4th grade adages, proverbs, and main idea

When it rains, it pours.

• In times of plenty, we must remember people who suffer more than
  we do.
• Light sprinkles generally turn into violent storms.
• The wetter you get, the harder it rains.
• When luck changes, it tends to change dramatically.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Pain in the neck. 

• My neck hurts.
• I need help.
• I went to the hospital.
• Hard to get along with sometimes.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Under the weather

• go to sleep
• stop what you're doing
• not feeling well
• feeling great 

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The early bird catches the worm

• Birds eat a lot of worms when they are hungry
• Accomplish two tasks by one action
• Whoever arrives first has the best chance for success
• None of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does it mean to say: "It's raining cats and dogs!"?

• Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.
• It's raining very heavily.
• We are having a tornado.
• Animals have learned to fly.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does it really mean? "It's a piece of cake."

• Something is easy.
• Something is delicious.
• Something is soft and warm. 

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You cannot leave the kitten because it was rude to you. Two wrongs don’t make a right. What does this mean?

• Just because the kitten did something bad doesn't mean you should also.

• It's okay to do something bad if it's done to you first.

• If the kitten had been nicer then you could be nice to it.

• It's always good to take care of kittens.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does MAIN IDEA mean?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

• All the eggs don't fit in one basket.
• You need to get a bigger basket.
• Buy smaller eggs.
• Don't put all your prospects into one thing.

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7