True Stories: children interpret proverbs
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A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest. - Better to be safe than.....Punch a 5th grader. - Strike While the.....Bug is close. - It's always darkest before.....Daylight Savings time. - Never underestimate the power of.....Termites. - You can lead a horse to water but.....how. - Don't bite the hand that.....looks dirty. - No news is.....impossible. - A miss is as good as a .....Mr. - You can't teach an old dog new.....math. - If you lie down with dogs, you'll.....stink in the morning. - Love all, trust.....me. - The pen is mightier than the .....pigs. - An idle mind is.....The best way to relax. - Where there's smoke there's.....Pollution. - Happy the bride who.....gets all the presents. - A penny saved is.....not much. - Two's company, three's.....the Musketeers. - Don't put off til tomorrow what.....you put on to go to bed. - Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.....you have to blow your nose. - None are so blind as.....Helen Keller. - Children should be seen and not.....spanked or grounded. - If at first you don't succeed.....get new batteries. - You get out of something what you.....see pictured on the box. - When the blind leadeth the blind.....get out of the way. |