What’s on the Homographs poster
A 6-row table: Word · One meaning · Another meaning.
Same spelling, different meaning. Sometimes even a different pronunciation.
- bat — flying animal — used to hit a ball
- bark — sound a dog makes — outside of a tree
- wind — moving air — to turn a handle
- tear — water from an eye — to rip
- lead — to go in front — a heavy metal
- live — to be alive — happening right now
Read the whole sentence first. The other words tell you which meaning is meant.
Questions about the Homographs poster
- What’s on the Homographs poster?
- A 6-row table: Word · One meaning · Another meaning. Same spelling, different meaning. Sometimes even a different pronunciation. bat — flying animal — used to hit a ball; bark — sound a dog makes — outside of a tree; wind — moving air — to turn a handle; tear — water from an eye — to rip; lead — to go in front — a heavy metal; live — to be alive — happening right now. Read the whole sentence first. The other words tell you which meaning is meant.
- Who is the Homographs poster for?
- Homographs is filed under 4th Grade (ages 9–10), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Homographs poster?
- Read the sentence around it. Context is the only way to know. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Homographs belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Homographs?
- Root Words, Commas in a List and Editing Checklist sit alongside Homographs in the 4th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Root WordsCommas in a ListEditing Checklist
- Is the Homographs poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Homographs downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 4th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Homographs poster print at?
- Homographs is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Homographs loses nothing.Printing guide
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