Teaching Synonyms this Week? Antonyms? Or Both?

We can help! Turn your wordsmiths into walking thesauruses with our interactive synonym and antonym activities.

This synonym-matching activity builds vocabulary skills and solidifies your students’ understanding of the meanings of words. This resource encourages students to grow their vocabularies in an interactive format, having them drag-and-drop matching synonyms and antonyms.

This sorting activity is designed for students in years 3-5 due to more advanced pairs of synonyms and antonyms.

No-Prep Synonyms and Antonyms Activity on Deck!

This resource has been designed for independent practice but can also be done with assigned partners. 

Synonyms require students to access their critical thinking skills by looking for the subtleties in word meanings. 

• For students who are grasping synonyms faster, have them use the synonym pairs in sentences.
• Students who are struggling to understand the concept might find additional support in a small group structure where they’ll benefit from extra attention.

Grab and Go Synonyms and Antonyms Activities

Use the download button to download the Google Slides resource file. Assign the deck to Google Classroom, and your students will be ready to learn!

This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a Teach Starter Collaborator.