What will play when the cat's away? Practice figurative language with a list of proverbs about animals. Kids use the word bank at the top of the page to fill in the blanks based on their knowledge of common phrases.

Concepts

proverbs, adages, figurative language, idioms, common sayings

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a warm-up activity during your unit on figurative language
• Include in a language arts packet for extra practice at home
• Have kids translate each proverb, and then illustrate the figurative and literal versions

Classroom Considerations

• Worksheet is in color; printing in black-and-white might obscure instructions or sentence numbers

Pros

• Straightforward and easy to complete
• Comes with an answer key for simple assessment

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.4.5.b L.5.5.b