5th Grade Oral Communication Activities

SIMPLE LOW-TECH AAC CORE BOARD: A one page premade **COMMUNICATION BOARD **featuring **CORE VOCABULARY **('Social Chat' version). Simply print and go!

Do you have autistic/neurodiverse or non verbal learners in your classroom who are struggling to communicate & engage with others? Are you wanting to support their communication & social interactions in a natural, positive, and pressure-free way?

TRY THIS SIMPLE & EASY TO IMPLEMENT TOOL! :-)

Perfect for classrooms and home use, this tool helps build receptive & expressive language skills and supports social connections over time.

Simply **model the vocabulary **on the board by pointing to the symbols and saying the corresponding word/phrase (e.g. "hello", "let's play", "It's my turn", "this is fun", "I like this game", "help please", "finished on the swing", "let's do something else", "bye", etc.).

Included:

• 'Social Chat' Communication Board.
• Two Versions (Colour + Outline).
• Directions for use.
• Link to Special Education FREEBIES.

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FREE RESOURCES can be found HERE.

Engage students with lively discussions about their spring break adventures using these Google Slides featuring interactive images. Encourage participation by asking, 'Stand Up if you...' to prompt sharing. Capture the excitement and memories while fostering communication skills. Explore diverse experiences and create an inclusive environment. Elevate classroom engagement with dynamic visuals and interactive elements. Spark conversations and inspire storytelling with this versatile resource. Discover the joy of reflecting on spring break escapades through student engagement and collaboration. Enhance learning outcomes by utilizing multimedia platforms for interactive discussions. Empower students to share their experiences and foster a sense of community.

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Discover the power of impromptu public speaking with this engaging set of 100 Public Speaking Prompts for Kids! Organized into 5 thoughtful categories—Learning, Silly, Gratitude, Fun, and Behavioral—each with 20 unique topics, this collection provides everything teachers need to foster meaningful discussions, inspire confidence, and encourage self-expression in the classroom.

Perfect for quick "speech-on-the-spot" activities, class discussions, or structured speaking practice, these prompts give kids the opportunity to explore new ideas, reflect on values, and share their creativity in a safe, supportive setting.

Skills Kids Will Learn:

• Confidence in expressing ideas and speaking in front of others
• Critical Thinking by reflecting on diverse and thought-provoking topics
• Creativity through imaginative and humorous prompts
• Empathy and Appreciation by recognizing and valuing the perspectives of others
• Listening and Respect as they engage in active discussions with their peers

From exploring fun "What if?" questions to discussing personal growth and appreciation, these topics are designed to build communication skills while tapping into kids’ natural curiosity. Whether you’re focusing on developing social skills or just looking to add more fun and laughter to your day, this pack has something for every classroom!

This SEL Communication Styles Activity Game Set is perfect for incorporating a lesson and game around the subject of how we come across in our oral communication.

Talk about tone, voice volume, and personal space, when teaching with these materials. There are no right or wrong answers here.

⭐️ Communication Styles BINGO: Have fun teaching Social and Self-Awareness through learning about communication styles: passive, aggressive, assertive, & passive-aggressive!

This is not just matching the calling cards! Students listen to the sentence or question and they decide if it's passive, assertive, aggressive, or passive-aggressive. Get them using their critical thinking skills!

⭐️ Communication Styles Self-Advocacy: Teach your students conflict resolution skills, self-advocacy & self-awareness through learning about the 4 basic communication styles:

1. Passive

2. Assertive

3. Aggressive

4. Passive-Aggressive

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Play these SEL games again and again and your students will aways have fun while improving their social skills!

1. This or That?!

Group perspective taking activity targets social awareness, finding common interests, and conversation skills.

Kids to have fun learning about others and sharing about themselves. Students have to think like their peers in order to try to guess what their peers would choose.

This Social Emotional resource contains:

• an instruction sheet to plan your lesson
• 5 sheets of 12 cards with only words (60 pairs total)
• 1 sheet of 12 cards with only pictures
• 1 sheet of 12 cards with the same pictures and written text underneath
• one blank grid so you can write your own or have your students make their own!

2. Match My Mood:

With 120 Scenario cards and 36 Mood Descriptors, you can play this SEL card game over and over again and it will always be new!

Increase your students' social skills with this card game! It makes it fun for kids to take the view point of their peers as they think critically about which circumstances would provoke certain feelings.

By matching scenarios with appropriate moods and feelings, children develop empathy and learn to communicate and express their own emotions effectively. The cards have a mix of silly and relevant social scenarios that are perfect prompts for sharing feelings and experiences.

You will not run out of game play time with so many cards!!

• Instructions for game play
• 36 different adjective emotion cards (e.g. "Amazing" "Surprising" "Absurd")
• 120 different social scenarios that provide a range of emotions. (e.g. "Your sister broke your lego creation that took you 3 days to build." or "Your dog suddenly got up and started walking on his two back legs."

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Build positive peer connections with these fun, fill-in-the-blank conversation starters!

Perfect for building communication skills, confidence, and friendships in kids.

Get your students up and moving by making a game out of teaching conversation skills!

Print out the papers, laminate and then put them on the floor with the students forming a circle around them.

Then take turns tossing a bean bag to the sentence starters and have your students complete the sentence and then ask a peer the same question.

Included:

24 full page conversation starter prompts

Same 24 conversation prompts but smaller version (4 to a page)

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Kids choose one emotion and one action and have to act out the action with the expression of the emotion.

Targeted Skills Include:

• Nonverbal communication: interpreting body language, facial expressions and gestures.
• Social Awareness: Observation skills and critical thinking
• Self-Awareness: Students have to be aware of how their actions are being interpreted
• Team Building: Play in teams for as a whole class this game is funny and non-competitive

Lots of replay value!

Easy to differentiate for diverse learners!

This resource includes:

• 28 emotions in text form
• 42 actions in text form
• 1 blank template to write your own
• 24 emotions in picture + text form
• 48 actions in picture + text form

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Group perspective taking activity targets social awareness, finding common interests, and conversation skills.

Kids to have fun learning about others and sharing about themselves. Students have to think like their peers in order to try to guess what their peers would choose.

This Social Emotional resource contains:

• an instruction sheet to plan your lesson
• 5 sheets of 12 cards with only words (60 pairs total)
• 1 sheet of 12 cards with only pictures
• 1 sheet of 12 cards with the same pictures and written text underneath
• one blank grid so you can write your own or have your students make their own!

Just cut along the perforated lines and fold along the solid lines. Then turn the cards face down. Kids take turns picking a card and reading the 2 choices. Then the rest of the group has to try to guess what that player would choose. (Not what they would choose!). The player then tells the group their preference.

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Teach your students conflict resolution skills & self-awareness through learning about the 4 basic communication styles:

1. Passive
2. Assertive
3. Aggressive
4. Passive-Aggressive

Perfect for your Social Skills Group, School Counseling Group, or Speech Therapy Session!

Students take turns reading scenarios aloud and then randomly picking a response from those that are scattered on the table. They read the response aloud and think about which communication style it represents and puts the response strip under which communication style they think it corresponds to.

This is an interactive way (no writing required!) to get your students to reflect on the different ways to respond to tricky situations that often come up. Help them see how nuance in tone, word choice, and body language all affect how they are perceived by others and help them understand what others are trying to communicate to them.

Included are:

• 40 different social scenarios that are typical for students
• 20 potentially passive responses
• 20 potentially assertive responses
• 20 potentially aggressive responses
• 20 potentially passive-aggressive responses
• 1 page of questions to ask your students to promote group discussion
• 1 page of color reference guide explaining the communication styles
• 1 page black and white reference guide explaining communication styles
• 1 page for categorizing the responses
• Large print headers of the 4 communication styles for which the students can use to categorize the responses.

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MESSY BEDROOM Elementary PE Gym Team Game Teamwork, Cooperation, Communication

MESSY BEDROOM is a must-have activity for any elementary PE curriculum. Get your elementary students energized and engaged with this TEAMWORK, COOPERATION and COMMUNICATION game.

Designed by and for physical education teachers, this exciting activity puts a fun, fast-paced twist on the classic game of The Floor is Lava.

Students will love the challenge of this strategy and teamwork game which also gives them plenty of opportunity to work on their balance and locomotor skills.

This easy-to-play partner or small group team game is always a big hit and my fifth grade students love this game just as much as my kindergarten students because it is non-stop action and loads of fun!

Bring the excitement of this dynamic team game to your classroom and watch your students have a blast while learning important PE skills!

This resource includes:

-Eye Catching One Page Easy-to-Follow MESSY BEDROOM Lesson Plan (Perfect for easily giving to a substitute teacher, although with this game I would not, lol)

-Diagram of Game Set-Up and Play

Perfect for Students in Grades K-5

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Shopping & Grocery List Visual Supports for Special Education, Early Intervention, & Speech Therapy.

4 resources included:

- Going Shopping Visual Schedule with a number of common food item visuals, as well as the Sequencing Visuals for what to do when visiting the grocery store (e.g. checking shopping list, getting a trolley, finding items, paying at the checkout, etc.).

- Shopping List template (6 item list) with three pages of shopping item visuals (fruits, vegetables, snacks & other).

- Personalized 'Shopping List' template where students' names can be added.

-** Shopping List template (9 item list).**

Can also be paired with my Food Category Sorting Board Activity.

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Question Word Cue Cards | Visual Supports for Answering WH Questions

Are any of your students struggling with auditory processing, understanding of language, question words, expressive language skills, or reading comprehension?

TRY THESE SIMPLE VISUAL CUE CARDS/PROMPT CARDS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS! :-)

**6 x Visual Cue Cards included **ranging from simple questions to more complex questions:

Simple Questions - who, what, where (concrete- usually requires one word answer).

Complex Questions- when, why, how (more abstract + requires more language/a longer response.

Use them during any literacy or communication activity (mat time, story time, oral language, reading, writing, etc.). You can also print out and laminate large copies for your classroom wall/board, and smaller copies for individual student desks.

Two colour options available - Full colour, and colour outline.

Link to BONUS RESOURCE (SLT Tips & Tricks!) also included in your product PDF!

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This Describing Emotions Bundle includes six useful games and resources that can be used in small groups or as whole group guidance activities. Lesson plans are not included in any of the downloads.

Six Activities Included:

Activity #1- Describing Emotions.

What are Emotions? Explanation through posters and a worksheet.

Session #1

Activity #2- Discussing Emotions.

Students are asked to recall and describe emotional scenarios they have previously encountered. This process links arbitrary emotions with situations they have experienced. It makes the emotions understandable and relatable.

Session #2

Activity #3- Working With Emotions.

Understanding your own emotions. Students are given situations and asked to identify the emotions the situation would evoke.

Session #3

Activity #4- The Effects of Emotions.

Students learn that their emotions impact others and that other’s emotions impact them.

Session #4

Activity #5- Recognizing Other’s Emotions.

Walk a Mile in other people’s shoes as we discover how situations affect other people and start to develop empathy.

Session #5

Activity #6- Understanding All Emotions

The board game! Students solidify their understanding of emotions while playing a shoots and ladders type board game.

Session #6

To create these games you will need a printer, laminator (optional), scissors, and a few spare minutes.

I hope your students love this small group program as much as my students did!

Mrs. Bell

The Crafty Counselor

This download does not include a detailed lesson plan. This is six games that can be used in succession to build upon one another.

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Describing Emotions Bundle by Mrs. Bell, The Crafty Counselor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

*Depending on student abilities, this may not be useful for 1st or 5th graders.

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Need icebreaker games or getting-to-know-you activities for your elementary school students? These six highly engaging icebreakers and getting-to-know-you activities are perfect for your classroom or office. 

Ideal for small group or individual use, the six included getting to know you games are an amazing, low-pressure way to build rapport and better get to know your students. 

Break the ice, reduce tension, and build relationships with these cute activities. 

Here’s What’s Included:

SEVEN Getting to Know You Icebreaker Games and Activities 

• Feed the Monsters Feeling Check In
• Build a S'more While You Learn S'more!
• Out of All The Creatures In the Sea, You Have a Question For Me?
• Rank these Statements - Banana Cards
• Flower Cards - Rank these Statements 
• Rank these Statements - Car Cards
• Would You Rather?

Build rapport with students, laugh over an icebreaker game, and strengthen relationships with these engaging getting-to-know-you activities!

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stacy V. says, “These are so cute and creative. My students loved using Hot Wheels cars to respond with. Questions are great and cover an array of topics to get to know your student.”

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Caralyn W. says, “These are going to be great for building rapport and getting to know my students! Thanks so much!”

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Need social skills activities for elementary students that promote social-emotional learning and teach emotional regulation skills? Look no further; here are 130+ diverse resources designed to help you address student concerns and take your elementary school counseling program to the next level!

Download the entire Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor store! It's filled with creative, highly engaging lessons, games, and activities geared toward supporting the social-emotional learning and personal growth of your students. Have access to over 140 (and growing) diverse resources now!

This school counseling curriculum storewide bundle currently contains over 130 crafty lessons & activities that will support your student’s academic, personal, and social-emotional needs. The included social skills activities and games will help children learn emotional regulation skills, coping strategies, anger management strategies & SO MUCH MORE!

These activities are ideal for individual counseling sessions, small group counseling curriculums, classroom guidance lessons, teacher use in the classroom, and calm down corners…the list of possible uses for these resources is never-ending!

This is a growing bundle that currently includes all of Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor’s products at a very steep 50% discount. As a growing bundle, it means that the price will increase each time that I add a new product until I reach TeachShare’s 400-paid products cap for a bundle listing. Once the maximum of 400 products has been reached, no more resources will be added to this bundle, and it will no longer be considered a growing bundle. 

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Included are creative counseling lessons, SEL activities, and self-regulation resources for busy educators. This is your one-stop spot for counselors and teachers looking for creative, interactive SEL resources for students.

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The Board Game! Teach students how to recognize and respond to emotional situations. Included: 8x10 Game Board 60 Double-Sided Situation Cards Game Guidelines Game Pieces You will need a single dice to play. After teaching each emotion (sad, uneasy, surprised, angry, disgusted, and happy) play this game with your student or small group. Follow the game guidelines and enjoy playing this game with your students. Assembly: Print pages 7-16, double-sided, on cardstock. Laminate for extra durability. When cards speak of emotion words, they are referring to the words used on the posters in the first lesson “Teaching Emotions”. Refer to this if you are teaching the two lessons in conjunction with one another. If you are not, simply ask the student to provide synonyms for the emotions they are describing. Example: Emotion is sad. Emotion words could be blue, upset, fragile, unhappy, down, etc. There are two types of game pieces; flat and pop up. To create the flat pieces, cut on the dotted lines. To create the pop ups, cut on the dotted lines and fold on the solid lines. Feel free to substitute anything you would like for the game pieces. You could use coins, chips, the possibilities are endless, get creative! Game Rules: All players pick a game piece and begin in square #1: The first player rolls a single dice and moves the appropriate amount of spaces (1-6). If they land in a space that does not have a chameleon in it, the next person takes a turn. If they land on a space that has a chameleon on a flower vine, (example space #4, #7, #11, #15, #23, #26, #30, #34, #42), they pick a Situation Card from the pile. They read the situation out loud, and answer all of the questions (one to three questions per Situation Card). If they answer all questions correctly, they follow the worms to a higher space, closer to the food bowl (and the winners circle). If they answer incorrectly they stay put. If they land on a space that has a chameleon on a tree branch, (example space #9, #13, #20, #27, #31, #36, #45, #46) they automatically slide down to the lower level. They then pick a Situation Card, if they answer all parts correctly, they get another turn and roll the dice again. The game is over when someone reaches the winner’s circle. I hope your students have a BLAST with this game!! This is now part of a bundle! Click here for great savings! Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor
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Are you in search of SEL icebreaker games and activities for your morning meetings or when getting to know new students? This cute SEL icebreaker game is perfect for breaking the ice with small groups, new students, classroom guidance lessons, or as a getting to know you activity. 

Build a S'more While You Learn S'more forces children to step outside their comfort zone and interact with others. Have endless fun with this resource when using it as a get to know me activity, back to school resource, icebreaker activity, small group activity, or rapport-building game!

Included in Download:

• 45 Grahmn Cracker Cards
• 27 Marshmallow Cards
• 27 Chocolate Cards
• 9 Tell Me S'more Free Passes

Use this SEL icebreaker game to help foster positive interactions among your students! Students will feel relaxed and at ease as they answer questions and "build" a s'more with their new friends. 

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jacquwlinw R. says, "I love this activity because it is a non-confrontational way to build rapport. Can't wait to use it with my patients!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WW says, "The s'more theme is perfect for back to school! I modified the game a bit to use with younger students by placing them in groups and reading the questions out loud to the whole class. They then answered the questions within their small group."

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This resource should accompany The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Upper elementary, middle school, and high school students need reading fluency practice too, but we don't always think about it at these stages. This editable resource asks students to practice a passage directly from The Diary of Anne Frank and focus on accuracy, pace, expression, and punctuation. Students are asked to practice reading the passage to an adult. I have always had my students record themselves reading the passage at the end of a week, and I grade them using the same rubric that is on this assignment.

Enhance your French language teaching with this comprehensive collection of 100 conversation starters! Perfect for beginners and intermediate learners, these prompts will help spark engaging discussions, improve speaking skills, and boost confidence in conversational French.

What's Included:

• 100 Conversation Starters: A mix of beginner to intermediate prompts, covering various topics such as hobbies, food, travel, and personal experiences.

22 story maps for illustrating storytelling to writing activities. These hobby and life maps are excellent as first week icebreakers, using oral narratives to start the writing process, and learning more about students. Use as individual/small/whole group activities. Meets CCSS. Includes: Directions Example 2 Teacher Maps Singer Traveler (Local, State, US, World) Artist Baseball Softball Basketball Soccer Football Reader Writer Technology Music Dancers (Male & Female) Science My Life Story 3 Blank Story Map Templates Students will have fun while being engaged as they learn about their classmates, draw symbols for life events, write captions, and use storytelling as part of their writing process.