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Week 6

A Word a Day

clever

The clever police officer looked at the clues
adjective
and figured out who had robbed the store.
A clever person is

smart and can quickly Would you be clever if you:

figure things out. • learned all of your spelling words in one day?
• decided what to eat for breakfast?
• guessed the ending to a story before anyone else?
• invented a homework machine?

• ate all your lunch at recess?

Describe something clever that you’ve done at home.
Describe something clever that you’ve done at school.

screech

When the car stopped suddenly, its brakes
noun
made a screech.
A screech is a loud,
high-pitched noise that Which of the following might make a screech?
may sound scary. • a sleeping baby
• rocks tumbling down a hill

• snowflakes falling from the sky
• someone playing an electric guitar

• hungry parrots

Make the sound of a screech.
What animals might make screeches?
What nonliving things might make screeches?

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