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Teaching figurative language is as easy as pie with this lesson. Give students a chance to explore different kinds of figurative language as they develop their own comic strip.

Figuring Out Figurative Language!

Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Context

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

Figurative Language Practice

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Figurative Language: Idioms

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Figurative Language: Silly Alliteration

Successful students set sail with alliteration! Use this resource with your students to practice writing sentences using alliteration.

Figurative Language: Alliteration Sentences

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 3

Turn text messages full of abbreviated language and lacking punctuation into proper English.

Text Message Language

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

Make idioms easy as pie with this lesson that has your students create their very own comic! Students will write idioms in speech bubbles for cartoon captions in this fun figurative language activity.

Figure of Speech Bubble Cartoons

Idioms are a challenging piece of figurative language for students, but it can be an easier task with the help of context clues. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the *Capturing the Clues* lesson.

Idiom Meanings and Context Clues

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

Figurative language can be difficult, especially for ELs. With the help of context clues and exposure to common idioms, it can be a piece of cake! Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the *Take a Walk with Idioms* lesson.

Working with Idioms

Learn how the languages of people indigenous to North America have contributed American English. Each student will research a word derived from an indigenous language and design a page for a class book featuring up to 30 indigenous words.


Observe Indigenous People's Day by Learning about Borrowed Words from Native American Languages

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Examples of Hyperbole! Part 2

Expand your child's language and vocabulary skills with this learning game all about superlatives!

Dino Bones: Superlative Adjectives

Examples of Hyperbole! Part 1

Learners sharpen their knowledge of language and vocabulary words with this game all about synonyms!

Dino Skateboarding: Synonyms

Use this Number Talk template to support your students’ oral language development as they discuss patterns.

Pattern Number Talks Template

Find the antonyms and help Roly cross the river in this upbeat language and vocabulary game!

Jumpy: Find the Antonyms

Use this Number Talk template to support your students’ oral language development as they discuss multiplication strategies.

Number Talks Template

Make your child flex her word skills in this game show-themed challenge of language and problem solving.

Fill in the Missing Letter

Teach your child the difference between "a" and "an", two of the three main determiners in the English language.

"A" or "An"

Using pronouns is an important way to streamline our language. Kids will practice rewriting sentences to use the appropriate pronoun wherever possible.

Practice Pronouns

Adjectives help make the English language vibrant and descriptive. Kids will use their vocabularies to think up and apply different adjectives for each object.

Using Adjectives

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