Alice's Adventures with Idioms was developed specifically to teach the Common Core Language Standards.
Common Core Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Common Core Reading Standards for Literature - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Common Core Reading Standards: Foundational Skills:Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration -2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Common Core Standard 10: Range, Quality & Complexity:
National Music Standards 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8 for K-4th, Standard 1 for 5th-8th
National Theater Standards 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 for K-4th, Standards 2 and 6 for 5th-8th
Alice's Adventures with Idioms contains the following idioms, similes, and vocabulary words (yes, really! all these!):
IDIOMS
Apple of (someone's) eye, (been) around the block, Beat around the bush, Beat the clock, Beat the rap, Bite off more than (one) can chew, Bread and butter, Break bread, Break (one's) heart, Break the ice, Break silence, Break stride, Burn (one's) bridges
Cash cow, Cat burgler, Cat got your tongue?, Chew the fat, Cloud nine, Couch potato, Crazy about (something), Cry your eyes out, Cry wolf, Cup of tea, Cup runneth over, Cut corners, Cut the mustard, Down to earth, Down to the wire, Drop like flies, Eat (one's) words, Fish for compliments, Fish out of water, Food for thought, Frog in the throat, From the heart, Frosting on the cake
Get (one's) goat, Get to the heart of (something), Get under (somebody's) skin, Give (someone) five, Go hog wild, Go bananas, Go nuts, Grain of salt, Gravy boat, Gravy train, Hands down, Hard to swallow, Have a bone to pick (with someone), Have a heart, Have (one's) cake and eat it too, Have a cow, Head off, Heart on (one's) sleeve, Heart to heart, Hit the books, Hit the brakes, Hit the dirt, Hit the road, Hit the roof, Hit the sack, Hit a snag, Hit a wall, Hold (one's) tongue, Hold the phone, Hold your horses, Horse around
In a pickle, In the doghouse, In the same boat, Joined at the hip, Jump through hoops, Keep it under (one's) hat, Keep your eye on (someone), Kill time, Kill two birds with one stone, Knock (someone) over with a feather, Knock (one's) socks off, Leave a bad taste in (one's) mouth, Lend a hand, Look out for number one, Lose count, Lose ground, Lose (one's) head, Lose heart, Lose (one's) nerve, Lose sleep, Lose (one's) temper, Lose touch, Lose track
Make a beeline, Milk of human kindness, No such thing as a free lunch, Off the hook, On fire, On the ball, On thin ice, One-track mind, Out of (one's) head, Out of steam, Out on a limb, Over (one's) head, Pack a punch, Pay through the nose, Pick (someone's) brains, Pie in the sky, Piece of cake, Play by ear, Play possum, Pull (somebody's) leg, Put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth, Put (one's) heart in (something)
Raining cats and dogs, Recipe for disaster, Salt of the earth, Sink or swim, See eye to eye, Sitting ducks, Sit on the fence, "Smarty pants", Spice of life, Spill the beans, Square meal, Take five, That's the way the cookie crumbles, (the) third degree, Three's a crowd, Thrown to the wolves, Tough cookie, Two can play that game, Two left feet, Under the weather, Up the creek, Weasel out, When pigs fly, White lies, Work around the clock, Yell (one's) head off
SIMILES
Cool as a cucumber, Cute as a button, Easy as A, B, C, Easy as pie, Fight like cats and dogs, Fit like a glove, Free as a bird, Fun as a barrel of monkeys, Gentle as a lamb, Gone like the wind, Good as gold, Good as gone, Hard as nails, Melt like butter, Plain as day, Pretty as a picture, Pure as driven snow, Quick as lightning, Slippery as an eel, Slow as snails, Smooth as silk, Snug as a bug in a rug, Stubborn as a mule, Sweet as honey, Timid as a fawn, Works like a charm
GENERAL VOCABLARY-BUILDING
idioms, copyright, duchess, uncommon, preposition, potion, level (verb), learning curve, feline, aloofness, figurative, literal, "smarty pants", stratagem, ATM, eye-opener, jazz (= "kind of stuff"), "land of milk and honey", croquet, "raving mad", au contraire, bash, dramatic, suit (of cards), knave, mallet, eerie, peculiar, alliteration, "crack a code", derring-do, hue, "make news", quid pro quo, rife, roguish, savory, veto, exotic, zing, prosecutor, tart (food), accusation, vandalism, irresponsible, aggravated assault, "on good authority", acquire, appreciation, origins, condiment, perplexed, scoff
