L.5.5.B Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.B
:"Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Expressions Explained
Worksheet
Expressions Explained
Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Puns with Idioms
Worksheet
Puns with Idioms
Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Visual Puns
Worksheet
Visual Puns
Introduce your students to visual puns with these fun images! Then, challenge them to come up with their own visual puns.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Hunting for Hyperbole
Worksheet
Hunting for Hyperbole
Help your students practice adding hyperbole into their writing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Easy Easter Idioms
Worksheet
Easy Easter Idioms
Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Identical Idioms
Worksheet
Identical Idioms
This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Lesson Plans
Explanations for Expressions
Lesson plan
Explanations for Expressions
Do your students need instruction in how to find and determine the meaning of figurative language? In this lesson, students will explore the exaggerations found in hyperbole and elements of idioms.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Pun Visuals
Lesson plan
Pun Visuals
Strengthen your students' understanding of figurative language by helping them interpret visual puns! Students will use a webpage to help them understand puns in their future reading and writing endeavors.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Spark Post Pun
Lesson plan
Spark Post Pun
Here's a pun-filled lesson for your students! Ask students to apply their knowledge of puns and Adobe Spark in this maker-centered lesson. This lesson can follow the Adobe Spark: Parts, Purposes & Complexities and the Pun Visuals lessons.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Idiom Card Swap
Lesson plan
Idiom Card Swap
Idioms are not always a piece of cake! Use this fun activity to teach your students the difference between the literal and figurative meanings of common idioms.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Workbooks
No workbooks found for this common core node.
Games
Dino Bones: Understanding Idioms
Game
Dino Bones: Understanding Idioms
Learners gain familiarity with common expressions in this fun game all about figurative language!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Game
Dino Fishing: Complete the Idiom
Game
Dino Fishing: Complete the Idiom
Children use their knowledge of figurative language to complete the idioms in this fun fishing game!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Game
Exercises
Idioms 2
Exercise
Idioms 2
Give a cultural lesson and expand your students’ vocabulary at the same time with this idioms exercise.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Exercise