Video- Homonyms

Are you ready to learn a big word?

Repeat this big word after me homonyms.
Great! Let’s look at some examples of homonyms.
Let’s start with the word duck.
Close your eyes and picture duck.

Open your eyes.
Is this what you thought of?
The word duck can mean a type of bird.
Let me hear what sound a duck makes.

Duck also means to lower your head.

This boy is ducking so he doesn’t get kicked during leap frog.

Show me how you would duck your head if something was going to hit you.

This is the word, bear.
Close your eyes and picture bear.

Open your eyes.
Is this what you thought of?
The word bear can be a kind of animal.
Let me hear how you make a bear’s growl.

This man can bear a lot of weight.
Bear also means to hold up or support.
Hold your arms like you are bearing something heavy.
Here’s a scale you’ve seen before.

Let’s zoom in on this snake and find its scales. Can you touch one of the scales?

This boy is scaling the wall. Can you move your arms and legs like you are scaling a wall, too?

Let’s try one more word that has two meanings.
This is the word capital.
You know your capital or uppercase letters.
The capital of a state is an important city where the government is. What is the capital of your state?

Click the pause button on this video and ask your learning coach, "what is the capital of our state?"

It’s fun to learn what different meanings a word has.
I’ll see you later kid!

Oh no, and I mean child, not a baby goat! Kid can mean both. Aren’t homonyms fun?