Idioms

We studied our brains out when we learned about idioms this week! Do you know what an idiom is? Idioms are....expressions whose meanings are not predictable from the usual meanings, such as "break the ice" or "kick the bucket". Idioms are a great way to spice up your writing. But be careful, you might not know what it means and it could mess up your paper. They are good to use if you know how to use them. Miss Bontrager wanted us to know how to use them properly so we made our own book of idioms. We drew a picture of the literal meaning and then wrote the idiom and on the next page we drew a picture of the actual meaning and wrote the definition. It was a lot of fun and some people came up with the funny pictures. We now feel comfortable using idioms!