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Week 23
Review A Word a Day

hobby • rustle • appreciate • nutritious

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.

• This word can be used to describe • Tommy’s job is collecting baseball cards
y
green beans, broccoli, and oranges. to trade with his friends. (job/hobby)
y
(
(nutritious)
• When you pick up a potato chip bag,
• Paper grocery bags do this when you fold the chips bang against one another.
or unfold them. (rustle) (bang/rustle)
• You might use this word when you • Raisins, cheese, and apples are unhealthy
thank someone. (appreciate) snacks. (unhealthy/nutritious)

• This is an activity that you do for fun. (a • I don’t care about your hard work on the
y
hobby) class project.
y
(don’t care about/appreciate)
2 Read each sentence and ask students
to supply the correct word to complete 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
the sentence. decide if it is true or false. If the sentence

is false, instruct students to explain why.
• My mom’s is sewing pretty quilts.
(hobby) • A hobby is something you enjoy and
y
y
show interest in. (true)
• I it when students help me pass out
supplies. (appreciate) • Your hands rustle when you clap them
together. (false; when things rustle,
• I could hear the wrapping paper as
Julia wrapped a present. (rustle) they make a soft sound)
s
• Nutritious means healthy. (true)
• Children need food because
their bones and bodies are growing. • If someone did a good deed for you,
(nutritious) you’d probably appreciate it. (true)

Answers for page 95: 1. C, 2. H, 3. D, 4. F

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