Page 34 - A Word a Day 1_Spread
P. 34
Week 7
Review A Word a Day
breeze • discuss • famous • glance
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.
• Your class might do this after reading a • The tornado gently moved the flowers
story. (discuss it) back and forth. (tornado/breeze)
• Everyone took pictures of the unknown
• You do this when you look quickly at
something. (glance at it) movie star as she got out of the
limousine. (unknown/famous)
• This word describes Dr. Seuss, the man • Mom asked me to stare out the window
who wrote and illustrated Green Eggs to see if the newspaper was on the porch.
and Ham. (famous)
(stare/glance)
• This kind of wind can move the leaves • Soon it will be your birthday! Let’s not
on a tree. (a breeze) talk about the kind of party you want to
have. (not talk about/discuss)
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.
• The president of the United States is
a very person. (famous) • A famous TV star is a person whom no
one has heard of. (false; a famous TV
• A pushed my toy sailboat across the star is someone whom many people
pond. (breeze)
recognize)
• After we visit the zoo, we will the • When you glance at the clock, you take
animals we saw. (discuss) a quick look. (true)
s
• Before I start the car, I to make • To discuss means to listen carefully to
sure that my children have buckled their all the sounds you can hear. (false; to
s
seat belts. (glance) discuss means to talk about something
with someone)
• A breeze can knock over a tree. (false;
a breeze is a light wind that is not
strong enough to knock over a tree)
Answers for page 31: 1. A, 2. G, 3. B, 4. H
30 A Word a Day • EMC 2791 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
