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Idioms: A Figurative Language Game for Grades 2-4

Idioms: A Figurative Language Game for Grades 2-4 preview
Idioms: A Figurative Language Game for Grades 2-4 preview

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Idioms directions: students match idioms to meanings via Go Fish, Memory or a matching game, then illustrate each phrase
Teacher overview of the game options and follow-up drawing task
Idiom matching cards: Easy as Pie, Break a Leg, Skating on Thin Ice and Couch Potato paired with meaning cards to cut out
Cut apart for Go Fish or Memory in small groups
Idiom matching cards: Raining Cats & Dogs, Hold Your Horses, An Arm and a Leg and Blue Moon with their meaning cards
Second card set to extend the matching game
Easy as pie: students draw the literal picture of the idiom, then write what it really means in the space below
Follow-up drawing after students match this idiom
Break a leg: students illustrate this idiom and explain its real meaning under the prompt What it really means!
Pair with a talk about theater sayings
Skating on thin ice: students sketch the idiom and write its figurative meaning beneath What it really means!
Exit slip option for literal vs. figurative meaning
Couch potato: students draw a picture for this idiom and explain what the phrase really means in their own words
Early-finisher page or display piece for a bulletin board
Raining cats & dogs: students illustrate the idiom literally, then write its actual meaning about heavy rain
Good weather-themed pick for a class idiom book
Hold your horses: students picture the idiom in a drawing and record what it really means below
Partner work: compare drawings and explanations
An arm and a leg: students draw this idiom and explain its real meaning about cost under What it really means!
Homework option to share at the next lesson
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Subject

ELA, Grammar, Language Development, Vocabulary

Grades

Grade 2, 3, 4

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About This Product

This activity is great for helping students understand figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. It's a great way to help them improve their reading comprehension skills.

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Idioms

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