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Week 15
Review A Word a Day
compete • cluttered • victory • frisky
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.
• Teams do this when they play other • I can’t find my folder because my
other teams. (compete) backpack is empty.
(empty/cluttered)
y
y
• This is what you hope for when you
compete in a sport. (a victory) • Taylor is a great soccer player who loves
to sit on the bench.
• This word describes a messy desk that is (sit on the bench/compete)
covered with stuff. (cluttered)
• Our sleepy puppy chewed two shoes and
• This word describes a playful kitten that five socks while we were at the store.
is full of energy. (frisky)
(sleepy/frisky)
2 Read each sentence and ask students • The team that scores the most points
y
y
to supply the correct word to complete will declare a loss. (loss/victory)
the sentence.
4 Read each sentence and ask students to
• Mark’s team won a 5-to-2 over the
y
(
Hornets. (victory) decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
(
y
is false, instruct students to explain why.
• The puppy tried to catch every bug
it saw in the garden. (frisky) • A cluttered room is neat and tidy.
(false; a cluttered room is messy)
• The students in my class will for
prizes in a writing contest. (compete) • A frisky pet likes to sleep most of the
time. (false; a frisky pet is active and
• My closet is so with toys and playful)
clothes that Mom says we should give
some away. (cluttered) • When you win a contest, you win a
victory. (true)
• Someone who competes a lot probably
likes to play sports and games. (true)
Answers for page 63: 1. B, 2. J, 3. C, 4. H
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