Elementary School Oral Communication Resources

'YES and NO' Visual Cue Cards.

A practical and effective tool for supporting students with additional learning/communication needs.

Benefits:

• Clear communication: A straightforward way for students to express their preferences and communicate their choices, giving them a sense of empowerment and confidence in their interactions, especially for our non-speaking students.

• Answering Questions: Yes/No visuals enable students to demonstrate their understanding of yes/no questions and respond appropriately/participate in learning.

3 sizes available.

Print, laminate, and attach to a key chain or visuals lanyard to have on hand whenever needed. Also great to have available as a larger print out on student desks.

Bonus Resource Included!

This back-to-school activity is geared towards grades 4-6 and will have your students getting to know one another by presenting their "brown bag" to the class.

This six-page activity includes:

• A description of the task + brown bag poetry
• A modelled example
• A worksheet on describing symbols
• A self-assessment
• A peer assessment
• A teacher assessment

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"EXCELLENT - research has proven that music assists in more effective learning! Cheers to YOU for producing this wonderful resource that will assist in students' learning! These chants will serve as pertinent 'visual reminders' when displayed in class, and assist the students to be more 'mindful' in the teaching/learning situation during the school day. Many thanks!"

Print, laminate, and hang these chants to your classroom walls or doors! Have your class learn these early into the school year, and they'll more easily transition between times of talking and no talking. I've provided tips and ideas for each one (there are 3, so the additional pages are guidance).

Other transition ideas: turn the light off then on again, or have a song played for 15-30 seconds so they know an activity is ending and that they need to clean up and listen up.

These chants are specifically telling the children what kind of voice they should use for the next activity, so this should be ADDED to current transitional things you do, not necessarily REPLACING current ones.

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Need a no-prep engaging ice breaker activity for your class? Find someone who will help build classroom community while practicing speaking and listening skills. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various getting to know you themed categories, such as "find someone who has at least one pet cat." This is the perfect activity to allow students to socialize, get to know each other and build a strong classroom community.

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What's included?

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in

How to use:

• Students will walk around the room and find different classmates who fits the description in each box.
• Once they find a classmate who fits the description they will have them write their name in the box.
• Students will keep finding classmates until all 16 boxes are full.

Some examples included:

• Find someone who has at least one pet cat.
• Find someone who loves to write stories.
• Find someone who can do tricks on a skateboard.

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*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool

This AVID team-building card game is the perfect icebreaker for students who want to practice their public speaking skills in a fun and interactive way. Designed for use in a classroom or group setting, this card game challenges players to give a 1-minute speech about a topic using the card they draw. This engaging activity not only helps students build their public speaking confidence but also teaches them valuable skills in communication and creative thinking!

Whether you're a teacher looking to add a fun and interactive activity to your classroom curriculum, or a team leader looking to build team dynamics and improve communication skills, Fishbowl Speeches is the perfect choice!

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How to Play Fishbowl Speeches

• Place the 25 different topics into a container and mix them up to ensure random selection.
• Ask a student to select a topic from the container and read it out loud.
• Allow 30 seconds for the student to brainstorm the content and delivery of their speech. Provide one minute for the student to present their answer to the question or topic.

What's Included

• Directions page
• 25 Topics
• blank cards to write your own words

Example topics

Persuade everyone in the class to give you a dollar

Should colleges use only SAT®/ACT® scores for admissions?

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Use this free no-prep After Spring Break Stand Up Spanish Activity to welcome your students after spring break or Easter break. Use this digital resource as an icebreaker the morning students return from spring break, morning meeting activity or brain break! Students will love standing up or sitting down depending on their answer to the themed slides, such as "stand up if you played with a pet."

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What's Included:

• 3 stand up game slides
• Directions slide

Sample Slides:

• Stand up if you ate pizza.
• Stand up if you played with a pet.
• Stand up if you planted something.

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Enhance collaboration, writing and public speaking skills with Story Starters! This AVID resource provides engaging story starters that encourage students to finish a story and present it to their peers. This activity fosters collaboration and communication within small groups or whole class settings, while also providing a fun way to improve public speaking skills. Download the Google Slides digital resource today and see the positive impact it can have on your students' teamwork and confidence!

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Directions:

• Display the Google Slide Story Starter OR print them out so students have different stories to choose from.
• Students will complete the engaging story starter by writing for 3 minutes.
• Students can use the picture provided to help guide them in their stories, or choose to take a different route and be creative on their own.
• Students will be split into groups of 4-6.
• Each student will present their story to their small group while practicing public speaking skills.

What's Included:

• 3 Story Starter Prompts with Images
• 1 Directions Page

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Four Corners Game Signs - For Icebreakers and Brain Breaks: These printable Four Corners Game Signs are perfect for interactive icebreakers and brain breaks. They also work for any content or grade level! Simply pose a question and have your students choose a corner for debate or open dialogue. OR use one of our four corner games to increase engagement!

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What's Included:

• 4 four corner signs: strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree
• A, B, C, D
• 2 Color Options
• Black and White

Four Corner Games...

Back to School

Career Clusters

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Enhance team collaboration and communication with this AVID Partner Interview Introductions Form. This is a perfect icebreaker and team building activity where students have the opportunity to get to know each other while practicing public speaking skills. Simply print the Google Doc and give hard copies to students, or share the Google Doc with students electronically.

Interview introductions are a great way to break the ice with a new group of students. This excersize has them finding out about each other and then introducing the person they interviewed to the entire class or to smaller groups. It is a lot less threatening to talk about someone else rather than yourself!

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Directions

• Divide your class into pairs.

• Each person interviews the other. The information gained forms a brief introduction speech they'll present to the class OR to smaller groups.

• Establish a time limit for the interviews. 10 minutes works well. Keep track of the time and call change at the halfway point, 5 minutes, to ensure both people get an opportunity to be interviewed and to interview.

• When students present the introduction may begin like this: "This is Mary and she was named after her mother..." and the students will go through each answer by presenting it like a speech.

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AVID students are required to research and learn about different careers to prepare for a successful future! This one page interview will allow students to get familiar with a particular career by interviewing someone they know.

What's Included:

• One page PDF Interview sheet

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Welcome students back from the weekend with this find someone who printable game! This activity makes a great icebreaker the morning students return from the weekend, morning meeting activity, or brain break activity in your kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade classes. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various weekend activity themed categories, such as "find someone who stayed up really late."

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in

Some examples included:

• Find someone who cleaned their room.
• Find someone who stayed at home all weekend.
• Find someone who spent time with their friends.

More Find Someone Who Resources:

Back to School

After Fall Break

After Winter Break

After Spring Break

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Giving students plenty of public speaking practice is important, but thinking of fun topics takes time! This is an activity with this sample 5 fun and engaging speech topics for your students to practice those very important college and career readiness skills! Get the full version HERE. :)

Directions

• Share expectations of respectful debating
• Organize students into small groups or create one large circle
• Read the debate prompt out loud
• Students choose a side and think of at least one reason why they chose that side
• When students have at least one reason they hold up a thumb
• Choose a student to begin the debate

What's Included

• 1 directions slide
• 1 expectations slide for students
• 1 optional points slide
• 5 debate topis with agreeing/disagreeing chart and sentence starters

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Engage your students with this Zoomed In Halloween Game freebie! Students will use critical thinking and observation skills to identify spooky, zoomed in images — perfect for brain breaks, Halloween class parties, morning meetings, icebreakers, and Fun Friday activities, and community building. This no-prep game is perfect for kindergarten through fourth grade students, who will love guessing these Halloween mystery images.

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What's Included:

• 3 zoomed-in mystery pictures
• 3 answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)
• directions slide

Some pictures you will see:

• black cat
• witch's hat
• jack-o'-lantern

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After Fall Break Resources:

After Fall Break Icebreaker Bundle

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Stand Up Sit Down

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Welcome students back from the weekend with this find someone who printable game! This icebreaker is perfect for any weekend or for any longer weekends like Labor day, Memorial Day, MLK day, good Friday, and more! This activity is made for students in 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, and high school. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various weekend activity-themed categories, such as "find someone who stayed up all night."

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in

Some examples included:

• Find someone who ordered pizza
• Find someone who played video games
• Find someone who went to a different city

More Find Someone Who Resources:

Back to School

After Thanksgiving Break

After Winter Break

After Spring Break

End of Year

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This no-prep Weekend Chat Find Someone Who Spanish Worksheet Activity is the perfect icebreaker activity the morning students return from the weekend. Your students can practice their speaking and listening skills in Spanish while talking about things they did over the weekend. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various themed categories, such as "find someone who stayed up really late."

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in (one title in Spanish and one title in English)
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases/directions to fit the needs of your own class

Some examples included:

• Find someone who cleaned their room.
• Find someone who stayed at home all weekend.
• Find someone who spent time with their friends.

More Find Someone Who Resources:

Back to School

After Fall Break

After Winter Break

After Spring Break

End of the Year

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Communication is the key to developing strong leaders of society! It allows us to form connections, influence decisions, and motivate change! This public speaking game will allow students to practice important skills needed to be successful in their futures. Great for AVID, counseling, college and career, speech, or just used as a fun brain break in any class!

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What's Included:

• 1 directions pages
• 1 optional points slide
• 5 topics with silent 30 second prep timers
• 5 thirty second speech timer slides

Directions:

• Put students into groups or breakout rooms of 4-6 students
• Go over the directions with students:
• Wait for the impromptu topic to show up on the screen (ex: tell your group 3 different ways to eat an oreo)
• Decide who in the group will start and that student will have 30 seconds to prepare for their speech after the topic is revealed
• After 30 seconds the student will present their topic for 30 seconds

Optional Points:

• Secretly give points/take away points from group members on a small whiteboard or notebook paper
• Groups can earn by: Focusing on good voice, being creative with their responses, eye contact, posture, using an opening/closing statement, and making good points for your topic
• Groups can lose points by: being a poor audience member, having poor posture, not using good voice, not using eye contact, using filler words: like, um, so, okay, yeah, kinda…

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