Discuss online dictionaries. If possible, guide students through steps of using an online dictionary.
APPLY Writer’s Corner
After students have finished, ask volunteers to read aloud their sentences. If time permits, have partners identify in each other’s sentences some other words that might be replaced with synonyms. Tell students to list synonyms for the identified words next to their sentences. Students should demonstrate an understanding of how to use an indexed thesaurus.
ASSESS Note which students had difficulty using an indexed thesaurus. Use the Reteach option with those students who need additional reinforcement. Practice Book page 135 provides additional work with using a thesaurus.
TEACHING OPTIONS Reteach Have students find words in the student model on page 215 that might be replaced with synonyms. Help students find one word in an indexed thesaurus. Discuss the synonyms and which word’s meaning best fits the context of the original sentence. Then have students work with partners to find synonyms for the rest of the words they would like to replace in the student model. Have partners rewrite the student model, using the synonyms they found in the thesaurus. Allow time for students to share their work. Discuss how the word changes affect the meaning of each sentence.
Illustrated Synonyms Name some common words, such as walk, pretty, and eat. Invite students to use a thesaurus to find synonyms for each word and to draw a picture or scene that illustrates each synonym. Have volunteers write a story using the synonyms and the pictures they drew. Ask volunteers to share their stories with the class.
ACTIVITY C Use the index entry for jump on page 230. Decide what numbers you would look under to find a synonym for jump in each of these sentences.
1. Petra had a jump on the competition because she had practiced her flute all summer.
2. When the monster pounced from a tree, everyone in the movie theater jumped.
3. Profits jumped when the company began to sell a new speedboat. 4. The team of soldiers jumped as their plane flew over the battlefield. 5. Anton jumped over the creek and kept on running.
For Tomorrow
ACTIVITY D Use a thesaurus to rewrite these sentences. Replace each word in italics with a synonym.
Have students find a magazine or newspaper article and rewrite it using synonyms they find in a thesaurus. Tell students they will share their rewritten article during the next class. Bring in an article you have rewritten using synonyms from a thesaurus to share with the class.
1. When Peter goes to the arcade with his friends, they talk for hours.
2. Jessica Montray’s first film as a director was a success.
3. Mark’s bedroom is always so clean you could almost eat off the floor.
4. They are using their pickup truck to carry pipes and lumber across town.
5. The outlaw escaped the hound dogs by swimming upriver.
Common Core Standards
6. We made a trip across the country in our beat-up car.
7. The diver looked nervous at the edge of the diving board.
8. A big lion lay behind the bush, ready to pounce on its prey.
9. The vase of flowers filled the room with a
Writer’s Corner
CCSS.ELA.W.5.4 CCSS.ELA.L.5.4c
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fragrant odor.
10. Our class gave the money we raised to the local food pantry.
to find three synonyms for the word noise. Write a sentence for each synonym you choose. Use a dictionary to check that you used each
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Use an online dictionary to check your synonyms.
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