Mallory visits the library often. Everyone says she's a real "bookworm".
Someone who hates books
Someone who loves to read
Someone who reads in the dark
The science test was the next day, so Michael decided he should "crack a book".
To break a book's spine
To damage a book
To open a book to study
On the field trip, Mrs. Williams had to "count noses" over and over to make sure no one was lost.
To use a lot of kleenex
To do your best in math
To count how many people there are
Before practicing the class play, Mr. Perez told us that we needed to learn our lines "by heart".
To dream about your learning.
To memorize something
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 know the names of many colors
To pass the pilot's exam
Anthony was too tired to go to school. He decided to pretend he was sick, so he could "play hooky".
To go fishing
To skip school
To play a new game
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".
A straight "A" student
Someone who is lazy
Someone who may not get the best grades but tries really har
James was worried about the science text. He knew he would have to "hit the books" to do well.
To be angry
To visit the library
To study hard
When Ms. Chandra asked Jordan a tough question, he sat quietly. It was like he "drew a blank".
To fail to remember.
To remember everything clearly
To draw using a white crayon
After practicing long division for a few weeks, Mia said that it was as "easy as ABC!"
Something very challenging
Something you need to study
Something very easy
Sophie likes to read on a Kindle, but her brother is "old school" and prefers books you can hold.
A school from long ago
Someone who likes old things better than new things
An older student
When my class couldn't agree on a class pet, Miss Goh said we'd decide by using "a show of hands".
To do sign language
To see if your hands are clean.
To raise your hand to vote.
After Kyle painted a dinosaur picture, a few classmates decided to "copycat" his idea.
An original thought or act.
To do the same as another person does.
Twin cats
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 book
To learn from a bad experience
To learn from an online course
Our class wasn't sure which kind of carnival book to create. We decided to "brainstorm" together.
To have a headache due to a storm
To be confused
To think of lots of ideas
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 run all over the playground
To go over new material or learn things
To hide what you know
