6.++Glossary

 ﻿  Glossary 

**A glossary acts like a dictionary and can be seen as a valuable learning tool and resource. ****It has been put in place ****to allow both students ****a ****nd teachers to view special words and their meanings that they maybe unfamiliar with. **

**Adverbs:** Adds meaning to other parts of speech. E.g. John **carefully (adverb)** placed the glass on the table **Adjectives: ** Describing Words. E.g. The **furious (adjective)** lion scared me **Comprehension:** The ability to understand what is being taught. <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Constructivist:** Students’ ability to construct their own knowledge individually from the task at hand. **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Nouns: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Words used to refer to people, places and things such as Townsville, John, Ice-cream etc <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">E.g. **Townsville (noun)** is such a wonderful place **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Parts of Speech: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Are words which we use in our everyday lives through conversation and comprehension. The different parts of speech allow us to add meaning to what we are saying. **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Pronouns: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Is a word that takes the place of a noun. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">E.g. **John (noun)** went to the beach - **He (pronoun)** went to the beach **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Social Constructivist: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Where students are given the opportunity to socially construct knowledge with their peers. <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Verbs:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Are doing, being or having words. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">E.g. John is doing the **washing (verb)**

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