Listening & Speaking Teaching Resources
Build your students listening and speaking skills this year with the help of dramatic play activities, interactive listening challenges and more teacher-created resources.
This extensive collection of printable and digital resources was created with both your lesson planning needs and your students in mind to help teachers give students a strong foundation with communication skills that will last them a lifetime.
Help students learn how to greet one another appropriately, how to express their needs and wants and how to carry on a conversation across multiple exchanges. Explore tasks cards and activities designed to explore active listening skills and help students learn the difference between asking and telling and a whole lot more!
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Back To School - Listening Skill Refresh Activity
Refresh student listening skills with a Back to School Listening Skill Refresh Slides and script.
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Listening to Others – Discussion Task Cards and Poster
Give students the opportunity to work on their listening skills and learn what it means to be a good listener with this set of 42 discussion cards and classroom poster.
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Chit Chat Cards - Developing Speaking Skills
Encourage your students to improve their speaking skills with these printable chit chat cards perfect for the early grades.
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Classmate Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Build a classroom community and help your students get to know each other with a fun getting to know you activity.
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Five Little Firefighters Poem Retell Activity
Read and retell the ‘Five Little Firefighters’ poem with a printable chart and stick puppet characters.
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Is It True? Active Listening Activity
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging 'Is It True?' Active Listening Activity.
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About Me Hexagonal Thinking Activity
Start the school year with an engaging Hexagonal Thinking Activity to help students see the connections between themselves and their new classmates.
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When to Use Formal and Informal Language Teaching Slides
Teach your students when to use formal and informal language with this engaging set of teaching slides designed to help students confidently distinguish between language styles in real-world contexts.
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Language and Social Context Matching Game
Explore language and social context with this fun matching activity that helps students understand how our speech changes depending on the situation.
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Oral Presentation Topics Task Sheets
Help students pick a topic and plan for an oral presentation with this set of Oral Presentation Topics Task Sheets.
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Sentence Strip Activity Cards - Simple Sentence Starters
Encourage conversation and writing with our Printable Story Starter Sentence Strips Activity Cards.
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Group Presentation Rubric
Make assigning grades for group presentations a breeze with a printable Group Presentation Rubric.
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Color Me Carefully – Geometric Animals
Hone in on your students' speaking and listening skills with this barrier activity.
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Oral Presentation Rubric for Kindergarten
Use this Oral Presentation Rubric for peer or teacher assessments of presentations in the Kindergarten.
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Oral Language Picture Cards - Express it
Build oral communication and vocabulary skills with Oral Language Picture Cards – Express It!
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Public Speaking Tips For Students - Poster
Display this Public Speaking Tips for Students poster in your classroom when learning how to speak in front of peers.
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Speaking and Listening Rules Display Poster Set
Help students with speaking and listening rules in the classroom by displaying these simple and concise set of posters.
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Oral Communication Worksheets
Help students develop their oral communication skills with this engaging set of Oral Communication Worksheets.
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5 Minute Speaking Fluency Activities Warm Up
Improve your students' communication skills with these 5 minute speaking fluency activities.
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Describe it Card Game
Engage with this Describe it Card Game to get your students using their oral language skills in a fun way!
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Student-Led Small Group Discussion Strategies Posters
Remind your students of a variety of student-led discussion strategies with this set of 8 posters.
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Oral Language Activities
Share these oral language activities with your students to help them practice listening to others, expressing opinions, receiving instructions, and more!
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Initial, Medial, & Final /s/ - Articulation Worksheets
Build skill with articulating the sounds of beginning, medial, and final /s/ with a set of printable speech articulation worksheets.
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R-Words Articulation - Speech Therapy Worksheets
Provide articulation practice with printable speech articulation worksheets for words with beginning, medial, and final /r/ sounds.
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One Has to Go! Game of Elimination Icebreaker
Play ‘One Has to Go!” and engage your students in a friendly classroom debate with this Google Slides icebreaker game.
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Soup, Salad, or Sandwich? Game - Interactive Icebreaker
Play the Soup, Salad, or Sandwich? Game for an exciting Back-to-School Icebreaker activity!
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True or False? Active Listening Exercises
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging True or False Active Listening Activity.
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Team Building Games – Upper Grades
Encourage communication and cooperation with this set of 10 team-building games.
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Would You Rather? International Women's Day Active Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions with this set of International Women’s Day-themed "Would You Rather" questions.
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Interview a Classmate - First Day of School Activity
Help your students learn more about their new classmates (even if they have been together for the last 5 years) with this fun speaking and listening activity!
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Whole Body Listening Poster Pack
Print a Whole Body Listening Poster Pack to highlight the characteristics of a good listener.
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Likes and Dislikes Sorting Activity
Encourage students to explore different ways to express likes and dislikes with this sorting activity.
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