Inspire a love for creative language in fourth- and fifth-grade students!

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.

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 will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.