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high or tall?
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Yams
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high or tall?
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which is the best way to explain young learners the difference between high and tall?
I downloaded a worksheet I found here, but I don �t know how to explain this difference to elementary level students.
I would appreciate your good pieces of advice...
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9 Aug 2010
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franknbea
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Hi Yams,
Tall=something projecting from the ground upwards (vertical size) = Tall building, Tall Man, Tall Girl
High= related to position(distance from the ground upwards) = high ceiling, high, aeroplane, high flyer, high jump
I hope this helps |
9 Aug 2010
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SueThom
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Another way of explaining the general rule franknbea noted is: does part of the object you �re talking about touch the ground or not?
If part of it touches the ground, it �s tall. (e.g. tall person, tall tree, tall building, tall ladder)
If no part of it touches the ground, it �s high. (e.g. high ceiling, high window, the airplane is high in the sky, the highest rung on the ladder)
All of that is when we �re describing something as high/tall, low/short. It gets a little trickier when you add talking about measurements. (How tall is the person? How high is the thing?) You probably don �t need to go into that with young learners, though.
And like frankbea, I hope this is helpful. Good luck!
Sue
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9 Aug 2010
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Yams
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Thank you!!!good explanation and very useful for my kids!!!! thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!
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10 Aug 2010
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