Discussing and Questioning New Words

“When your child comes across a word they don't know in a book, do they try to figure out what it means from the other words around it and connect it to words they already know?”

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• ⬜Ask 'What does ___ mean?' when meeting unfamiliar words during reading
• ⬜Use context and pictures to work out what a new word might mean
• ⬜Explain a new word by connecting it to a known word (e.g. 'enormous means really really big')