Does your child know this week's Word of the Week?  Bliss is a noun that means great happiness or joy.  It would be helpful to provide your student with an example sentence (Dad was in pure bliss or happiness when he finally sat down after work to watch his favorite sport on tv.)  Using context clues is one way to sometimes determine the meaning of a word in text.  Explain to your child to first read the sentence and underline the unknown word.  Next, think about what is happening in the sentence (Dad finally gets to do something he loves).  Then, find other words that may help explain the unknown word (happiness). Finally, try out the different words in the sentence to see if they make sense.  It is important to share with students that there are limitations with using context clues and sometimes the text does not give sufficient clues to the meaning of the word.  Using a dictionary or thesaurus are other options.  Be sure to have your child make their own sentence with the word.