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Week 17
Review A Word a Day

fuss • explore • jolly • snicker

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.

• People do this when they laugh in a • The sad clown smiled and laughed as she
y
mean way. (snicker) skipped by in the parade. (sad/jolly)
/
y
• If you were upset, you might make one. • When someone accidentally falls down,
(a fuss) it is not nice to offer help.
(offer help/snicker)
• You could use this word to describe a
(
y
very cheerful person. (jolly) • When we broke a window, Mom was so
y
upset that she made a joke. (joke/fuss)
• Astronauts do this when they go to the
moon. (explore) • Being in an exciting place makes me
want to ignore it.
2 Read each sentence and ask students (ignore/explore)
to supply the correct word to complete
the sentence. 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
• Mom makes a when I throw my
clothes on the closet floor. (fuss) is false, instruct students to explain why.

• A person who makes a fuss is calm and
• It is mean to when someone gives
a wrong answer. (snicker) quiet. (false; a person who makes a fuss
is upset)
• My grandpa loves to tell jokes at
y
(
y
the dinner table. (jolly) • A jolly person is grumpy. (false; a jolly
y
y
person is happy)
• Divers wear special clothing that keeps
them warm as they the ocean. • Taking a tour is one way to explore
(explore) a new city. (true)
• Snickering is happy laughter. (false;
snickering is mean laughter)

Answers for page 71: 1. A, 2. J, 3. B, 4. H

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