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	<title>Opening minds... &#187; Idioms</title>
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		<title>Idioms</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had 2 resources for the kids to use in class for examples.

Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms  by Marvin Terban
There&#8217;s a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me by Loreen Leedy and Pat Streets

I had the students choose 4 idioms after looking through the books.  They made a poster of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had 2 resources for the kids to use in class for examples.</p>
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<li><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&amp;EAN=9780590381574&amp;itm=2" target="_blank">Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms </a> by Marvin Terban</li>
<li><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&amp;EAN=9780823418190&amp;itm=1" target="_blank">There&#8217;s a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me</a> by Loreen Leedy and Pat Streets</li>
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<p>I had the students choose 4 idioms after looking through the books.  They made a poster of each one writing the idiom, its meaning, a sentence with the idiom used properly, and then an illustration of the literal meaning of the idiom.</p>
<p>This went over well!   The kids did a great job on their posters!</p>
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