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Mallory visits the library often. Everyone says she's a real "bookworm".
 
Someone who loves to read
 
Someone who hates books
 
Someone who reads in the dark
The science test was the next day, so Michael decided he should "crack a book".
 
To open a book to study
 
To damage a book
 
To break a book's spine
On the field trip, Mrs. Williams had to "count noses" over and over to make sure no one was lost.
 
To count how many people there are
 
To do your best in math
 
To use a lot of kleenex
Before practicing the class play, Mr. Perez told us that we needed to learn our lines "by heart".
 
To memorize something
 
To dream about your learning.
 
To study the human heart.
Keisha wanted to do well on the spelling test. She knew that if she "passed with flying colors", she might make the spelling bee team.
 
To get a high test score
 
To pass the pilot's exam
 
To know the names of many colors
Anthony was too tired to go to school. He decided to pretend he was sick, so he could "play hooky".
 
To skip school
 
To go fishing
 
To play a new game
My dad had a difficult childhood. He said that everything he knew he learned from the "University of Life".
 
To learn from experience.
 
To learn things in college.
 
To learn from an online course.
Lucy was so excited about the talent show that she practiced daily! Her mom said she was an "eager beaver".
 
To be enthusiastic
 
To be hardworking
 
To hesitate
Kasey studied each day but never was able to get top scores. Her parents were still proud and told her she got an "A for effort".
 
Someone who may not get the best grades but tries really har
 
Someone who is lazy
 
A straight "A" student
James was worried about the science text. He knew he would have to "hit the books" to do well.
 
To study hard
 
To visit the library
 
To be angry
When Ms. Chandra asked Jordan a tough question, he sat quietly. It was like he "drew a blank".
 
To fail to remember.
 
To draw using a white crayon
 
To remember everything clearly
After practicing long division for a few weeks, Mia said that it was as "easy as ABC!"
 
Something very easy
 
Something very challenging
 
Something you need to study
Sophie likes to read on a Kindle, but her brother is "old school" and prefers books you can hold.
 
Someone who likes old things better than new things
 
An older student
 
A school from long ago
When my class couldn't agree on a class pet, Miss Goh said we'd decide by using "a show of hands".
 
To raise your hand to vote.
 
To do sign language
 
To see if your hands are clean.
After Kyle painted a dinosaur picture, a few classmates decided to "copycat" his idea.
 
To do the same as another person does.
 
Twin cats
 
An original thought or act.
Even Mr. Russell warned the class that hamsters can bite, Rachel put her finger in the cage. She had "to learn the hard way".
 
To learn from a bad experience
 
To learn from a book
 
To learn from an online course
Our class wasn't sure which kind of carnival book to create. We decided to "brainstorm" together.
 
To think of lots of ideas
 
To be confused
 
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 go over new material or learn things
 
To hide what you know
 
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 quickly write or type a paper
 
To tear pieces of paper
 
To do your best writing
Ms. Green is nice to everyone, but she is extra sweet to Ryan. Everyone knows he is "the teacher's pet".
 
The teacher's favorite student
 
The class pet
 
The teacher's animal at home
Gabe goofed off so much that finally, Mr. Davis said, I'm "keeping an eye on you"!
 
I'm watching you
 
I need glasses
 
I'm ignoring you
When I brought a heavy volcano project to school, I asked Jake to "give me a hand".
 
To help someone
 
To give someone an award
 
To let someone work alone
After the principal heard kids playing in the bathroom, we knew they would be "in hot water".
 
To be in trouble
 
To be given an award
 
To have a warm bath
The research project took so long to create that we were "working our fingers to the bone".
 
Working really hard
 
To have arthritis
 
To relax
My teacher said that if we can memorize our math facts, next year we'll be "ahead of the game"!
 
Someone who is more likely to succeed
 
Someone who is concentrating
 
Someone who loves board games
When we finished our biography projects, Mrs. Lang said that now we were "armed with skills".
 
Someone with helpful experiences
 
Someone who lifts weights
 
Someone who has weapons
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