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 SYNONYMS:

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym? by Brian P.

Cleary

Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms by Brian P.
Cleary

If You Were a Synonym by Michael Dahl

Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg

Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black

Big, Bigger, Biggest by Nancy Coffelt

ANTONYMS:

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym? by Brian P. Cleary

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms by Brian
P. Cleary

If You Were an Antonym by Nancy Loewen

Black? White! Day? Night! By Laura Vaccaro Seeger

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 • I love using these videos while introducing synonyms & antonyms with
the mini-interactive anchor charts on the following pages:

Synonyms & Antonyms: https://video.link/w/cpfPc

Synonyms: https://video.link/w/nofPc

Antonyms: https://video.link/w/InfPc

• I don’t spend a great deal of whole class time on synonyms &

antonyms. I do, however, provide lots of practice during stations and
even transition times. Here are some ideas:
• These task cards come with printable and digital options that are
compatible with Boom Cards, Google Slides™, Seesaw™, and
Easel by TpT™. The Boom Cards and Google Slides also have a
version that provides optional oral admin.
• Matching activities
• Games such as BINGO, puzzles, and synonym & antonym
Dominoes
• Giving a word and asking for a synonym/antonym in order to
line up, get backpacks, etc.

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 Mini Anchor Charts
These directions are the same for both the synonym and antonym
pages.
1. Cut out and glue in the entire page.
2. Complete the definitions and examples together. You can scaffold as
much or as little as needed on the examples.

Interactive Notebook Page w/ Passage

1. Cut only on the solid lines.
2. Glue the passage page in as one piece.
3. For the second page, glue the “I will” statement at the top.
4. Fold on the dotted lines. Then glue only the portion with the word
synonym/antonym onto the page for the second two pieces,
creating flaps for the answers.
5. Students read the text and answer the questions. This can be done
together, with partners, or independently.

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 SYNONYMS
meaning

are words that have the

or very meanings.

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 ANTONYMS
meaning

are words that have

meanings.

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 SYNONYMS &
ANTONYMS
At the Zoo
My class had so much fun learning about animals
during our field trip at the zoo last week. I can’t believe
how many different animals we got to see!
Jenny’s favorites were the gigantic animals. She
especially loved the elephants and the hippos. She kept
going on and on about how huge they are.
While Jenny favored the enormous, Craig really liked
the tiny. He could have spent forever in The Bug House
watching the red-spotted longhorn beetles. Of course, he
always enjoys little creepy crawlers.
I was most excited about watching the chimpanzees. I
was amazed at how intelligent they are. These clever little
geniuses were using rocks as tools to open fruit. They also
seemed to have a lot of fun playing around with each
other.
We got to see all kinds of animals. Big and small, there
was something for everyone to enjoy.

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 I will identify synonyms and antonyms
within the text.

SYNONYMS

What is a synonym for What is a synonym for

the word gigantic in the word clever in
paragraph 2? paragraph 4?

ANTONYMS

What is an antonym for

Which words from
the word enormous in
paragraph 5 are
paragraph 3?
antonyms?

Directions: Cut only the solid lines. Fold on the dotted line. Glue the “I will”
statement at the top of the page. Only glue the top parts of the other
pieces (above the fold) to the page. Write your answers underneath
each question flap.
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