I chose to use context clues to understand new words. This means I looked at the sentences around an unfamiliar word to guess its meaning. For example, when I read about the Skwomesh language being “at risk,” I used the rest of the sentence to figure out that it means the language could disappear or be lost.
Did it work? Yes! It helped me understand difficult words without stopping to look them up all the time. Some new words I learned today include “preserve,” “ancestors,” and “revitalize.”
Using context clues made reading easier and more interesting. I plan to keep practicing this strategy to build my vocabulary even more!