Boost your 2nd & 3rd graders' reading and grammar skills with interactive Boom Cards! Students will love dragging and dropping answers or typing responses in text boxes. These self-checking activities are no-prep, CCSS-aligned, and target these essential skills: Recognizing context clues Understanding an author's purpose Figurative language Deriving word meanings Prefixes, suffixes, and affixes See what's included! 9 Comprehensive Resources (375 Boom Cards) Forget spending hours preparing materials or hunting for resources. Try Boom Cards today and make learning fun and effective! (375 Digital Boom Cards/ 9 Resources). INCLUDES: ⭐️ Context Clues in Sentences (45 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.A Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.A Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. ⭐️ Author's Purpose (20 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. ⭐️ Grammar: Shades of Meaning (30 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.5.B 
Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.C
 Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered). ⭐️ Prefix & Suffix Word Meanings (50 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.B
 Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.B Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). ⭐️ Root Word Clues (50 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.C Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.C
 Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). ⭐️ Dictionaries & Glossaries (40 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.E
 Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.D Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. ⭐️ Figurative Language & Nuanced Word Meanings (50 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5
 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. ⭐️ Literal, Nonliteral Meanings & Idioms (40 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A
 Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps). ⭐️ Making Real-Life Word Connections (40 cards) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.5.A Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.B
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