Glossary
Some of the words in this list may have more
than one meaning. The meaning listed here
reflects the way the word is used in the book.
clam a shellfish with two shells
hinged together
dam a barrier built to hold
-am as in
back water
pram a baby carriage
ham
ram a male sheep
Spam® a brand of canned meat
tam a Scottish wool hat
yam another name for sweet
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potato
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Glossary
Some of the words in this list may have more
than one meaning. The meaning listed here
reflects the way the word is used in the book.
advice an opinion given about
what someone should do
bran the outer covering of
-an as in
wheat or other grains,
often used in cereal
and muffins
fan cereal a food made from grain
that you eat with milk
exercise an activity you do to
keep your body healthy
and fit
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plan an idea about how
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you are going to do
something
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Faith is going to dig up So she just ate
some bread and jam.
a clam.
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I
♥
STAN
Bran muffins and juice “But while you’re a boy and
when you’re a man, I will
make a good breakfast. always be your biggest fan.”
4 21
Gena has an apple But it was just
a can of Spam !
®
and a ham sandwich.
6 19
Jan has a fan in each So Stan asked for advice
hand. from his gran.
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The ram walks in the But it turned out
to be a yam!
snow.
8 17
Every day he biked
Nan cooks meat and and he ran.
eggs in a pan.
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The Lost Ham
But it was just a woolly ram!
10 15
Stan Had
a Plan
There once was Stan’s dinner was steak,
a boy named Stan. fried in a pan.
10 15
She thought
she saw it
in a pram. But it was only baby Sam!
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Stan’s
Man Plan
So Stan came up For breakfast he had
with a plan. cereal with bran.
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