Antonyms games for 3rd grade

Antonym Match. Click Image to Enlarge Practice words that have opposite meanings by dragging the puzzle piece to where it belongs.

Antonym Matching. Click Image to Enlarge Find pairs with opposite meaning. Click Image to Enlarge Click on the blue button to identify the antonyms in the four questions.

Furious Frogs. Click Image to Enlarge Multi-player game practicing antonyms. Click on Play and join a game. Super Word Toss. Click Image to Enlarge Click on the Start button, then click on Antonyms and basic or advanced to start the game.

Toss the ball at the moving target that answers the keyword. Tap the target word to toss the ball. Word Frogs. Click Image to Enlarge Find the antonyms. Use your space bar to eat the antonyms and your arrow keys to position the frog's mouth. Search Internet4Classrooms. Internet4classrooms is a collaborative effort by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles.

Get students out of their seats with a group game. Have all students stand in a circle with a soccer ball. Choose a word to start with. Toss the ball to another person. That person says either a synonym or antonym and passes the ball to someone else. Continue until you can't think of more. Switch to a new word and play another round. Give third-graders practical experience at using synonyms and antonyms with a writing assignment. Start with a short passage; one paragraph is enough when introducing synonyms and antonyms.

Have students choose at least 10 words from the passage to change using synonyms. They might change, "The little car drove quickly down the street," to "The tiny automobile sped down the road. They might say, "The large car drove down the street. Antonym and synonym activities focus on the meaning of the words. Use creativity to emphasize the meanings. For synonyms, start with one word in the middle of the paper. Choose a word with several synonyms, such as "big. Use letters cut from magazines, letter stamps, letter stickers or other artistic materials to add the words to the paper with the original word in the center.

Have students draw pictures that illustrate the meanings of the words. For antonyms, give the students a list of words. Have them create an antonym for each word. The students write the pairs of words and draw pictures of the two meanings to show they are opposites. Integrate the synonym and antonym concept into reading passages in the classroom.

Make a chart with words for which you frequently see antonyms or synonyms in third-grade reading passages.