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.
- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Years 1–7 (Key Stages 1–3)
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- Preparation
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- Subject
- Pre-Reading, Vocabulary, Language Development, English
- Topic
- Synonyms
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
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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
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