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Week 19

A Word a Day

odd

A penguin is an odd bird because it
adjective
does not fly.
Something is odd if it

is strange or unusual. Which of these would be odd?
• Your teacher comes to school in a bathing suit.

• There are no books in the library.
• A storybook has pictures in it.
• The cafeteria only serves ice cream and cookies for
lunch.

• Your pencil needs to be sharpened.

What are some other things that would be odd?

deed

My mom said I did a good deed when I let my
noun
little sister play with my friend and me.
When you do a
good deed, you do Who is doing a good deed?
something nice for • Adam packs a lunch for his brother to take to school.

someone. • Cathy leaves her toys all over the floor.
• Kristy quietly teases her brother so her dad doesn’t hear.

• Jan helps her teacher erase the board.
• Darren helps a classmate find his lunch money in
the grass.

What is a good deed that you have done? Why did you do
that good deed? How did you feel after you did it?

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