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End-of-Week Review

Review the four words of the week through oral and written activities designed to
reinforce student understanding.

Week 1 Week 1
Review A Word a Day Name A Word a Day
crunch • gentle • odor • dash Review Words crunch • gentle • odor • dash
Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
Oral Review Write on the board the four words studied this week. Read the words with the class and
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briefly review their meanings. Then conduct the oral activities below. 1. Which sentence uses the word odor correctly?
Four oral activities 1 Tell students that you are going to give 3 Read each sentence and ask students I like the odor of hot dogs cooking on a grill.
My room has red odor on the walls.
them a clue about one of the words for to tell which word or words are wrong. Emma made a large odor out of wood.
provide you with the week. They are to find the word that Then have them provide the correct word What odor should I put on the cookie?
from the week’s list.
answers the clue.
• This word describes someone who is • I slurp popcorn when I’m at the movies. 2. When you dash, you .
prompts to review kind and not rough. (gentle) (slurp/crunch) walk slowly
• You would do this in a race. (dash) • The mean child hugged the little girl move quickly
the week’s words. • You might do this when you eat cereal. • A stinky sound came from the pile of read quietly
who was crying. (mean/gentle)
(crunch)
trash. (sound/odor) speak loudly Written
• You might notice this in a flower garden.
(an odor) • Be sure to run slowly so you will win the 3. The word crunch tells the way someone .
race. (run slowly/dash) Assessment t
2 Read each sentence and ask students laughs
to supply the correct word to complete 4 Read each sentence and ask students to sleeps
the sentence. decide if it is true or false. If the sentence sings A student
is false, instruct students to explain why.
• I like the of fresh brownies. (odor) chews
• The man did not yell when I • Firefighters dash to put out fires. (true) reproducible
accidentally broke his window. (gentle) • A gentle person often yells and screams 4. Which sentence tells about a gentle person?
• Molly is hurt. Please to the nurse at people. (false; a gentle person is kind Jonathan kicked sand in his little brother’s face.
and ask her to come. (dash) and talks quietly) Rosa threw her baseball glove to scare her cat. containing four
• I like the sound I make when I • An odor is something you can see. (false; Grandma smiled lovingly at Ben and patted his hand.
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pretzels. (crunch) an odor is something you smell) Kate pushed to be first in line and made her friends mad. multiple-choice items
• You make noises when you crunch food.
(true) Writing
and an open-ended
Write about an odor you like. Use odor in your sentence.
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writing activity can
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students’ mastery.
Additional Features
abdomen • chatter
Dictionary
• Reproducible befuddle • verb
Something that confuses you,
Aa befuddles you. Index
Your abdomen is between your chest
student dictionary abdomen • noun When two bells rang at the beginning . . . . . 120
of the school day, it befuddled the
and hips. Your abdomen holds your
stomach and other body parts. new student. t . . . 80 lack . . . . . . . . 129 scamper . . . . . 37
. . . . 32
jumbo . . . . . . . 76
He was breathing so deeply in his
boast • verb
When you boast, you talk with too
merry . . . . . . . 121
scowl . . . . . . . 112
• Cumulative sleep that his abdomen was moving much pride about yourself. . . . 68 mighty . . . . . . 101 scrub . . . . . . . 33
We were tired of hearing Casey boast
. . 29
screech . . . . . 25
method . . . . . . 144
up and down.
. . 16
Your aim is a goal that you are willing
aim • noun about the home run he hit. . 141 mystery . . . . . 136 selfish . . . . . . 117
breeze • noun
word index to work for. A breeze is a light and gentle wind. . 48 nimble . . . . . . 100 skill . . . . . . . . . 100
nature . . . . . . 12
sensible . . . . . 97
My aim for the weekend is to finish
85
nibble . . . . . . . 13
shiver . . . . . . . 8
building my model boat. A cool breeze feels good on a hot day. 89 21 nutritious . . . . 93 slumber . . . . . 136
bustle • verb
ample • adjective When you move with lots of energy, 97 3 occur . . . . . . . 128 sniff . . . . . . . . 88
object . . . . . . . 144
When you have an ample amount of
snicker . . . . . . 69
something, you have enough. you bustle. panic . . . . . . . 84 5 speck . . . . . . . 65
Before the family party, my parents
odd. . . . . . . . . 77
Our large yard has ample space for
snoop . . . . . . . 52
odor . . . . . . . .
bustled about the kitchen, cooking
our dog to get the exercise she needs.
soar . . . . . . . . 41
splendid . . . . . 49
pantomime . . . 117
appreciate • verb lots of good food. pause . . . . . . . 17 strange . . . . . . 37
When you appreciate something,
busybody • noun
patient . . . . . . 72
you are thankful for it. A busybody is nosy and wants to peer . . . . . . . . 105 stroll . . . . . . . . 81
know everyone else’s business.
I appreciate the movies you gave me Ana is a busybody who stands close peppy . . . . . . . 81 tally . . . . . . . . 140
swift . . . . . . . . 108
to watch while I was sick.
sympathetic . . 140
ermit . . . . . . . 9
Bb to me and tries to hear everything est . . . . . . . . 36 tame . . . . . . . . 9
I say to my friend.
bashful • adjective Cc y . . . . . . . . . 124 texture . . . . . . 52
task . . . . . . . . 45
Someone who is bashful feels shy,
y . . . . . . . . 57
especially around new people.
ular . . . . . . 33
When you chatter, you talk about
thoughtful . . . . 113
The new student was so bashful that chatter • verb ce . . . . . . 113 tour . . . . . . . . 65
things that are not important.
thrill . . . . . . . . 145
she looked down when the teacher
. . . . . . . 24
about the kinds of cars they like.
introduced her. Dad and his friends often chatter t . . . . . . 57 victory . . . . . . 61
vehicle . . . . . . 104
n . . . . . 137
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. . . . 121
wander . . . . . . 89
84 duce . . . . . . 124 wavy . . . . . . . 53
. 116 bber . . . . . . 44 regret . . . . . . . 49 wealthy . . . . . 105
148 . . . . . . . . 20 jealous . . . . . . 125 ridiculous . . . . 17 wiggle . . . . . . 40
160 jolly . . . . . . . . 69 rustle . . . . . . . 92 yelp . . . . . . . . 108
wild . . . . . . . . 12
sample . . . . . . 96
zip . . . . . . . . . 101
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