Think aloud the clues
Read a sentence with a tricky word and say what you're thinking: "The dog was famished, and it gobbled the food. Gobbled tells me it was really hungry." Then kids underline the clue words in their own sentences. Naming the clue is the whole skill.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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