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Week 13
Review A Word a Day

snoop • texture • wavy • grouchy

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 is wrong. Then have
the week. They are to find the word that them provide the correct word from
answers the clue. the week’s list.

h
y
• Words like rough and slimy describe this. • I am cheery when I don’t get enough
y
y
y
y
(texture) sleep. (cheery/grouchy)
• A person who is in a bad mood feels this • A frog’s skin has a smooth, slippery odor.
way. (grouchy) (odor/texture)
y
y
• A sneaky person might do this. (snoop) • I drew a straight line to show how a
kangaroo goes up and down as it hops.
• This word describes a line that is (straight/wavy)
y
y
y
(
(
y
squiggly or curvy. (wavy)
4 Read each sentence and ask students to
2 Read each sentence and ask students
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.
• A busybody might snoop in order to
• My hair is straight, but my dad’s hair
y
(
(
is . (wavy) learn people’s secrets. (true)
y
• You can use a ruler to make a wavy line.
• My little brother likes to through
my older brother’s closet. (snoop) (false; you use a ruler to make straight
lines; a wavy line is not straight)
• My baby sister gets if she doesn’t
take her nap. (grouchy) • Sour is a texture. (false; sour is the way
y
y
something tastes)
• My favorite stuffed animal is a lamb that
has a fluffy . (texture) • People are grouchy when they are happy.
(false; people are grouchy when they
are in a bad mood)

Answers for page 55: 1. B, 2. J, 3. C, 4. G

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