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Week 20
Review A Word a Day
dangle • equipment • peppy • stroll
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.
• You can use this word to describe a • Let’s race through the dinosaur museum
y
playful kitten. (peppy) to make sure we don’t miss a thing.
y
(race/stroll)
• This word tells what your feet do when
you swing on a swing. (dangle) • The tired puppy jumped and ran and
y
chased her tail. (tired/peppy)
y
• You might do this if you wanted to walk
slowly. (stroll) • Hoses, ladders, and axes are some of the
toys that firefighters use.
• This is a word for all of the things you (toys/equipment)
need to play a sport. (equipment)
• You sit on your legs when you swing on
2 Read each sentence and ask students a swing. (sit on/dangle)
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
• Josh likes to climb onto a tree branch
and his legs. (dangle) is false, instruct students to explain why.
• The word peppy means about the same
• Firefighters use a lot of to fight
fires. (equipment) as poky. (false; someone who is peppy
is full of energy; someone who is poky
• The fans jumped up and cheered moves slowly)
y
y
loudly when their team won. (peppy)
• Strolling helps runners to win races.
• Simon likes to take his time and (false; a runner cannot win a race by
along the beach. (stroll) walking slowly)
• Your legs dangle when you ride a
Ferris wheel. (true)
• Golf balls, basketballs, and soccer balls
are sports equipment. (true)
Answers for page 83: 1. B, 2. H, 3. D, 4. F
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