Ask When You're Unsure

📖Story Brief #11

It's smart to ask what a word means.

🎯 Your mission

Build the meaning, brick by brick.

⚡ The twist

If you can't use a word in a sentence, you don't really know it yet.

What You'll Learn

It's smart to ask what a word means. Grown-ups and teachers can help. We can ask what a word means. Grown-ups and teachers can help.

We can ask what a word means.

Grown-ups and teachers can help.

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Should we ask what a word means when we don't know?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Write a tiny note to someone using two new words.

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“Teach me one new word you learned today, and use it in a sentence.”

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