Synonyms Task Cards | Semantics Task Cards

NZ$4.00

Description

This colourful set of 32 Synonym Tasks Cards helps students to understand the meanings of words and how words function in sentences. Print and laminate these synonym task cards for regular use!
These semantics activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR) and are a practical addition to your structured literacy programme.
 
This set of 32 Synonym Tasks Cards features:
  • The first 12 task cards require students to choose the correct synonym for the underlined word.
  • The next 12 task cards involves finding the odd one out – which word is not a synonym?
  • The final 8 task cards involve defining the underlined word to show an understanding of prefixes.
  • Student recording sheet
  • Answers
  • Synonym definition poster
 
Why Teach Synonyms and other aspects of Semantics?
The meanings of words and the relationships of words are referred to as semantics. A reader’s breadth and depth of vocabulary contribute to reading achievement.
  • As the primary goals of reading and writing are determining and communicating meaning, it is important for students to understand the meanings of words and how words function in sentences.
  • As the majority of words in English have multiple meanings or shades of meaning, it is necessary for the reader to be flexible in determining the author’s intended meaning of a word within a sentence.
  • Semantics is one of the six evidence-based components of structured literacy.
  • Semantics (language structures) is one of the strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, which looks at the elements that make a skilled reader.

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