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Week 1
Review A Word a Day

crunch • gentle • odor • dash

Write on the board the four words studied this week. Read the words with the class and

briefly review their meanings. Then conduct the oral activities below.

1 Tell students that you are going to give 3 Read each sentence and ask students
them a clue about one of the words for to tell which word or words are wrong.
the week. They are to find the word that Then have them provide the correct word
answers the clue. from the week’s list.

• This word describes someone who is • I slurp popcorn when I’m at the movies.
kind and not rough. (gentle) (slurp/crunch)

• You would do this in a race. (dash) • The mean child hugged the little girl
who was crying. (mean/gentle)
• You might do this when you eat cereal.
(crunch) • A stinky sound came from the pile of
trash. (sound/odor)
• You might notice this in a flower garden.
(an odor) • Be sure to run slowly so you will win the
race. (run slowly/dash)
2 Read each sentence and ask students
to supply the correct word to complete 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
the sentence. decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
is false, instruct students to explain why.
• I like the of fresh brownies. (odor)
• Firefighters dash to put out fires. (true)
• The man did not yell when I
accidentally broke his window. (gentle) • A gentle person often yells and screams
at people. (false; a gentle person is kind
• Molly is hurt. Please to the nurse
and ask her to come. (dash) and talks quietly)
• An odor is something you can see. (false;
• I like the sound I make when I
pretzels. (crunch) an odor is something you smell)
• You make noises when you crunch food.
(true)

Answers for page 7: 1. A, 2. G, 3. D, 4. H

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