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1 Let's look together
Listen: 'The enormous pumpkin was too big for my little basket.' Enormous means very big.
Say enormous with your adult. Stretch your arms to show very big. Talk about how the word helps you imagine the pumpkin.
small → big → enormousAn enormous pumpkin
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
My adult tells me the meaning. I say: an enormous pumpkin is a very big pumpkin. I use the word in my own sentence.
3 Your turn
Would enormous fit a very big tree or a tiny grain of sand?
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Let's check together
A very big tree.
4 Try it away from the page
Choose one new word from a book an adult reads. Hear its meaning, act it out and use it in a sentence.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Meaning clues are discussed after decoding or adult reading; never tell the child to guess an unfamiliar printed word from context instead of decoding.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Enjoy, discuss and retell stories, poems and non-fiction read aloud.
Listen, take turns, ask questions and explain ideas aloud.