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7 Sept

The word was Astonish

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

Word of the day7 Sept

Astonish

Astonish

verb

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What it means

To surprise someone greatly.

Try it in a sentence

The magician’s trick astonished the whole class.

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Astonish, verb. To surprise someone greatly. Example: The magician’s trick astonished the whole class.

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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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