If you need a fun and easy way to introduce similes to your students, while teaching them how to write these, too, look no further. Students learn what a simile is and then go through a gradual release teaching method so that they may write one. I used this to teach about similes and then I pulled reading groups while other students wrote their responses to prompts.Lesson includes:I can statementListing of standardsConnection to previous learningClear explanations and examplesWhole group, small