Rebus Puzzles
- Grades
- Grades 4–8
- Pages
- 22
- File type
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- ELA, Vocabulary
- Topic
- Rebus puzzles, Wordplay
- Resource types
- Games, Activities, Presentations
- Answer key
- Included
- Standards
- CCSS.L.4.5
Product description
From the author
If you're looking for something to challenge your students, these Rebus Puzzles will do the trick.
There are 10 puzzle slides with 6 puzzles each, plus 10 matching answer slides and a cover. There is a blank slide at the end to create your own.
Students will expand their critical thinking as they work to decipher these riddles.
Answer key included.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Decode a familiar English phrase from a visual rebus puzzle using letter position, size, and arrangement as clues
Teaching tips
Present one puzzle slide at a time and reveal its answer slide only after students attempt the puzzles
Preview the idiom list before use, since several phrases (sports terms, adult expressions) may need explanation for younger or English-language-learner audiences
Use as a warm-up or transition activity rather than a full lesson, since the file provides no instructional framing
Skills covered
Interpret word position, size and repetition to identify phrases
Explain figurative meanings when an answer is an idiom
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
How can I make this more than a guessing activity?
Ask students to explain which part of the picture or lettering supports their answer before revealing the solution. Partners can compare different interpretations of the same clue.
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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
Standards
- CCSS.L.4.5 — Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. c. Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).
Core concepts
Core concepts
Idioms
Figurative language
Rebus puzzles
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