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Week 16
Review A Word a Day

hush • daring • speck • tour

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.

k
k
• This is a small mark or spot. (a speck) • Be sure to talk loudly when the movie
starts. (talk loudly/hush)
• You could use this word to describe
someone who skis down steep hills. • The scared puppy walked fearlessly up to
g
(daring) the wild cat. (scared/daring)
g
g
g
• People do this when a play begins. • The wind blew a ball of dust into my
k
(hush) eye. (ball/speck)
k
• People might take one while they are
on vacation in a new place. (a tour) 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
is false, instruct students to explain why.
2 Read each sentence and ask students
to supply the correct word to complete • A speck can be hard to see. (true)
the sentence.
• To hush means to make a lot of noise.
• My sister sang on stage in front of (false; to hush means to get quiet)
t
t
a large crowd. (daring)
g
g
• A mountain climber is a daring person.
• A flea is a bug that’s as small as a . (true)
k
(speck)
k
• One way to find out about a place is to
• The students took a of the White take a tour of it. (true)
House and saw the president’s office.
(tour)

• Our teacher expects us to when she
begins speaking. (hush)

Answers for page 67: 1. C, 2. G, 3. B, 4. J

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