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Shades of Meaning Activity

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Shades of Meaning Task Cards & Sorting cover with tiny, little, small umbrella art and directions for both activities
Read the directions aloud before setting up the station
Task cards 1-6: students choose the best word for each sentence blank, e.g. tiny, little or small for a hard-to-see ant
Pair work: discuss why one near-synonym fits each sentence best
Task cards 7-12: students pick the best-fitting word, such as cool, cold or freezing for water turning to ice
Second set of cards to rotate through a word-choice center
Raindrop cut-outs, sets 1 and 2: tiny, little, small and happy, joyful, excited, to sort from weakest to strongest
Cut and laminate for the sorting extension
Raindrop cut-outs, sets 3 and 4: cute, pretty, beautiful and good, great, amazing, ranked by strength of meaning
Small-group sorting: line up raindrops from mild to intense
Raindrop cut-outs, sets 5 and 6: whispered, said, yelled and warm, hot, burning, for ranking words by degree
Prep sheet: print, cut and store with the matching cards
Raindrop cut-outs, sets 7 and 8: cool, cold, freezing and wet, soggy, soaked, for students to order by intensity
Use for a quick whole-class word line on the board
Raindrop cut-outs, sets 9 and 10: annoyed, angry, furious and giggle, chuckle, laugh, to group by number and rank
Feelings and actions words for a word-intensity discussion
Raindrop cut-outs, sets 11 and 12: smelly, stinky, rotten and scared, afraid, terrified, to sort mildest to strongest
Final raindrop sheet; keep sets together by number

Answer key included

Answer key included
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Language Development, Pre-Reading, Vocabulary

Grades

Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Types

Activities

File

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About This Product

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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Synonyms

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