Idioms Anchor Chart
- Grades
- Grades 1–4, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Vocabulary, Language Development, ELA
- Topic
- Idioms, Vocabulary
- Resource types
- Anchor Charts, Teacher Tools
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Ontario expectations
- C3.1
From the author
About this resource
This resource is a set of 4 charts">anchor charts for teaching idioms. The first chart is complete. The following 3 charts are fill in the blank. These charts work great for a bulletin board display or inserted into students' interactive reading notebooks.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students learn that an idiom is a word or phrase whose figurative meaning differs from its literal wording.
Teaching tips
Fill in the two blank idiom-example templates with idioms relevant to your class before displaying the chart, since no specific idioms are pre-printed in the file.
Skills covered
Idiom definition recall — students learn that an idiom carries a figurative meaning different from its literal wording.
Anchor chart customization — a teacher fills in the blank idiom-example templates with chosen idioms and their figurative/literal meanings for classroom display.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
How do I use the blank idiom-example templates on this chart?
The chart includes two blank templates, each reading "The idiom '___' means '___' not literally '___'," for a teacher to fill in with idioms chosen for their own class before displaying it.
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
Ontario expectations
- C3.1 — Ontario Grade 6 Language C3.1: describe literary devices, including hyperbole and idioms, in a variety of texts, and explain how they help create meaning and are appropriate for the intended purpose and audience.
Core concepts
Core concepts
Idioms
Figurative vs. literal language
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