What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

Many idioms are a dime a dozen. Give kids a chance to flex their figurative language skills and creativity by having them write and illustrate their very own idioms. Students will find that time really does fly when they're having fun!

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

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!

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

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

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

In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.

Use context clues to guess the meaning of idioms in this figurative language worksheet!