Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales - Center for Puppetry Arts
Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales - Center for Puppetry Arts
Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales - Center for Puppetry Arts
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Learning Activities<br />
1st & 2nd Grade: Super Synonyms <strong>and</strong> Awesome Antonyms Match-Up<br />
Georgia Per<strong>for</strong>mance St<strong>and</strong>ards covered: Grade 1, English/Language <strong>Arts</strong>, Vocabulary, ELAR15 b, c;<br />
Grade 2, English/Language <strong>Arts</strong>, Vocabulary, ELA2R3 b.<br />
Objective: Students will visit a website to play a game to uncover matching pairs of word cards containing<br />
synonyms <strong>and</strong> antonyms. Then, students will record all of their matching words on paper organized under<br />
the headings “synonyms” <strong>and</strong> “antonyms.”<br />
Materials: Computers with Internet access, paper, pencils.<br />
Procedure:<br />
1. Have students go to http://www.quia.com/cc/44798.html to play an online concentration game<br />
to match word cards containing synonyms (words with similar meanings).<br />
2. Each time they successfully match a pair of words with similar meanings, they should record both<br />
words on a sheet of paper under the heading “synonyms.”<br />
3. When they have successfully matched all of the synonyms, have them go to http://www.quia.com/<br />
cc/44806.html <strong>and</strong> play the same game <strong>for</strong> antonyms (words with opposite meanings).<br />
4. Each time they successfully match a pair of words with similar meanings, they should record both<br />
words on a sheet of paper under the heading “antonyms.”<br />
5. When all students have completed the activity, review the word lists that they have compiled<br />
together as a class.<br />
Assessment: Collect word lists <strong>and</strong> check <strong>for</strong> completion. Quiz students on the words from both<br />
lists after two months time to test <strong>for</strong> retention.<br />
Synonyms<br />
Antonyms<br />
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