✦A small step for today
Try to recall first. Check second. Use the word in a new situation third.
Make three small review piles
Use ‘needs help’, ‘nearly there’ and ‘can explain’ piles. Place a word in ‘can explain’ only when your child can describe it and give a sensible example without looking. These home piles are a planning tool, separate from the app’s progress states.
Leave a gap between encounters
A possible schedule is tomorrow, later this week and next week. This is an adjustable example, not an optimum timetable promised for every child. Bring a word back sooner if its meaning is unclear, and spread reviews out if recall becomes easy.
Change the way you ask
Show the word and ask for its meaning; give a situation and ask which word fits; then request a sentence. For integrity, ask what returning a lost wallet might show. Varying the prompt helps reveal whether your child knows more than one memorised line.
Keep mistakes specific and manageable
If adjacent is confused with opposite, place two objects next to each other and two across from each other. Compare the positions and try again later. Review the confusing pair before adding many more words.
Try this together
Write adjacent on one side of a card and a short meaning on the other. Tomorrow, explain it before turning the card over, then point to a new example.
See an example answer
‘Adjacent means next to. The pencil case is adjacent to the book.’ If your child needs the reverse side, keep the card in the review pile.
Words in action
integrity
Meaning
Being honest and doing what you believe is right.
Example
“Returning the lost wallet showed her integrity.”
adjacent
Meaning
Next to something.
Example
“The library is adjacent to the school, next door.”
Audio uses your device’s English speech voice. Voice availability and pronunciation vary by device.
A quick check
