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2 Sept

The word was Scurry

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

Word of the day2 Sept

Scurry

Scurry

verb

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What it means

To move quickly with short, hurried steps.

Try it in a sentence

“Mice scurried across the barn floor.”

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Scurry, verb. To move quickly with short, hurried steps. Example: Mice scurried across the barn floor.

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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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