Title – Shared Reading/synonyms & antonyms

By – S. Bosarge

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Grade Level – 4th

Shared Reading – 25 minutes

I. Concepts

• Reading Shared/Choral
  
• Recognize and decipher between antonyms and synonyms.

II. Behavioral Objectives

• The students will be able to identify antonyms and synonyms.
  
• The students will read poetry fluently with rhythm and rhyme through shared reading.

III. Alabama Course of Study

2.0 – Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including recognition of a variety of synonyms.

IV. Materials

• White Board
  
• Markers
  
• Thesaurus
  
• Music to
  
  Kids Just Want to Have Fun
  
  
• Copy of poem
  
  Kids Just Want to Have Fun
  

Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

Chorus:

‘Cause kids they wanna have fun.

Oh, kids just wanna have fun.

V. Motivation

• We will talk about replacing words with synonyms.
  
• The teacher will give examples.
  
• The teacher will ask students for examples.
  
• Students will come up to the board and circle words that can be changed using a synonym.

VI. Lesson

1. Give students a copy of the poem


Kids Just Want to Have Fun


2. Read poem to students.

3. Have students read poem aloud.

4. We will sing

Kids Just Want to Have Fun

(to the tune of

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

).

5. Talk about some of the words in the poem.

6. Give students a thesaurus.

7. Have students brainstorm using the thesaurus to come up with synonyms.

8. Have students write down as many words that they can think of.

9. Talk about the words the students chose.

Closure:

Have students put their poems in their poetry folder so they will have them to read when they want.

Evaluation: Teacher observation

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