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Week 34

                      A Word a Day


                mystery


                                                  I do not understand why a rainbow is curved.
                noun                              A rainbow is a mystery to me.

                             y
                A mystery is
                something that people             Which are mysteries to you?

                find hard to explain or               • how dinosaurs died
                understand.                          •  how old you will be in second grade
                                                     •  how many stars there are in the sky
                                                     •  the name of your school
                                                     •  how your brain works


                                                  What mysteries do you wonder about? Do they have to do
                                                  with animals, planets, or some other topic? How can you find
                                                  answers to those mysteries?












                slumber

                                                  My cat likes to slumber on a small, soft bed.
                verb
                                                  Which words mean about the same as slumber?
                Slumber is another
                word for sleep.                      • nap
                                                     •  dine

                                                     •  lack
                                                     •  snooze

                                                     •  doze

                                                  If you have a pet, where does he or she like to slumber?
                                                  Besides your bed, do you have a favorite place to slumber.














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