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Play Word Meanings
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Year 2 · English
Clarify Word Meanings
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Focus on words with similar meanings synonyms. Open support for “Find Words with Similar Meanings”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 2 learners practise words with similar meanings synonyms.
The activities include Find Words with Similar Meanings, Recognise Words With Similar Meanings, Use Synonyms to Replace Words in Sentences, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, teaching-practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Find Words with Similar Meanings — support from Twinkl
- Recognise Words With Similar Meanings — support from Twinkl
- Use Synonyms to Replace Words in Sentences — support from Twinkl
- Use the Text to Help in Understanding New Words — support from Twinkl
- Use the Text to Help to Understand the Meaning of Words — support from Twinkl
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Victor Vocabulary Foxes Video
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KS1 Comprehension
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A Christmas Collar Guided Reading 4 Y2
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Second Grade Synonyms Worksheet
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Year 2 Dictionary Skills
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Unknown Word Detective
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