Rainbow Opposites Matching

Cut apart the rainbows for use in centers and games.  Students put the puzzles together by matching the opposite words.

The 2-page PDF has 12 rainbow puzzles with an opposite word pair on each one: rain and sun, happy and sad, light and dark, hot and cold, up and down, left and right, wet and dry, smile and frown, black and white, stop and go, in and out, and loud and quiet.

Rainbow Printable Opposites Puzzles

Ways to use it

• Cut each rainbow in half and have students match the opposites.
• Act out each pair of words after matching.
• Use the puzzles at a learning center.
• Read each word and ask students to name its opposite.
• Play a memory game with the halves face down.
• Have students draw a picture for one pair of opposites.