Playing With Idioms Activity
Using Playing With Idioms Activity, students use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
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How to teach Idioms
Using Playing With Idioms Activity, students use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
This activity teaches students how to use phrases or words that are new them in their writing. This activity is perfect for small groups, literacy centers or independent practice.
Students use the Idiom Cards to practice using the phrases in regular
conversation. Then, students draw pictures of the idiom.
Other resources to use with this Playing With Idioms Activity
If you are using this activity, your students are probably learning about Idioms.
Use this Matching Idioms Worksheet as an additional resource for your students.
Introduce this lesson by sharing well-known idioms with your students. Next, ask students to help you figure out what the sentence means. Then, students complete the activity independently or with a partner. As students work, circulate around the classroom to listen to student discussions’ about figurative language. Finally, share students discussions that you heard to promote figurative language skills. Once finished, students draw pictures of the idioms from the activity.
Be sure to check out more Idiom Worksheets.
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