Lesson 19

1. “Little Rabbit’s Tale”

2. rapidily
If you are moving rapidly, you are moving very fast.

3. rapidly
The animals walked rapidly.
When there is a fire drill, we should
leave our classroom safely and
rapidly.
If my mom calls me to help her,
should I move slowly or rapidly?
Why?

4. rapidly
What happens rapidly in school?
What things do you wish happened
more rapidly?
Name some animals that move
rapidly?

5. devious
A devious
person is not
being truthful
and
may be trying to
trick you.

6. devious
Foxy Loxy was very devious because
he was planning to gobble up the
birds.
If I got you to do my work by
pretending it was fun, would that be
kind or devious? Why?

7. devious
If I give everyone a new pencil, am I
devious? Why?
Zach pretended to not see the mess
because he hoped someone else would
clean up. Was Zach devious? Why?
Would you be devious if you cleaned out
your desk? Why?

8. courteous
Someone who is
courteous is very
polite.

9. courteous
Foxy Loxy was pretending to be nice
so he spoke in a courteous way.
I think it would be courteous to ask
the new girl to sit with us at lunch.
Do you think it would be courteous
to ask the new girl to sit with you at
lunch, or to tell the new girl there is
no room at the table?

10. courteous
If you always say please and thank
you, would you be courteous? Why?
What is a courteous thing you could
do for a friend?
When could you be courteous, at a
party or while you are sleeping?

11. gullible
If you believe everything you hear, even silly things,
you are gullible.

12. gullible
Goose, Beaver and Turtle were very
gullible to believe the sky was falling.
Would you be gullible to believe that
you have to go to school on Saturday
and Sundays or if you believed that
you have to get to class on time?

13. gullible
If you think you are very gullible to believe
something that is said, you should say “You are
gullible!” If not say nothing.
The sun is in the sky.
My uncle has a pet dinosaur.
It might rain tomorrow.
My Grandma’s cat can talk.

14. hastily
If you do things
hastily, you do
them
in a big hurry.

15. hastily
Little Rabbit ran hastily to tell his
friends.
If you were told you would miss your
bus, would you move hastily or
slowly? Why?

16. hastily
If I describe a situation where you should move
quickly, you should run in place and say “Move
hastily!”
A dog is chasing me.
I am picking some flowers.
I’m outside and it is starting to pour down rain.
Someone yells “Fire!”

17. unreasonable
If you are unreasonable, you would do things
that don’t make sense.

18. unreasonable
Little Rabbit was very unreasonable
to think the sky was falling just
because an apple hit him.
Would it be unreasonable for you to
think it was night just because I
turned out the light, or because you
saw the moon and stars in the sky?

19. unreasonable
If I say something unreasonable, you should
shake your head and say “That is so
unreasonable.”
I am going to build a house all by myself.
I am going to do my homework when I get home.
I am going to take my dog for a walk.
I am going to buy every toy in the toy store.
I am going to stay home and never go to school
again.

20. Let’s recap…
and review what we learned.

21. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.
unreasonable hastily devious
The children moved _____________ to the car
when the thunderstorm began.
It was _______________ for my Dad to give me
100 hours of chores.

22. devious gullible courteous
My friends were ____________ when they
believed me when I said we were going to
the moon on our vacation.
A _______________ person would try to
sneak an extra snack into his lunch bag.

23. courteous rapidly gullible
The boy was very ______________ as he held
the door for the ladies.
When we heard the bell ring we walked
______________ to school so we would not
be late.