Six pages: name the kind of clue; circle the meaning (two pages); circle the clue words and write the meaning; write the kind and the meaning; and write meanings from a word box.
Write a sentence with a hard word on the board. Ask students to find the words that help, then name the kind of clue: did the sentence define it, give examples, show the opposite, or tell a cause or effect?
When your child meets a new word while reading, ask: what words around it help you?
Harder words like serene, frugal and treacherous, each in a sentence with a clue: a definition, examples, a contrast, or a cause and effect. Students name the kind of clue and use it to work out what the word means.
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