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Acronym Finder Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds Confusing words: BIG or LARGE, HIGH or TALL | Games to learn english For many learners of English the slight differences between the words BIG vs. LARGE and HIGH vs. TALL are very difficult to understand. Confusing words – High and Tall video The following video has been created by Australia + Learning English. Once you have watched the video, try to complete the following mind map. Confusing words – BIG and LARGE video BBC learning English produced a great explanation of the differences between the two words on their pages. The sound track comes from: ADVERT: To watch it full screen, click on the following button: BIG and LARGE – video explanation Once again it would be ideal if you completed the following mind map to remember all the facts about the usage of the two words. Confusing words – revision Now it is high time to practise all that you have learnt so far. If you want to see the quiz on the full screen, click the following button: Confusing words – final quiz

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Weather Sensory Bottles for Circle Time Last updated Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Last week I added a new element to our circle time routine in my two- and three-year-olds classes…a simple weather check. I wanted some sort of hands-on manipulative to keep the children engaged and make the concept of weather more tangible, so I decided to try my hand at making some simple weather sensory bottles. These sensory bottles only took a few minutes to make using bits and bobs from my craft stash, and the children really respond to them. To make these bottles, I used fillable craft bottles I found at Hobby Lobby, but you could use any size bottle you wish. Here are all of the different bottles I made- they coordinate with the weather choices on our little chart. For cloudy I used three jumbo white pom poms and some tap water. Our rainy bottle has small blue glass beads for raindrops, three brownish/gray pom poms (I swear they looked gray at 1:00 am the night I made these) for clouds, and the glycerin/water mixture. And there you have it.

50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language - Teaching a new language to non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out there, so ELL teachers can use all of the help they can get! Thankfully, many excellent resources for ELL and ESL exist online, from full-service websites to reference tools and communities, all designed to make the task of educating ELL students just a little bit easier and more effective. We’ve scoured the Internet to share 50 of the best of these resources, and we hope you’ll find lots of valuable content and tools through these incredibly useful links for ELL educators. Websites Resource tools, printables, and other great stuff for ELL educators are all available on these sites. Articles & Advice Check out resource lists, journal articles, and ideas for best practices in ELL on these links. Organizations Take advantage of the great opportunities and resources available from these organizations that benefit ELL teachers. Learning Resources Teaching Resources Reference Communities & Blogs

Jergas de habla hispana SZTAKI Szótár - Anagramma-kereső Generated by Anagram Lite (Copyright © 2001–2004 Zoltán Ivánfi) Mik azok az anagrammák? Az anagrammák olyan kifejezések, melyeket más szó vagy szavak betűinek felcserélésével kapunk, pl. matektanár = mértan átka. Feladványként, elrejtett üzenetek hordozóiként, vagy puszta érdekességként találkozhatunk velük. Az Anagram Lite használata Az Anagram Lite egy anagramma-kereső, tetszőleges kifejezésre (például saját nevünkre) megkísérel anagrammákat találni. A keresés az alábbi beállítások segítségével vezérelhető: Tanácsok az anagramma-kereséshez Az Anagram Lite alapértelmezett beállításai kb. 10–12 betű hosszúságú kifejezések kereséséhez optimálisak. Túl kevés találat esetén a szavak hossza legalább beállítás csökkentésével próbálkozhatunk. Túl sok találat esetén a hosszú és rövid magánhangzók beállítás eltérő betűknek számítanak értékre állítása „szebb” anagrammákat eredményez, miközben a kapott kifejezések számát is csökkenti.

English Prepositions So what are prepositions? A preposition is a word which is used before a noun to show its connection to another word in the sentence. For example: The dog rests on the armchair. (The word "on" is used before "the armchair". We understand that the dog is on the armchair. The name "preposition" (pre + position) means "put before". Here are some more examples: She stands by the tree. The cat leans against the garbage can. The sign is under the car. The rocket went through the heart. They flew into the snow. She is reading to her babies. He is climbing up that mountain. A preposition can come before a pronoun as well. For example:

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