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Week 28
Review A Word a Day
garment • scowl • prance • thoughtful
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 four words to tell which word is wrong. Then have
for the week. They are to find the word them provide the correct word from
that answers the clue. the week’s list.
• You might move this way if you were • Shelly often wears a cape, which is a
very proud of yourself. (prance) sheet without sleeves that hangs over
her shoulders. (sheet/garment)
• A shirt is one. (a garment)
• It was so mean of Manuel to help me
• Your eyebrows wrinkle up when you do carry the groceries into the house.
this. (scowl)
(mean/thoughtful)
• This word describes a person who is • Jill was so pleased with her new outfit
kind to others. (thoughtful)
that she began to creep around the
room. (creep/prance)
2 Read each sentence and ask students
to supply the correct word to complete • I smile when I’m in a bad mood.
the sentence. (smile/scowl)
• Will saw his teacher when the girls
did not line up quietly. (scowl) 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
• My dog Biscuit will around the is false, instruct students to explain why.
yard when she’s feeling happy. (prance)
• People scowl to show how happy they
• It was of Jon to give me his sweater are. (false; people scowl when they are
y
to wear when I was cold. angry)
y
(thoughtful)
• After the ballgame, the losers usually
• Mrs. Wolski held up a sweatshirt and prance around the field. (false; people
asked, “Whose is this?” (garment) prance around when they are proud
t
and happy)
• A thoughtful person makes a good
friend. (true)
• Most garments are made of cloth. (true)
Answers for page 115: 1. C, 2. G, 3. A, 4. F
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