Idioms are one of those things that I struggled to find a place for in my classroom. I always had a large cohort of ELL students in my room, and English language learners do not understand idioms. I don't think I would get them in another language either!
Adding the difficulty reading in English that a lot of these kids had, most of the idioms resources I had in my room just didn't cut it. Ha! An idiom!
This summer I started collecting pictures of idioms from Shutterstock to make into sorting cards. The cards have a cartoon of an idiom or a picture that shows what the idiom means.
There are so many ways to use these cards. You could have an idiom of the week and put both cards up on a board. You could could laminate matching cards back to back so kids can flip back and forth to learn the meaning of cards. You could sort them yourself and have kids come up with idiom definitions. Kids could match the cards themselves. You could use a matching game as an assessment. Really, your options are endless.
Making these cards makes me so happy because they are a tool that will make life easier for teachers and give students a positive experience mastering a standard. Teaching and learning are both so hard, I want to support everyone any way I can.
There are 21 idioms in the set. If you would like to purchase the cards, you can do so at Teachers pay Teachers. I will list it on Teacher's Notebook soon.
If printing all this color is a challenge, I can also mail you the pictures printed on cardstock if you order it as a hard good. It is only $1 more plus shipping.
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