Think aloud the detective work
Read a sentence with a tricky word and pause. Say exactly what you're thinking: "It says the puppy was famished and gobbled its whole bowl. Gobbled means ate fast, so famished must mean very hungry." Then let kids try the next one with a partner.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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