2nd - 8th Grade Common Core Educational Resources : Page 10

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!

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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!

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

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

Students show what they know about their fourth-grade fraction skills!

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

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

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Your mind will burst with knowledge after completing this hyperbole activity! Turn normal skills and traits into larger-than-life abilities using exaggeration.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

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

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

Explore a fascinating period of U.S. history with this informational reading worksheet about the Harlem Renaissance.

Practice identifying and using verbs in the past, present, and future tenses as well as their progressive forms.

Practice spelling with plurals and possessives in this grammar worksheet for middle grades!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Practice solving one-variable, one-step equations with this engaging math puzzle worksheet!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Introduce learners to this fun form of figurative language with this entertaining worksheet.

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