Hit the Ground Running: Exploring Idioms in English accelerates language learning by introducing students to idiomatic expressions they hear and read every day. Students develop comprehension and English language skills as they learn to recognize and use idioms in the context of fiction and nonfiction.

Hit the Ground Running: Exploring Idioms in English is designed to help your students:

• Become familiar with idiomatic expressions they hear and read everyday
• Recognize idiomatic expressions in the context of fiction and nonfiction
• Develop important language skills
• Recognize the history of idiomatic expressions
• Understand the etymology of common English word
• Use idiomatic expressions in original fiction and nonfiction writing

Each book in grades 2-8 includes:

• 12 exciting, high-interest lessons
• 24 language skills practice opportunities
• more than 24 different idiomatic expressions

In Grade 1, the Student Book includes:

• 10 high-interest lessons
• 20 language skill practice opportunities
• 20 different idiomatic expressions

Idiomatic expressions used in Hit the Ground Running: Exploring Idioms in English also provide the context for students to practice these important language skills:

• Homophones
• Antonyms
• Words with Multiple Meanings
• Parts of Speech
• Synonyms
• Figurative Language, including Similes and Metaphors
• Etymology
• The History of Idiomatic Expressions
• Using a Dictionary
• Using a Thesaurus

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