ESL+and+Common+Core

**I thought this would be a great place to put ideas on how to teach to the Common Core ideas. These can be shared with other teachers.**


The left side is for polysemous words (according to wikipedia: Polysemy is: 'the capacity for a [|sign](e.g., a word, phrase, etc.) or signs to have multiple meanings ([|sememes]), i.e., a large [|semantic field]. It is usually regarded as distinct from [|homonymy].' my examples would be Table: 1. what we eat at, 2. water level, 3. chart or graph, 4. done to a bill in committee, etc. or Plant: 1. growing thing that has leaves and roots, 2. a factory, 3. to put a seed in the ground, 4. to put oneself down and not move).
 * __I have a board dedicated to vocabulary.__**

The middle are English/Spanish cognates - words that look/sound the same in the L1 and English - example: //Nation and Nacion//- ( I am blessed to have one L1 in my population).

The right has science words from a project sheet given to the 7th graders. Words in green are Tier 3 - content specific - vocabulary words. Words in red are Tier 2 - education related words. (some might be regular Tier 1 words). We have written those that are polysemous or cognates under those columns as well.

I have not defined all the polysemous words yet because I plan to have the students take cameras around and take pictures or draw pictures of the multiple meanings.