On the Ball! 🎯
나만의 관용구 책 만들기

Since Monday morning we have been building a collection — 35 plus common English idioms, added to a little at a time. Today the class carried it further with a full round of tasks, both written and vocal, to learn and remember every one of them. And then came the part everyone had been waiting for. 💪

🏆 Idiom Jeopardy And the girls take it

Six categories on the board — What does it mean? · Finish the idiom · Situation Challenge · Opposites & Trick Questions · Picture This · True or False — with points climbing all the way to 500. Hands went up, answers flew, and when the last square was crossed off, the girls won. 🎉

Behind the game sat the real work: the whiteboard filled edge to edge with the idioms we have gathered all week, each with its meaning written beside it. “Don’t cry over spilled milk”, “Hold your horses”, “Cool as a cucumber”, “Out of the blue” — a week of learning, all in one place.

📕 Their Own Mini Reference Books One page, one idiom

Next came today’s big task. Each student chose their own number of idioms from everything we have learned and turned them into a mini reference book — one idiom per page, with the definition written out and, for those who were inclined, an illustration to go with it. Some pages came out in pencil, some in bright marker, and every book turned out completely different from the next. ✏️

🌈 Chloe & Leah Finished together

This little book was completed by Chloe and Leah, working together — a rainbow on the cover, and inside, one bright page for each idiom: “Go bananas”, “I’m feeling over the moon”, “Cool as a cucumber”, “Easy as pie”. Every definition in their own words, every picture drawn to match. 💛

✏️ Sue-ah A few more pages to go

Sue-ah is still working on filling a few more pages, and will complete her book tomorrow. Her cover is already signed and ready, and the pages inside are steadily filling up — “Let the cat out of the bag”, “The cat’s got your tongue”, each with its own drawing. 😊

She was proud enough of it to bring it out again at lunchtime. 💛

🥇 Lincoln First to finish

Lincoln’s had great illustrations, and he was the first to complete the task. His pencil drawings carry the meaning all on their own — a figure trapped in a boiling pot for “In hot water”, a winged pig for “When pigs fly”, a banana on legs for “Go bananas”. 🍌

🖼️ Henry Well illustrated, right on time

Henry’s was also well illustrated and completed in good time. Clean lines, a picture for every phrase, and definitions written underneath in his own words — “Easy as pie = it’s super easy”, “Bite the bullet = just do it”. 👏

📝 Ian Getting every one of them down

Ian worked extra hard recording in his notes most of the idioms that we had learned — numbered down the page, one after another, each with its meaning written out beside it. Thirteen and counting, in his own handwriting. 📝

🤝 Minwoo Building and helping at once

Minwoo is still working on a mini-flip-chart style masterpiece that he will shortly complete and display tomorrow. And he did it while multi-tasking as a teacher’s assistant — helping the younger ones with their pages at the same time as building his own. 💪

🍲 Lunch & Snack Borscht and blueberries

At lunch we had something new to try — Russian / Eastern European beef 🥩 and beet 🫜 borscht, deep red and slow-simmered, served alongside fried rice and kimchi. A few brave first spoonfuls, then plenty of second helpings. 😋

Snack today was fresh blueberries 🫐 — a bowl in the middle of the table, and hands reaching in from every direction until it was empty.

🌳 Park Afternoon Sunshine and monkey bars

After such a focused morning, the afternoon belonged to the park. Spinning on the standing carousel, swinging hand over hand across the monkey bars, and the bigger ones giving the little ones a boost up. Summer sun the whole way through. ☀️

Ask your child at home tonight — “What does on the ball mean?” They will have an answer ready. Happy Wednesday everyone! Have a great afternoon ❤️