is sometimes about competing with yourself. You could try to improve your writing. One thing you might want to do is to pay attention when red lines appear under words as you type. That’s telling you they might be misspelled.–Ms. Mercer
I am in the Oak Ridge soccer team we will cooperate in the game. We cooperate by calling each others names. I also know that cooperation is a team.
What about competition? What does that have to do with being on the soccer team?–Ms. Mercer
At a football game they’s lot’s of competition.Ther’s competition in a sapling bee.Competition is haping all over the world.
There’s lots of competition in all the examples you gave. Make sure you pay attention when red lines appear under a word. It might be misspelled.–Ms. Mercer
Competion is a contest that you win or lose.In a competion there will be people cooperating together.Like in soccer everyone work together.
Good job on this. Make sure that you leave a space after the periods, and check the spelling on words when there are red lines under them.–Ms. Mercer
Competition is about competing against each other.It is one team against a other team.Competition is like fighting against some other team to win a trophy.
Good definition and examples. Remember to leave a space after your periods.–Ms. Mercer
I know that competition is about competing with someone. Also you can compete with someone you know and don’t know. You can’t alway compete with everybody but it’s good to win and sometime you can have fun.
What if you don’t win? What if you lose? Good job.–Ms. Mercer
This is what I know about competition is that when you are on a team you compete against other teams. Yesterday at the meeting the fifth grade they split up into teams after school and they made pizza to see who will make the best pizza. I have been in a competition because I was on a softball team and I played against other teams.
Erika, I LOVE your example of competition and teamwork. You have done an excellent job with this.–Ms. Mercer
My name is kawm vang. I like do go outside.I like to had dog.
Outside is very nice. You can see a lot of bird fiy.My mom say the sky is hello to see the comont.It a nice comont.
Kawm, make sure that you answer the question about competition. Please re-write this.–Ms. Mercer
Competition is that people compete together. People compete to see who is better. Some people win some people don’t.Fifth graders from Oak Ridge.It’s going to be great.
What is going to be great? I think I like this. Make sure you leave a space after each period.–Ms. Mercer
competition is like in a race when you run and it not for hate.Competition is about what you wont and what you play.Competition is what you wont to be and what you wont to do.
It is important to compete for what you want. These are good ideas, but watch you spelling, and capitals. Also, leave a space after periods.–Ms. Mercer
The last time I was at the competition was when I 9years old and it was fun at the competition and I try my best at the competition.
This is one sentence. It could be two if you added a period and took out an “and”. It should be three sentences. Can you re-write this?–Ms. Mercer
What I know about competition is when you compete in a game with another person. The next thing that I know about competition is that you don’t work together in a team. The last thing that I know about competition is that when you play in a game you have to beat the player that your competing with.
You do not work together on a team?–Ms. Mercer
What I learned about competition is that you have to try to win but still don`t be like mean and rough on people. Sometimes its hard to compete when someone on the other team is your friend and you are going against them. I have competed with my friend and my sister when we play soccer.
This is excellent, and a three. Good writing, nice long sentence, and great examples.–Ms. Mercer
Competition means to compete. I use competition when I do my school work. I do my homework with my friends and I compete.
Homework competition. That’s a great idea.–Ms. Mercer
When I was playing at my house with my friend villi were playing basetball to dark time and he have to spend a night because he want to play more and more game’s all night I was tired.
What does this have to do with competition?–Ms. Mercer
When I was playing at the park with my friend Marcus. I won every time because he runs to slow.Thats competion because I was going against him.
Good example of competition. So you can even compete with people you like?–Ms. Mercer
What I know about competition is when you compete in game with another person. The next thing I know competition is that you don’t work in a team.The last thing I know about competition is when you don’t help each other win a game.
What happens when you don’t help each other?–Ms. Mercer
Compete means to play agenst another person. You can play board, games,races. You can win.
Excellent examples. Can you compete against yourself?–Ms. Mercer
When I went Trick-Or-Treating with my family;relitave’s; and cousin’s. we ran and got lots of candy from house’s.I went to a house with a lady outside who gives you a card.Then you are suppose to look under the card u got and mine was a chocalate bar then we went home and checked them.That’s competion because I went against all of my cousin’s;relitave’s; and my brothers.
Good! That was an interesting competition.–Ms. Mercer
I win in my game doo7 on my playstation2. Also, on my XBOX360. Also, I like to do it on a game boy.
You really like computer games? Do you also play games in real life?–Ms. Mercer