4 mistakes learners make with the skeleton, each one named and explained.
The skeleton supports, protects and gives muscles something to pull against.
Support, protection or movement is picked as the job the skeleton does not do.
The question asks for the odd one out, and three genuine functions in a row is hard to read against.
Question. Which is not a job of the skeleton
A common answer. protection
The answer. making food
Why. Support, protection, movement and making blood cells are all real skeletal jobs.
Learn the four real jobs, and the odd one out picks itself.
Cartilage or skin is given as what joins muscle to bone.
Several different tissues meet at a joint and they are all learned together.
Question. What joins a muscle to a bone
A common answer. cartilage
The answer. a tendon
Why. Cartilage cushions the ends of the bones; it joins nothing to anything.
Give each tissue one verb. The verb tells you which one the question wants.
Muscles are said to be joined to bones by ligaments.
Both are tough white connective tissue at a joint, and both words are learned in the same minute.
Question. What joins a muscle to a bone
A common answer. a ligament
The answer. a tendon
Why. Ligaments join bone to bone and hold the joint together.
Tendon and muscle both have the letter pattern of a pull. Ligament links two like things.
The rib cage is said to protect the brain, the kidneys or the stomach.
The skeleton protects several organs, so which bone guards which is a separate fact to learn.
Question. What the rib cage protects
A common answer. the brain
The answer. the heart and lungs
Why. The skull protects the brain; the ribs sit around the chest.
Point at where the bone actually is on your own body. The organ underneath is the answer.
WAJD spots these patterns in your child's answers and names the one behind their wrong answers, instead of just marking them wrong.