A quick synonyms check for Year 3. Page 1 holds five short tasks. Pupils match begin, shut, scared and fast to words in a box, put warm, hot and boiling in order from least hot to hottest, and replace nice in We had a nice lunch. Next they pick raced or strolled for the cheetah and silent or noisy for the library. Last, they write what a synonym is. Page 2 is the answer key. It works as an end-of-topic check after the longer synonym sheets.
Reading - comprehension
“checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and explaining the meaning of words in context”
Question 4 asks pupils to choose between raced and strolled, and between silent and noisy, using the meaning of the whole sentence.
Writing - composition
“composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures”
Question 3 asks pupils to supply their own better word for nice.
Four words, begin, shut, scared and fast, with a box of close, quick, start and afraid to fill the synonym column.
Hot, warm and boiling go into a table headed least hot, middle and hottest.
Pupils replace nice in We had a nice lunch, then circle or write the best word in two sentences, raced or strolled and silent or noisy.
One written question on three dotted lines.
Answers to all five tasks, with sample words such as delicious, tasty and lovely for the lunch.
End of topic
Give it to pupils working alone at the end of the synonyms unit. The single page is quick to mark with the key.
Spot who needs help
Look at question 2 and the lunch gap first. Pupils who put hot after boiling need more work on shades of meaning.
Homework
Send it home as a short task. Say the definition in question 5 aloud together first so pupils know what to write.
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