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Cold Feet at the Spelling Bee

Read a story about a spelling bee and tell literal from nonliteral phrases such as cold feet, hit the books and take steps.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.5.a

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students tell literal from nonliteral meanings of phrases in a story.
Students use context clues to explain what a nonliteral phrase really means.
Students use nonliteral phrases correctly in new sentences.

How to use

Read the story aloud together, then let students answer on their own. Afterward, compare the two kinds of cold feet in paragraph 2 as a class.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.5.a

Tell literal from nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context, such as take steps.

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Cold Feet at the Spelling Bee

Tell when words mean exactly what they say.

Read the story

Read the story. Some words mean exactly what they say. Some words mean something different.

Cold Feet at the Spelling Bee

1Mateo was going to be in the school spelling bee on Friday. All week, he hit the books after dinner. His big sister Rosa held up word cards, and Mateo spelled each word out loud. He also took steps to get ready, like making a list of the hardest words and practicing them every morning.

2On Thursday night, Mateo sat on his bed and frowned. "I think I have cold feet," he told Rosa. "What if I forget every word?" Rosa smiled. "You know these words. You will do great." Before he got into bed, Mateo's bare feet were cold from the tile floor, so he pulled on his fuzzy socks.

3On Friday, the gym was full of families. When the judge called his name, Mateo took three steps to the microphone. His word was whistle. For a moment, the spelling was on the tip of his tongue, but he could not quite find it. Then he pictured Rosa's word card, and he spelled the word letter by letter.

4Mateo did not miss a word until the very last round, and he came in second place! As he walked off the stage, Mateo felt like a weight was off his shoulders. Grandpa gave him a high five. "I was all ears the whole time," Grandpa said. "I heard every single letter."

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