Peter Mark Roget and the First Thesaurus Poster

Share the poster on National Thesaurus Day to explain why it falls on January 18. Students can look up a word in a thesaurus to end the lesson.

One poster with four fact boxes: Roget was born in London on January 18, 1779, he worked as a doctor, he began sorting words by meaning in 1805, and his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases came out in 1852. It ends with thesaurus coming from a Greek word meaning treasure house.

Yes. We made it for 2nd Grade to 5th Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

3 printable resources, all free to preview. There are 6 National Thesaurus Day resources in all, from 2nd Grade to 5th Grade, gathered on our National Thesaurus Day activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 2nd Grade to 5th Grade students, roughly ages 7-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 2nd Grade to 5th Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.