Show, Don’t Tell – Feelings Synonyms Poster Activity Pack

Common Core State Standards alignment

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
  In Grade 1English Language Arts StandardsReading: LiteratureCraft and Structure

  Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses....

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3
  In Grade 3English Language Arts StandardsReading: LiteratureKey Ideas and Details

  Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events...

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.B
  In Grade 3English Language Arts StandardsWritingText Types and PurposesCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3

  Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations....

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.C
  In Grade 3English Language Arts StandardsLanguageVocabulary Acquisition and UseCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5

  Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered)....

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.C
  In Grade 4English Language Arts StandardsLanguageVocabulary Acquisition and UseCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5

  Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms)....

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.C
  In Grade 5English Language Arts StandardsLanguageVocabulary Acquisition and UseCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5

  Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words....