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31 Aug

The word was Determined

One good word a day. Read it, hear it, use it at teatime.

Word of the day31 Aug

Determined

Determined

adjective

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What it means

Firmly decided to do something.

Try it in a sentence

“He was determined to learn his times tables.”

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Determined, adjective. Firmly decided to do something. Example: He was determined to learn his times tables.

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Three minutes at the kitchen table

01

Read it

Say the word together, then break it into the chunks on the card.

02

Mean it

Turn the card over. Can your child explain it back in their own words?

03

Use it

Challenge them to slip it into conversation before bedtime.

Vocabulary grows fastest in conversation.

That is most of what happens in a session with Ms Betty — reading, talking, and noticing words together.

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