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**ESL, ELL, Generation 1.5. Why Are These Terms Important? **
National Council of Teachers of English (September 7, 2017)

===The Many Origins of the English Language===

Digital Glossary from Common Sense Media

 * ====Decode teens’ shorthand in the digital world ====

For examples of kid-friendly language definitions, link to the picture book, The Fairy Dogfather. Alexandra Day. Green Tiger Press, 2012

Learning Words using //Role Before Rule//
The phrase role before rule is a helpful way to explain writing and language conventions to both multilingual as well as native English speakers.
 * A term like "exclamation point" or "interrogative sentence" offers little context or frame or reference for understanding its meaning.
 * As a result, young learners struggle to remember definitions or rules for usage.
 * Restating the terms in kid-friendly language helps students to build a memory of the role or function that each convention plays in language and writing.
 * Role Before Rule supports children's natural inquisitiveness throughout the learning process.

Purposeful Praise Strategies and Statements

 * 5 Reasons to Stop Saying Good Job**, Alfie Kohn, //Young Children// (September 2001)


 * "I notice you never give up."

Academic Language
The Critical Words Your Students Must Know for the Common Core State Standards

180 Essential Vocabulary Words for 5th Grade, Scholastic

100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know, Vocabulary.com

[[image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Math.jpg width="123" height="123"]]**Mathematical Symbols and Their Definitions**

 * Link to A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2017**


 * ==**SYMBOL**==

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|| ==**KID-FRIENDLY DEFINITION** ........ == ||

Addition Sign .... . || and

k k  k ||
 * Link to Addition Example**

Subtraction Sign ....................... || Take Away ........ || Equal Sign || The same as ||

Parenthesis || Answer Me First .... ||
 * =X=

Multiplication Sign || Make Bigger

k k  k ||
 * Link to Multiplication Example**

Decimal Point . || Dividing Point ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2017-03-06 at 11.26.19 AM.png]]

Division Sign || Make Groups of ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2017-03-06 at 11.29.20 AM.png]]

Right Angle || Link to photo showing
 * Stairs are Right Angles** ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2017-03-06 at 11.30.29 AM.png]]

Parallel Line || Lines That Never Touch

Lines That Are Next To But Do Not Touch

Link to k k  k || Perpendicular Line || Lines That End Up Touching
 * Railroad Tracks Are Parallel Lines**
 * [[image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Perpendicular_symbol.svg width="49" height="59"]]

Link to photo showing k k || ... || Smaller || ... || Larger ||
 * Parrots Have Parallel Wings**
 * and Perpendicular Toes**

[[image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Post-It.jpg width="200" height="153"]]Reading, Writing, Math, Science and Social Studies **Terms and Their Definitions**

 * ==** WORD ** **.**................... ==

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|| ==**KID-FRIENDLY DEFINITION** ....... == ||

**C**

 * Capital Letters **: Attention-Getting Letters
 * **Link to a Sign with Capital Letters**

D
Declarative Sentence

Discovery **: To find something new or that you did not know**
**Distinct** ** : Something different from others **

Exclamation Point : Excitement Mark. (!)
Exclamatory Sentence

Income : Money you get

 * ====The Average American Made $44.6K Last Year, CNBC (September 20, 2015)====

Inventory : To keep track of or make a list
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**R**

 * Revision : Do again to make better; to change something you have done**


 * Rhetoric: Getting someone to do what you want using words**
 * **Definitions of rhetoric by Plato, Socrates, Aristotle and more**

** Standard Spelling **: Book Spelling
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