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Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Context

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

Figurative Language: Idioms

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration

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

Figurative Language: Alliteration Sentences

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Figurative Language: Silly Alliteration

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 3

Turn text messages full of abbreviated language and lacking punctuation into proper English.

Text Message Language

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

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

Word Meaning 1

This worksheet on verbs that start with O will broaden your third-grader's vocabulary and improve other language skills.

Verbs that Start with O

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!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

Help your third grader learn how to use sensory words to describe something with this great vocab-building worksheet.

Sensory Language

Adjectives help make the English language vibrant and descriptive. Kids will use their vocabularies to think up and apply different adjectives for each object.

Using Adjectives

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

Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

Practice using descriptive language with this adjectives worksheet all about describing a character's traits.

Listing Character Traits

Give your students more descriptive ability with an exercise that introduces new adjectives to their vocabulary.


Sorting Adjectives (Adjectives - Other) 1

Using pronouns is an important way to streamline our language. Kids will practice rewriting sentences to use the appropriate pronoun wherever possible.

Practice Pronouns

Get descriptive! This worksheet will help kids practice enhancing verbs and adjectives by using adverbs.

Using Adverbs

Articles are an important and special type of adjective. This worksheet will help kids practice using both definite and indefinite articles.

Using Articles

Practice using coordinating conjunctions in sentences with this third-grade grammar worksheet!

Using Coordinating Conjunctions: Food

Helps students become more comfortable using adjectives in their own writing with this creative grammar worksheet!

Write Sentences Using Adjectives

You <em>can</em> become an expert at using helping verbs with this grammar worksheet for third and fourth graders!

Complete the Sentence Using Helping Verbs #3

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Write Santa Claus-Themed Alliteration

An action verb is a verb that conveys action. Beginner writers can familiarize themselves with action verbs using this fun worksheet.

Using Action Verbs

This narrative writing worksheet teaches your budding author how to use quotes. Correctly using quotes in writing comes in handy for all ages.

Using Quotes in Writing

Use this lesson to introduce, review, and teach pronouns! Your students will get to practice using these words and build their reading and language skills.

Pronoun Unit

Learners sharpen their knowledge of language and vocabulary words with this game all about synonyms!

Dino Skateboarding: Synonyms

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