During fifth grade, your child will learn to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase by using clues in the text, such as cause/effect relationships and comparisons. For example, in the following sentence, you can determine that the word “chastened” means “punished” by looking at the cause and effect: “When Judy found out that her son had cheated, she chastened him by taking away his video games.”
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During fifth grade, your child will learn to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase by using clues in the text, such as cause/effect relationships and comparisons. For example, in the following sentence, you can determine that the word “chastened” means “punished” by looking at the cause and effect: “When Judy found out that her son had cheated, she chastened him by taking away his video games.”
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