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Week 9
Review A Word a Day

pest • boast • scamper • strange

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 could describe a cat that has • The squirrels slide up the tree when my
six toes on one paw. (strange) dog chases them. (slide/scamper)

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• You might call a mosquito this. (a pest) • A snake with two heads is an ordinary
animal. (an ordinary/a strange)
• Mice do this to get away from cats.
(scamper) • A fly is a helpful bug that carries germs.
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(helpful bug/pest)
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• People do this if they tell you over and
over about their accomplishments. • Stacey likes to show off her trophy and
(boast) keep quiet about her team.
(keep quiet/boast)
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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.
• Crissy likes to about all the clothes
she has. (boast) • Whales scamper through ocean waves.

(false; whales don’t run, they swim)
• My brother is such a when he pulls
my ponytail! (pest) • To some people, eating octopus seems
like a strange thing to do. (true)
• As soon as they hear me pick up the bag
of cat food, my cats into the room. • Boast and brag have about the same
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(scamper) meaning. (true)
• The shadows on the wall scared • Cows are pests because they give us milk
me. (strange) and cheese. (false; cows provide food,

so they are helpful animals, not pests)

Answers for page 39: 1. B, 2. H, 3. A, 4. H

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