Idiom activities

Idioms are fun and add interest to our language.. These 5 fun idiom activities will have your students learning & using idioms in no time.

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This year, why not try something different and host a "Dress Up with Idioms" day? Here are a few fun idiom costume ideas for your classroom!

I think this is a record this year. I'm actually posting for a third time in a week! Gotta celebrate the small things sometimes! Last week, we worked on idioms. Let me tell you...my kids KNOW how to identify some idioms! They don't always know what they mean, but by golly, they can tell you when they hear one! HAHA One of my students has even been keeping a list of all of the idioms he's found at home. He carries it everywhere and shows me his list like EVERY afternoon! Another one of my…

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"You Let the Cat out of the Bag!" What in the world is this teacher talking about ?!?!? Idioms can be very confusing for ELL students and younger students. This week we had a blast studying, reading, writing, and illustrating idioms. Before introducing Idioms, I had students guess the meaning of some different idioms, the guesses they come up with are hilarious! After completing and sharing our guesses, we write the "real meaning" in colored pen. Grab this free worksheet HERE. Next, we read…

Dress Like an Idiom Day is by far one of my favorite school days!

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'Teaching English idioms is not the easiest task. The following activities will help you to engage students quickly and help them understand this difficult language topic. Listen to this blog post: 1. Crocodile Idioms For this activity, you need to write various idioms on an index card and shuffle them. Let your students come to the front of the classroom, choose a card and act out that idiom. The rest of the class guesses which idiom it is. Also Read: 15 TEFL Course Testimonials You Should…

I always look forward to teaching figurative language in my classroom, and idioms in particular. Students get such a kick (note the idiom here) talking about and learning new idioms and we really enjoy doing some fun activities to help kids build a stronger language base. In this post by The Teacher Next Door, you'll read about seven different activities that reinforce idioms and have worked well in the classroom: