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Week 25
Review A Word a Day

skill • nimble • zip • mighty

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 is wrong. Then have
the week. They are to find the word that them provide the correct word from
answers the clue. the week’s list.

• Runners do this when they are trying to • The clumsy boy walked across the log
win a race. (zip) without falling into the river.
(clumsy/nimble)
• Drawing is one. Dancing is another.
(a skill) • The weak wrestler lifted the big object
up over his head. (weak/mighty)
• This word describes someone who is
strong enough to lift a car. (mighty) • Firefighters creep to burning buildings
y
y
so they can quickly put out the flames.
• A rabbit needs to be this way to run (creep/zip)
away quickly from dogs and foxes.
(nimble) • Typing is an important hobby for people
who work with computers.
2 Read each sentence and ask students (hobby/skill)
to supply the correct word to complete
the sentence. 4 Read each sentence and ask students to

decide if it is true or false. If the sentence is
• The wind knocked down fences,
trees, and power lines. (mighty) false, instruct students to explain why.
• A snail zips along the ground. (false;
• Maddy has learned the of riding
a two-wheeled bike. (skill) a snail does not move quickly)
• Reading is a skill that takes practice.
• Noah’s fingers moved quickly
over the piano keys as he played a song. (true)
(nimble) • A grown-up gorilla is a mighty ape.
(true)
• Roller coasters up, down, and
around their tracks at fast speeds. (zip) • A nimble person often bumps into
things. (false; a nimble person moves
easily)

Answers for page 103: 1. C, 2. G, 3. A, 4. J

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