After reading Loree Leedy's There's a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me, kids create and illustrate their own poems that convey the meaning of an idiom. The poems are then transferred into Shutterfly's Photo Story, or a similar publishing program, to produce a class idiom book.

Concepts

idioms, photo stories

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a sample photo story idiom book, or saves copies year-to-year to use as samples

Classroom Considerations

• The activity as designed requires tablets and Shutterfuly Photo Story or a similar publishing program

Pros

• The resource packet includes a checklist/rubric

Cons

• Although many idiom sites are available on the Internet, no lists and/or links are included in the resource
• No models are included
• The activity assumes class members are familiar with poetry writing and how to craft poems

Common Core

W.4.5 W.4.6 L.4.5.a