Shades of Meaning Activity

Shades of meaning task cards: students choose the best of three related words, such as warm, hot or burning, to complete 12 sentences, then sort raindrop word cards from weakest to strongest.
Grades
Preschool–Kindergarten, Grades 1–6
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Updated Jul 12, 2021

Subject
Pre-Reading, Vocabulary, Language Development, ELA
Topic
Synonyms
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The Shades of Meaning Activity is a great way for kids to learn about synonyms. They can read the task cards and choose the best word to fill in the blank. This activity is fun and educational!

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Learning objectives

  • Choose the word whose intensity best fits a sentence

  • Sort raindrop word cards from the weakest to the strongest shade of meaning

Skills covered

  • Context clues — reading each sentence to decide how strong the missing word should be

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  • Shades of meaning

  • Synonyms

  • Word intensity

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