Developing and sustaining foundational language
skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral
language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and
discussion. The student is expected to:
Engage and excite your students to learn about traveling on the Oregon Trail with an eventful board game!
Encourage communication and cooperation with this set of 10 team-building games.
Review and reinforce eight possible roles for group work with this set of 2-in-1 reusable posters and desk cards.
A poster to use when teaching your students about public speaking.
A set of four coloring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.
A persuasive writing task based on real-world issues affecting children.
A rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' oral presentations.
A fun game for students to explore positive and negative ways of reacting to situations.
A fun game to play at the beginning of the year to explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviors.
Use this template as a fun getting-to-know-you activity with your students using QR codes.
Start the school year off with a bang with this getting-to-know-you activity.
Prompts for students to use when orally discussing books.
A poster that explains the skills students need for a great oral presentation!
A set of 8 posters detailing student-led discussion strategies for your classroom.
A fun icebreaker activity to use at the beginning of a new school year.
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
A fun, getting-to-know-you game to play in the first days of a new school year.
A whole class active game that encourages creative thinking and teamwork.
A must have back to school activity for upper year students.
A PowerPoint including 15 images to use as prompts for a listening activity.
A set of four coloring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.
A classroom display to encourage questioning in the classroom.
An open-ended assessment task for students to demonstrate their understanding of how toys, types of transportation, and communication devices and their uses have changed over time.
A set of 11 'I can' statement cards focusing on speaking and listening for upper elementary.
Eleven speaking and listening goal labels for upper elementary.
A groups acrostic poster outlining the expectations of group teamwork.
Thinking Hats based on Dr. Edward de Bono's teachings.