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Week 18
Review A Word a Day

aim • patient • creep • drenched

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.

• A superhero might do this to sneak up • The angry woman waited calmly for two
y
t
y
on a bad guy. (creep) hours to see her doctor. (angry/patient)
• This word describes someone who can • My gloves were dry after I played for
wait calmly. (patient) hours in the snow. (dry/drenched)
t
• This is a plan or goal. (an aim) • Patrick began to stomp loudly out of
the room so that no one would hear
• This word describes a dog that has been him. (stomp loudly/creep)
playing in a rainstorm. (drenched)
• My cousin hopes to become a firefighter
2 Read each sentence and ask students someday—that is her job. (job/aim)
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
• My in first grade is to learn how to
read. (aim) is false, instruct students to explain why.

• People who snoop in other people’s
• Danny likes to get with a garden
hose when it is hot outside. (drenched) closets might creep around so they won’t
be caught. (true)
• I tried to out the door without
making a sound. (creep) • Only grown-ups have aims. (false;
children have aims, too)
• Mom says we must be with my
baby brother while he is learning how to • A patient person makes a fuss when
use a spoon. (patient) he or she has to wait. (false; a patient
t
y
y
person waits calmly)
• Water might drip from a drenched
towel. (true)

Answers for page 75: 1. D, 2. G, 3. C, 4. F

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