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Week 3
Review A Word a Day

nature • wild • nibble • focus

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

• You need to do this when you read. • Rats drink their food in small bites.
(focus) (drink/nibble)
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k
• Tigers and eagles are this kind of animal. • I look down when my teacher writes on
(wild) the board. (look down/focus)
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• A rabbit might do this when it eats • An alligator is a tame animal with rows
lettuce. (nibble) of sharp teeth. (tame/wild)

• Plants, rocks, and animals are all part of • I love to camp in the city where wild
this. (nature) animals live. (the city/nature)

2 Read each sentence and ask students 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
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.
• An elephant is the largest animal • A polar bear is a wild animal. (true)
(
(
that lives on land. (wild)
• Schools are part of nature. (false; people
• A mouse likes to on seeds. (nibble) make school buildings)
• One way to protect is to throw • It is important to focus when you do
trash in containers. (nature) your homework. (true)

• I on the screen when I watch a • Lions nibble their food with their big
movie. (focus) teeth. (false; lions take big bites of
their food)

Answers for page 15: 1. B, 2. G, 3. A, 4. F

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