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Small Potatoes | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck

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Micro-learning deck cover showing potatoes labeled 3.4 oz and 10.1 oz and listing reading and language skills
Cover of the figurative language lesson deck
Lesson overview lists a language concept video, reading passage with audio, comprehension, and quick write
Overview of the lesson components
Opening prediction prompt asks what the idiom “small potatoes” means and includes a cue to compare
Prediction prompt before the video lesson
Video lesson slide shows two speakers and the example sentence “Losing power is small potatoes”
Video example introducing the idiom
Reading passage with audio explains “small potatoes” by comparing a power outage with a tree falling on a house
Reading passage explaining the comparison
Fill-in-the-blank practice has four passage sentences and the word bank actually, important, potatoes, problem
Four missing-word comprehension sentences
True-or-false practice asks students to classify four statements about the meaning and use of “small potatoes”
Four true-or-false comprehension statements
Summary activity asks for one sentence each after First, Next, Also, and Last, supported by a six-word bank
Four-prompt summary writing activity
Teacher directions cover preparation, approximately 30 minutes of activities, lesson formats, icons, and printing
Teacher instructions for using the deck
Accessibility overview lists Lexend Deca font, colored backgrounds, audio, writing templates, and learning options
Overview of embedded learning accommodations
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension

Grades

Grade 4, 5, 6, 7

Types

Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans

File

Microsoft PowerPoint

Editable
No
Author
Teach Me This
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About This Product

Small Potatoes | Figurative Language Micro-Learning This figurative language learning activity allows students to explore the term "small potatoes" in an engaging way. Through close reading of a passage with audio and an explanatory video lesson, learners will strengthen their comprehension of figurative language. Educators can implement this versatile resource in various settings like whole group instruction, small group work, or as a homework assignment. The activity enables students to analyze a reading passage and complete a quick write to demonstrate their understanding of small potatoes as a figure of speech. This micro-lesson supports language arts standards for grades 4-7.

What's Included

1 PowerPoint with 13 ready to display slides

Resource Tags

reading lesson comprehension activity small potatoes figurative language

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