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Week 4
Review A Word a Day
favor • giggle • pause • ridiculous
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.
• This word describes something that is • I can hear Rosa cry as she watches
very silly. (ridiculous) cartoons. (cry/giggle)
• You might do this when you see • Putting your dress on your dog is a wise
something that is ridiculous. (giggle) thing to do. (wise/ridiculous)
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• You might do this for someone who • Please keep working if you need a break.
needs help. (a favor) (keep working/pause)
• When you do this, you take a short • Thanks so much for your help—I really
break from what you are doing. (pause) appreciate the mean trick.
(mean trick/favor)
2 Read each sentence and ask students
to supply the correct word to complete 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
the sentence. decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
is false, instruct students to explain why.
• As she reads, our teacher likes to to
ask us questions about the story. (pause) • You are doing your neighbor a favor
when you offer to walk her dog. (true)
• I wrote a story about a dancing pig
that wears a wig. (ridiculous) • It is good to pause and think before
answering a question. (true)
• Jenny began to as she watched the
monkeys play at the zoo. (giggle) • It would be ridiculous for a cat to wear
a necklace and earrings. (true)
• Please do me a and pick up the
book that I dropped. (favor) • It is okay to giggle at a friend who feels
sad. (false; you should be kind to a sad
friend, not laugh at him or her)
Answers for page 19: 1. C, 2. J, 3. A, 4. G
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