Second Grade Challenge: January 2-6

Hello, second graders! Happy 2017! For your first challenge of the new year, you will create and illustrate a semantic gradient.

You may already know about synonyms--words that have a similar meaning--and antonyms--words that have opposite meanings. A semantic gradient takes several synonyms and antonyms and puts them in order from one extreme to another. One example of a semantic gradient is below:

microscopic

tiny

small

little

big

huge

giant

enormous

For your challenge this week, you will make a semantic gradient of your own. Your semantic gradient should include at least six words, and you will draw a picture to go along with each word. In the example above, I might draw a flea to go along with the word "microscopic," an ant to go along with the word "tiny," and so on... all the way up to a T-rex for the word "enormous." You can choose whichever images you'd like as long as they match the words you used.

Have a grown up take a picture of your work and send it to acsk2challenge@gmail.com . You will get a certificate, and your name will be entered into a drawing. You might win a sweet treat! Good luck!

Ms. D