TEKS ELA Standard: 6.9.D

Idioms About Numbers 2

Five idioms related to numbers.

Idioms About Numbers 1

Five idioms related to numbers.

Idioms About Salt

Five idioms related to salt.

Idioms About Eggs

Five idioms related to eggs.

Idioms About Dessert

Five idioms related to dessert.

Idioms About Food 2

Five idioms related to food.

Idioms About Food 1

Five idioms related to food.

Idioms About Feet

Five idioms related to feet.

Idioms About Noses

Five idioms related to noses.

Idioms About Hands and Fingers

Five idioms related to hands and fingers.

Idioms About Hands

Five idioms related to hands.

Idioms About Body Parts

Five idioms related to body parts.

Idioms About Bugs

Five idioms related to bugs.

Idioms About Birds 2

Five idioms related to birds.

Idioms About Birds 1

Five idioms related to birds.

Idioms About Ducks

Five idioms related to ducks.

Idioms About Geese

Five idioms related to geese.

Idioms About Names

Five idioms related to names.

Idioms About Bites

Five idioms related to bites.

Idioms About the Greeks and Romans

Five idioms related to the Greeks and Romans.

Idioms About Mouths

Five idioms related to mouths.

Idioms About Water

Five idioms related to water.

Personification: A River

A river that chases, chuckles, and grips things with a gurgle. Your students will see how a writer turns plain water into a living creature, then try it themselves on fire, snow, or traffic.

smoke-breathing Godzilla tree

Extreme Closeup in Slow Motion

Blue Flames of Kawah Ijen Volcano

uses bioluminescence to glow

Octopus Walks on Two Tentacles

World’s Best Juggler: Francis Brunn

bales of hay get into the Halloween spirit

Adorabilis: The Cutest Octopus

astonishing shot of a dust storm

sit on a dandelion

surreal woolen carpets

“plays” a steel table like an instrument

insects take off

pancakes that look like bacon and eggs

unbelievable BMX stunts

Starling Murmurations

a rainbow effect called iridiscence

carves the most delicate patterns

the strange Fingal’s Cave

shows off some of the techniques they used

Blanket Octopus unfurl its colorful skin

Banana Juggling by Joseph Viatte

lake as a musical instrument

a familiar Van Gogh scene

blend into its surroundings

inside the sun’s corona

played while submerged in water

Glass Armonica

Time-Lapse Volcano Eruption

Liquid Mercury Balloon in Slow Motion

A Mirror Made Entirely Out of Fur

Swimming Through a Lake of Jellyfish

Struggle Makes Us Stronger

How the lotus can teach your young students about resiliency.

Idioms About Money

Five sets of idioms related to money.

Idioms About Fire

Five sets of idioms related to fire!

Idiom Tasks

Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.

Idioms about Weather

Five sets of idioms related to the weather.

Idioms About Red

Five sets of idioms related to the color red.

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

Describing Author’s Voice

What if… Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?