Play a game using idioms with the students. Read aloud or write down an idiom. Ask students what they think it means. After several guesses, read the idiom in a sentence. Then have students guess the definition from the context.
Students can also draw pictures of the literal versus the actual meanings of the idiom.
The Idiom Connection Literary Calendar Use the Literary Calendar to introduce students to hundreds of authors a year. Assign each student a day for the following month. When the child clicks on the date, have them choose one of the authors to introduce to the class. Ask students to choose a business from a telephone book and compose a letter regarding the service or asking for more information about the service. Then have students trade letters.