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Go Fish for Antonyms

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after reading and discussing the book, "One Fish Two Fish," by Dr. Seuss, practice matching pairs of antonyms together with an accuracy of 12 out of 15. They make flashcards in the shape of fish to study with and play a...
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Twin Words

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss twin words. They examine the use of homophones and create cartoons to illustrate the homophones. Students play "Go Fish" using synonyms, antonyms, or homophones.
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Structured Diamante Poem

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, and antonyms. Students will brainstorm a list of different parts of speech, study the format of a Diamante poem, and choose their own words to create their own Diamante poem.
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Antonyms

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students encounter words that are antonym pairs with opposite meaning. Students show examples of antonyms to the class. Students increase knowledge of antonym pairs. Students share stories full of antonyms with each other.
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Using Similes, Synonyms, and Antonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Children study similes, synonyms, and antonyms and identify examples in the book Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood. They write short stories about themselves using antonyms, synonyms, and comparisons of themselves to animals. They draw...
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Find a Match

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in pairs, are blindfolded and must find each other across the room by calling out synonyms to each other. They practice with antonyms as well. They can skip, gallop, hop or walk to each other to increase the physical...
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Synonyms and Antonyms

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders access a website to take a quiz on synonyms and antonyms and then complete an activity on the two. They write their own sets of synonyms and antonyms and take a post-test.
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Antonyms 5

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this antonyms worksheet, students choose the correct word that is an antonym to the one in bold print. Students have 2 words to choose from in each of the 10 problems.
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Miss Nelson is Missing/Miss Nelson is Back

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use simple strategies to determine the meaning of a story and to increase their vocabulary. Students understand the use of multiple meaning words, synonyms, and antonyms. Students determine the main idea and identify relevant...
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Auntie Nym's World of Opposites

For Students 8th - 10th
In this antonym worksheet, students choose the antonym of given words by clicking on the correct opposite from a selection of words. When the students complete the exercise, they may check the exercise and try again if they do not have...
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Antonym Comparison of Animals and Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore the purpose of antonyms. In this language arts lesson, students create a list of words to describe animals. Young scholars use the list to generate antonyms for each descriptive word.
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Here's an Instant Activity for November 5, 2007

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students improve their spelling skills by completing activities for homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. Students complete a spelling worksheet for 'ie' and 'ei' words. Students then identify 12 homophones, 12 antonyms, and 12 synonyms.
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Create Opposites: Antonyms

For Students 4th - 5th
In this antonym activity, learners write the opposite of a word in bold type in a sentences, choosing a prefix of "dis", "in" or "un" to begin each antonym.
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Opposites

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this opposites worksheet, students match a bold word or phrase in a sentence in column A with its opposite word or phrase in column B.
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Antonym Practice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this antonyms worksheet, students complete sentences in column A matching italicized words to their antonym in column B, 10 sentences total.
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Match Opposite Pairs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this antonyms worksheet, students read the ten words in a column and add a missing letter to a word in a second column that will make an antonym.
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Antonyms

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this antonyms worksheet, learners cut out the pictures and match the pictures together by finding their antonyms. Students fold the pictures together to create a flip book.
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Caterpillar Capers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these reading skills worksheets, students complete several worksheets of activities that help them learn alphabetical order, antonyms, and letter recognition.
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Word Opposites

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this antonyms worksheet, students match the word with its opposite from the given list of words. Students match 11 different words.
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Antonym Cards

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these antonym cards worksheets, students study the pairs of antonyms in the 4 worksheets. Students learn 42 opposite words.
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Antonym Crossword

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these antonyms worksheets, students complete two crossword puzzles for the antonyms. Students use the clues and the words to help them complete the puzzles.
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Analogies with Synonyms and Antonyms

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this synonym and antonym worksheet, students read the synonym and antonym for each word in the box below. Students then complete the analogies with the synonyms or antonyms.
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Antonyms 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this opposite meaning worksheet, learners read the sentences and then write the word on the blank line that is opposite in meaning from the word in parenthesis.
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Classroom JR - Antonyms

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this antonym activity, students change the underlined word in the sentence to its antonym. Students have a word bank to their answer choices.