Don't put all your __________ in one basket.

• toothpicks
• apples
• eggs
• cheese

Let's get up at 6 am to make it to the store before the crowds arrive.  Early bird gets the worm!

• If you start something early you have a better chance of succeeding.
• Birds get up early to find worms.
• If you get up early, you will find the worms you want.
• Birds that like worms need to get up early.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Better ....................... than never.

• safe
• delayed
• now
• late

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I didn't want to move to a different town, but every cloud has a silver lining, I made lots of friends at my new school.

• You can find something good in every bad situation.
• You can find interesting shapes in every cloud in the sky.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

There's no use crying over _______ milk.

• old
• spilt
• yummy
• gross

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Slow and steady wins the ______

• Ribbon
• Taste
• Race
• Apple

Break a _____.

• Foot
• Leg
• Arm
• Elbow

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

• All other fruit is bad for you
• Doctors say to eat apples
• Eating healthy keeps you from getting sick
• Apple gummies do not count

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Don't count your chickens before their hatched.

• If you're asking for a favor from someone else, you have to take what you get. 
• If someone's helping you, you have to be careful not make them mad. 
• Wait until you've already succeeded and then you can think about what to do next.
• Different people have different ideas about what's beautiful.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A friend in ________ is a friend indeed.

• need
• jail
• school
• pain

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B