Idioms Anchor Chart
- Year groups
- Years 4–5 (Key Stage 2)
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Vocabulary, Language Development, English
- Topic
- Idioms, Vocabulary
- Resource types
- Anchor Charts
- Preparation
- Print ready
- England expectations
- Key Stage 3 · Reading
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About this resource
This resource is a set of 4 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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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 customisation — a teacher fills in the blank idiom-example templates with chosen idioms and their figurative/literal meanings for classroom display.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
England expectations
- Key Stage 3 · Reading — England Key Stage 3 English reading: knowing how language, including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning.
Core concepts
Core concepts
Idioms
Figurative vs. literal language
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