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Proverbs and Idioms

For Teachers 4th
Students complete a unit of activities to learn about idioms and proverbs. In this idioms and proverbs lesson, students complete 16 lessons to learn about idioms and proverbs. Students complete a booklet of proverb and idiom activities.
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Proverbs and Their Definitions:4

For Students 4th - 7th
In this ESL activity worksheet, learners match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
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Proverbs and Their Definitions: 1

For Students 4th - 7th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
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Proverbs and Their Definitions: 2

For Students 4th - 8th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
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Proverbs and Their Definitions: 3

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ESL activity instructional activity, students match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
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Proverb Matching

For Students 6th - 8th
In this proverb matching worksheet, students match the first half of each of the 20 proverbs with the appropriate second half that completes them. Students discuss their answers.
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Dueling Proverbs #1

For Students 6th
In this writing proverbs practice worksheet, 6th graders complete 10 fill-in-the-blanks with missing letters to complete hidden proverbs. Letter clues are provided.
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Proverbial Picture Pages

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Examine the meaning of the word proverb, and then choose proverbs from a list. The list is not provided, but there are several resources listed here to find a variety of proverbs. Then have your learners explain the meaning of each...
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Contrary Proverbs #31

For Students 7th - 8th
In this contrary proverbs #31 worksheet, student interactively select the proverb that is contrary to the one that is given, for 7 proverbs, with immediate online feedback.
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Proverbs Matching and Explanation

For Students 5th - 6th
In this proverbs worksheet, students match the first half of 23 proverbs with the last half. In their own words, students explain what they mean.
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Proverbs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this proverbs worksheet, learners review and discuss eighteen key terms associated with proverbs and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Compare the Presidents

For Students 9th - 11th
How are Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama similar? How are they different? Look at two visual representations of them; what kind of first impression does they give you? After comparing the presidents, learners complete a proverb matching...
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Proverbs 16:12 - 13

For Students K - 3rd
In this D'Nealian printing practice learning exercise, students practice their handwriting as they trace the listed words taken from Proverbs 16: 12-13 in the Bible.
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Cloudy Days are for Reading and Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research weather proverbs and determine the scientific validity of 3 weather proverbs. They write an essay presenting their reasoning. They interview elderly people to graph the most frequently heard proverbs and theorize...
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Wisdom of Ben Franklin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin. They examine a list of proverbs of Ben Franklin and select a proverb to paraphrase. In addition, they create a modern proverb that has the same meaning as the one they picked by...
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Say What You Mean! ( Interpretation of Maxims)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply maxims to their reading selections. In this maxims lesson, students develop a list of proverbs. Students explain the meaning of the proverb and relate to a book they are reading. Students share additional proverbs from...
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Indonesian Proverbs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study a SouthEast Asian language and culture. They say, translate, and interpret three Asian proverbs and complete a discussion worksheet about what they experienced.
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Anansi Goes To Lunch - First Grade

For Teachers 1st Standards
Greed is the theme of this collection of multidisciplinary activities. As a class, read The West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby Norfolk, and take part in a grand discussion about it's plot and theme. Reinforce the theme...
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Proverbs Puzzle #2

For Students 7th - 9th
In this proverbs puzzle, students decode letters to determine a familiar proverb.  Each key word is represented by the first initial letter.  This puzzle contains approximately 15 famous sayings.  A link to the answers are provided.
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Testing Weather Proverbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study weather proverbs. In this weather lesson, students list weather proverbs and complete the worksheet to test the proverb. Students design an experiment to test the weather proverbs and conduct the experiments.
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Proverbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the origins of proverbs and examine several examples. Then they create their own collection of existing proverbs. Later they write their own original ones and share with the class.
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Dueling Proverbs #2

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary worksheet, high schoolers explore “dueling proverbs,” or proverbs that seem to contradict each other.  The one page worksheet contains ten pairs of proverbs to be decoded.  Answers are not provided. 
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"The Clever Monkey"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a variety of activities related to the book "The Clever Monkey" by Rob Cleveland. They answer story comprehension questions, and rewrite the story. Students also complete a comprehension and fact or opinion...
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Proverb Puzzle

For Students 7th - 9th
In this proverbs worksheet, students uncover popular  proverbs by solving letter puzzles. Each important word in a proverb is replace by its initial letters.

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