This week we are again looking at synonyms

This week, we are again looking at synonyms and antonyms. Can you remember what synonyms and antonyms are? A synonym is a word that has the same (or nearly synonym the same) meaning as another word. An antonym is a word that has the antonym opposite meaning to another word.

This week, we are again looking at synonyms and antonyms relating to size. How many ‘small’ and ‘large’ synonyms can you think of?

Here are your spelling words for this week. immense vast • How many of these did you write on your list? gigantic gargantuan mammoth miniature miniscule insignificant microscopic petite • How are the words related as synonyms and antonyms? • Could you order these size words on your whiteboards from smallest to largest? Is there a right or wrong answer?

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence begin Challenge with a. Reveal fronted adverbial? Spin

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence include a word with a Reveal Challenge possessive apostrophe? Spin

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence use ‘before’ as a Challenge subordinating Reveal conjunction? Spin

Here are your spelling words for this week. immense vast gigantic gargantuan mammoth miniature miniscule insignificant microscopic petite Work hard to practise these size synonyms and antonyms.