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Week 29
Review A Word a Day

drowsy • glitter • pantomime • selfi sh

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

• This is a way to talk without words. • Maisie was wide-awake, so her eyes kept
(pantomime) closing. (wide-awake/drowsy)

• This word describes someone who won’t • The queen’s diamond rings look dull in
share. (selfish) the sunlight. (look dull/glitter)

• This word describes someone who is • Charlie was thoughtful when he grabbed
ready for bed. (drowsy) the new crayons and left the broken ones
for me. (thoughtful/selfish)
• Diamonds do this. (glitter)

4 Read each sentence and ask students to
2 Read each sentence and ask students
to supply the correct word to complete decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
the sentence. is false, instruct students to explain why.
• Lakes and oceans glitter on gloomy days.
• The baby gets when it’s time for
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her nap. (drowsy) (false; water doesn’t sparkle when the
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sun isn’t shining on it)
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• The lake’s water will sparkle and in
the sunlight. (glitter) • When you pantomime, you might use a
hand signal such as the thumbs-up sign.
• Gordon was and took all of the (true)
new markers for himself. (selfish)
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• Selfish has about the same meaning
• It was so noisy on the playground that as kind. (false; it isn’t kind to behave
the teacher had to to tell her class selfishly)
to line up. (pantomime)
• A drowsy person needs sleep. (true)

Answers for page 119: 1. B, 2. J, 3. C, 4. F

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