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Antonyms
On Again, Off Again
How to Assemble
Materials
1.Cut out the front label on page 21.
Glue it to the front of the pocket folder.
v pages 20–25
2.Cut out the pocket labels and answer key
on page 22. Glue them to the inside of the
folder, as shown.
v two-pocket folder
v scissors
3.Cut out the activity mat, word cards, and
sentence cards on pages 23, 24, and 25.
Store the cards in the zipper plastic bag.
v glue
v zipper plastic bag
4.Make multiple copies of the practice page
on page 20.
On Again, Off Again
Practice Pages
5.Place the practice pages in the left pocket and
the activity mat and cards in the right pocket.
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activity Mat and Cards
Antonyms
On Again, Off Again
answers
Camping Among the Fireflies
asleep
borrow:
lend
1. scarce
build:
destroy
2. never
deep:
shallow
3. loud
friend:
enemy
4. backward
full:
empty
5. forget
7. destroy
hard:
soft
6. early
8. better
kind:
cruel
9. hard
narrow:
wide
shout:
whisper
straight:
curved
worse:
better
2. full
curved
narrow
lend
destroy
hard
asleep
full
deep
early, late
never, always
backward, forward
4. narrow
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5. deep
whisper
better
6. whisper
1. I asked to borrow Seth’s oil lantern.
Sentence Cards
awake:
Challenge
loud, soft
forget, remember
1. lend
3. curved
practice pages
Activity Mat
Practice Page
Find the antonym for each underlined word.
Use the words in the word bank.
Write the antonym on the line.
10. asleep
2. It was empty when he gave it to me.
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3. I wished the path to the campsite was straight.
Practice Pages
4. Some parts of the path were wide.
5. We had to cross a shallow creek.
6. I told Seth to shout when he found the perfect campsite.
7. It took some work to build a great campsite.
8. The cricket sounds were worse than I remembered.
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thought my sleeping bag would make a soft bed.
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Practice Pages
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Challenge: Write about a camping trip.
Use these words and their antonyms.
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1. lend
2. full
3. curved
4. narrow
8. better
Challenge
loud, soft
forget, remember
early, late
never, always
backward, forward
asleep
borrow:
lend
1. scarce
build:
destroy
2. never
deep:
shallow
3. loud
friend:
enemy
4. backward
full:
empty
5. forget
hard:
soft
8. better
kind:
cruel
9. hard
narrow:
wide
shout:
whisper
straight:
curved
worse:
better
6. whisper
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lend
build:
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shallow
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enemy
full:
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Antonyms
Date
Camping Among the Fireflies
Find the antonym for each underlined word.
Use the words in the word bank.
Write the antonym on the line.
Word Bank
asleep
full
deep
lend
destroy
hard
whisper
better
1. I asked to borrow Seth’s oil lantern.
2. It was empty when he gave it to me.
3. I wished the path to the campsite was straight.
4. Some parts of the path were wide.
5. We had to cross a shallow creek.
6. I told Seth to shout when he found the perfect campsite.
7. It took some work to build a great campsite.
8. The cricket sounds were worse than I remembered.
9. I thought my sleeping bag would make a soft bed.
10. I checked to see if Seth was awake.
Challenge: Write about a camping trip.
Use these words and their antonyms.
loud
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forget
early
never
backward
On Again, Off Again Practice Page • Pocket-Folder Centers: Reading © 2010 by Karen Shelton, Scholastic Teaching Resources
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narrow
On Again, Off Again Front Label, • Pocket-Folder Centers: Reading © 2010 by Karen Shelton, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Antonyms
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Skill
What To Do:
1.Read each word card. Match it to the word
on the mat that means the opposite.
2. Find an opposite match for each word on the mat.
3.Read a sentence card.
What is the underlined word?
4.Find the word that means the opposite of that word.
Put that card on the box next to the sentence.
5. Check your answers.
6. Complete a practice page.
7. Check your answers.
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Practice Pages
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On Again, Off Again Pocket Labels and Answer Key, • Pocket-Folder Centers: Reading © 2010 by Karen Shelton, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Activity Mat and Cards
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On Again, Off Again
Answers
Practice Page
1.lend
Activity Mat
Challenge
loud, soft
forget, remember
early, late
never, always
backward, forward
awake:
asleep
Sentence Cards
borrow:
lend
1.scarce
build:
destroy
2.never
deep:
shallow
3.loud
friend:
enemy
4.backward
full:
empty
5.forget
7.destroy
hard:
soft
6.early
8.better
kind:
cruel
9.hard
narrow:
wide
10.asleep
shout:
whisper
straight:
curved
worse:
better
2.full
3.curved
4.narrow
5.deep
6.whisper
On Again, Off Again Activity Mat, • Pocket-Folder Centers: Reading © 2010 by Karen Shelton, Scholastic Teaching Resources
narrow
build
straight
awake
shout
full
worse
friend
deep
kind
borrow
hard
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On Again, Off Again Word Cards • Pocket-Folder Centers: Reading © 2010 by Karen Shelton, Scholastic Teaching Resources
asleep
backward
better
wide
cruel
curved
destroy
early
enemy
empty
forget
soft
lend
loud
never
scarce
shallow
whisper
1. Fireflies are plentiful out here.
2. I always sleep well outside.
On Again, Off Again Sentence Cards • Pocket-Folder Centers: Reading © 2010 by Karen Shelton, Scholastic Teaching Resources
3. The crickets are very quiet tonight.
4. W
hen she heard the twig snap,
she moved forward quickly.
5. H
e might remember to pour water
on the campfire.
6. Let’s get up as late as we can.
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