Reading Comprehension: Synonyms and Antonyms
Overview
This is a small lesson plan showing how to introduce synonyms and antonyms to a 4th grade classroom.
Introduction to Synonyms and Antonyms
Show video before brainstorming session.
Education Standard: 4.RC.11 Identify relationships among words, including more complex homographs, homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meanings.
Reading Comprehension 4th grade.
Watch the video below.
Group Brainstorming Session
Do a small activity where you will put two words on the white board and they have to tell words that are similar and mean the same. As well as words that are that mean opposite.
After looking at a few words on the board students will have a brainstorming session where they list off different synonyms or antonyms for the words on the board.
Class Activity
Separate students into groups of 3 or 4 depending on the number of students.
There will be eight sets of desks around the room, each set will be assigned a color.
At each station there will be sets of cards where students will have to either match up synonyms, match up antonyms from different words in the set.
And/ or write a sentence using either the synonyms or the antonyms depending on which station they are at.
There will be an action card in the middle of the table that they have to perform to go to the next table. EX: Do 5 jumping jacks or hop 5 times; act like a cat or act like a fish
If they succeed they will get a colored card showing they completed that station, they will then move to the next.
The goal is to have all eight colors, if they get all eight they will get a prize of five bonus points.
| For SPED students there will be multiple options for students to choose from when it comes to the activity cards. Some of which are not as physically taxing. Such as stretching their arms or making their hands into fists 10 times. | For English language learners, I will help them work through the different sections to help explain different words. Or the person helping them if they have someone from speech can help them. | High ability students will do the activity as is with a few extra words. But will still be able to ask me questions as I will walk around the different stations. |
After being split into groups, each group will start at a different section.
Sections are determined by different colors; Red, Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, and Black.
Students will follow the directions posted at each section, and will do each activity card when done.
After finishing take a colored popsicle stick and move to the next section.
Formative Assessment
Using the following words make four different sentences, one per word. After doing so, what is a synonym and antonym for each word?
Words
Running
Love
Energetic
Healthy
Summative Assessment
Four out of Five correct is showing mastery
Read the sentences and determine which words are synonyms and antonyms. After doing so, determine the use of them in the sentence.
Haley loves the rain, but she hates mud.
Haley thinks mud is disgusting; she thinks it feels gross.
Riley likes going to the park; the swings are her favorite.
Though she likes the park, she hates the mulch on the ground.