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Week 32
Review A Word a Day

abdomen • occur • intense • lack

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 word names a part of your body. • The cats are very hungry because they
(abdomen) have plenty of food.
(have plenty of/lack)
• This kind of sunlight can give you
a sunburn. (intense) • Your stomach is inside your head.
(head/abdomen)
k
• This word means to be without. (lack)
k
• Accidents never happen when people
• This word means to happen. (occur)
drive too fast. (never happen/occur)
2 Read each sentence and ask students • A tornado is a very gentle windstorm.
to supply the correct word to complete (gentle/intense)
the sentence.
4 Read each sentence and ask students to
• The fire’s heat quickly toasted my
marshmallow. (intense) decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
is false, instruct students to explain why.
• My stomach growls when I food.
(lack) • If you lack a snack, you do not have
k
k
one. (true)
• Mom gets a pain in the side of her
if she jogs right after she eats. • An intense rainstorm can cause a flood.
(abdomen) (true)
• The abdomen is a part of the brain.
• A full moon will at the end of
the month. (occur) (false; the abdomen is located in the
middle of the body)

• When an event occurs, it ends. (false;
when an event occurs, it happens.)

Answers for page 131: 1. D, 2. F, 3. B, 4. H

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