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At Los Olivos, some of the English teachers are big fans of Idioms. But, maybe you are wondering what an idiom is. According to Cambridge Dictionary, an idiom is "a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own". So idioms do not always make literal sense (in fact, most of the times they don't), that's why they are so much fun to learn for students! They are incredibly useful for improving communication skills, to make you sound more fluent and natural when speaking English.
In 5th and 6th Grade students are working on Idioms as a part of their Daily Routine. Every day, a different student brings a new idiom to show the rest of their classmates. They also make a poster about it and then display them in the corridor.
In 2nd Grade we have also started to learn Idioms. We learn a new one every Friday and, so far, it's been such a success that some students are trying to use them in the classroom context. For instance, after an exam one of the students said: "Teacher, the exam is A PIECE OF CAKE!" 👏 We have also made little posters to remember them easily. These are the ones we have learnt about so far:
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