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Week 34
Review A Word a Day

mystery • slumber • ample • question

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 what you do when you need to • People run with their eyes closed.
know something. (question) (run/slumber)

• You usually wear pajamas to do this. • Be sure to leave no food for the cat to eat
(slumber) while we’re away. (no/ample)

• This word describes a good-sized meal. • No one knows for sure why the
(ample) dinosaurs died out—it is a simple
reason. (simple reason/mystery)
• This word names something that is hard
to figure out. (mystery) • The principal will answer the students
y
y
about the window they broke.
2 Read each sentence and ask students (answer/question)
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
• We had leftover food from the
dinner that Mom cooked. (ample) is false, instruct students to explain why.

• You are wide-awake when you slumber.
• How fingernails grow is a to me.
(mystery) (false; you are asleep when you
y
y
slumber)
• Tomas likes to in a hammock that
hangs between two trees. (slumber) • Mysteries are easy questions to figure
out. (false; they are hard to figure out)
• My teacher likes to us about each
story we read. (question) • Flowers need an ample amount of water
to grow. (true)

• When you question someone, you are
trying to find answers. (true)

Answers for page 139: 1. C, 2. H, 3. D, 4. G

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