Our class wasn't sure which kind of carnival book to create. We decided to "brainstorm" together.
To be confused
To think of lots of ideas
To have a headache due to a storm
When my class started to chat, Mrs. Brents told us to pay attention since time was short, but we still had "to cover a lot of ground".
To hide what you know
To go over new material or learn things
To run all over the playground
Lily waited until the last minute to do everything. The night before the project was due, she had to "crank out a paper".
To tear pieces of paper
To do your best writing
To quickly write or type a paper
Ms. Green is nice to everyone, but she is extra sweet to Ryan. Everyone knows he is "the teacher's pet".
The teacher's animal at home
The teacher's favorite student
The class pet
Gabe goofed off so much that finally, Mr. Davis said, I'm "keeping an eye on you"!
I'm ignoring you
I need glasses
I'm watching you
When I brought a heavy volcano project to school, I asked Jake to "give me a hand".
To let someone work alone
To help someone
To give someone an award
After the principal heard kids playing in the bathroom, we knew they would be "in hot water".
To be in trouble
To have a warm bath
To be given an award
The research project took so long to create that we were "working our fingers to the bone".
To have arthritis
To relax
Working really hard
My teacher said that if we can memorize our math facts, next year we'll be "ahead of the game"!
Someone who loves board games
Someone who is concentrating
Someone who is more likely to succeed
When we finished our biography projects, Mrs. Lang said that now we were "armed with skills".
Someone who has weapons
Someone who lifts weights
Someone with helpful experiences
Ms. Owens told us that good writers observe things carefully. She told us we could write better dialogue if we kept our "ears to the ground".
To pay attention to everything
To keep our ears clean
To tune everything out
