Students are asked to pick five words from the poems and use a thesaurus to find synonyms for each word on the Student Activity Page labeled "Synonym." The "Things to Know" and Skills sections explicitly define and emphasize synonyms and increasing vocabulary through knowledge of synonyms. The parent notes and activity guidance instruct students to choose stronger words and confirm that the synonyms they found are similar in meaning, encouraging deliberate word-choice practice.

Students identify and record action verbs from a poem and brainstorm many verbs related to an animal, which engages them in comparing word choices (Activity 1). Students record nouns and the adjectives that describe them and create illustrations based on those adjective–noun pairs (Activity 2), showing how one word informs the meaning of another. Students also identify end-rhyme word groups (Activity 3), which requires noticing word relationships and patterns in sound.

The 'Ideas to Think About' prompt asks students to consider 'What relationships and patterns exist among the words in poetry?', prompting attention to word relationships. In Activity 3, students record action verbs from the poem 'dog', brainstorm action verbs for an animal, and use a Venn diagram to compare vocabulary and other elements between two poems. In the Frost Poems analysis students examine lines and favorite lines, which requires noticing word choice and patterns in context.

Students are given an explicit definition of homophones ("words that sound alike but have different meanings") and see examples such as too/two and sea/see. Students are asked to write sentences using pairs of homophones and, in the more challenging option, to use both homophones in the same sentence. The activities require students to choose the correct spelling based on meaning, so they practice distinguishing word meanings through the relationship of sounding alike.

QUESTION #2 asks students to explain the difference between the words "mischief" and "malice," and the provided answer differentiates the two by contrasting their connotations (mischief = done in fun; malice = mean). This requires students to compare the relationship between two particular words to clarify their meanings.

Students are given a specific vocabulary list (ruffian, garnet, trousers, infantry, skiff, unwary) and are instructed to look up each definition in a dictionary and create a picture map for each word. The Parent Plan skill statement explicitly directs students to "identify key words and discover their meanings and relationships through a variety of strategies." Students are asked to explain their picture maps and definitions to a parent, which requires them to articulate word meanings.

Students are instructed to use a dictionary and a thesaurus and to record a "synonym or antonym" on one face of each Vocabulary Cube. The wrapping-up game requires students to give a synonym or antonym (or use the word in a sentence) when a cube lands with the word showing. The Parent Plan and Skills list explicitly tell students to use a thesaurus to determine related words and concepts.

The Skills section explicitly asks students to "use various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus...)" which gives students a tool for finding synonyms or related words. Students are instructed to "take notes on important information and vivid words and phrases that describe the city," and the poem rubric rewards "use of vivid language," which encourages attention to word choice.

The Skills section explicitly tells students to "apply knowledge of word origins, derivations, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms" and to "identify key words and discover their meanings and relationships." Students complete a "Natural Root Words" activity in which they match roots to meanings, record words that contain each root, and use those words in sentences. Students also complete a "Forced Analogy" activity that has them form comparisons between nouns and survival concepts, practicing making relationships between words/ideas.

Students complete Activity 2 (Prefixes) where they underline prefixes in words, think of another word with the same prefix, and fill or write sentences using words that contain those prefixes. Parent Plan skills state that students will "know common roots and affixes" and "infer word meanings from taught roots, prefixes, and suffixes to decode words in text." The lesson also directs students to review the meanings of the studied prefixes aloud and give examples.

The lesson explicitly defines a synonym pair in "Things to Know": "The Royalists, also called loyalists, were the colonists who supported the king in England." Students are also asked to "discuss the word choices" when they read their personal narratives aloud, which prompts attention to how words relate to meaning. The narrative uses contrasting word choices (e.g., "attractive clothing" versus "colorless, lifeless women" and the phrase "sharp contrast"), which models word relationships by showing antonymic or contrastive pairs in context.

The lesson's skills list explicitly tells students to use various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, online information) as an aid to writing, which provides a tool for finding synonyms or antonyms. In the Prefixes & Suffixes section students create a chart listing affix meanings and examples and write sentences using those meanings, which engages students in examining relationships among word forms.

Students are asked to identify eight words in a paragraph, underline them, and look up synonyms using a thesaurus, then write both the original words and their synonyms on the activity page. The skills section explicitly instructs students to apply an understanding of synonyms when writing and to use a thesaurus to find synonyms. The review prompts ask students to use a thesaurus to find a synonym for a given word and to consider how synonyms can make writing more interesting.

Students create vocabulary cubes that require a face for a synonym (Face 4) and a definition (Face 2) and then play a game using those clues to guess words. The skills list includes "Apply knowledge of synonyms and antonyms to determine meaning of words," and the Parent Plan provides synonyms for each target word for students to use. Students roll cubes, read clues (definitions or synonyms), and must identify or use the vocabulary words during the game.

Students are directed to circle prefixes and suffixes and to guess the definitions of vocabulary words based on those affixes (Activity 3). Students are instructed to look up the root before guessing and then record the actual dictionary meanings to compare with their guesses. Students complete a vocabulary table where they write a guessed meaning and the actual meaning for words such as placidly, judiciously, vulnerable, and inexorable.

Students brainstorm as many words as possible related to the word "water" and then sort those words into categories (e.g., sports, drinking, states of matter), practicing semantic grouping. Students review a list of transitional words and phrases and circle transitional words in a summary, recognizing categories of function for those words. The editing activity asks students to add transitional words or phrases, reinforcing recognition of word categories and usage in context.

The text explicitly equates two terms: it states "originality...which is also known as divergent thinking," giving a direct synonym relationship. In the brain-labeling activity, students are instructed to label parts using a word box and to add descriptive words (e.g., for cerebral cortex: memory, language, and awareness), which asks students to connect terms with related function words. These items show some attention to relationships among words and associating words with meanings.

Students are asked in Activity 3 to locate each vocabulary word in the text, copy the sentence that contains the word, look up the definition, and record the correct definition based on context. The Parent Plan lists as a skill that students should 'use multiple reference aids - including a thesaurus, a synonym finder, a dictionary, and software - to clarify meanings and usage.'