Idioms Sub Plan, Grades 3-5: Idiom Advice Column (No Prep)

Pip writes the advice column for the school newspaper, and three students have written in, each using two idioms. One feels like "a fish out of water" at a new school; one is "in a pickle" over a sister's markers. Students read the letters and write what each of the 6 idioms really means, then describe the silly picture you would see if the words were literally true for 3 of them.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Reading Page, 1 page: three advice letters, "Letters to Pip," 22 numbered lines
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a 30-point grading guide
• All four documents in one ready-to-print PDF, in print order, 6 pages
• 9 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no scissors.

Answer key included

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