Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Speaking and Listening in Content Area Learning
Oral language development facilitates print literacy. In this article, we focus on the ways in which teachers can ensure students' speaking and listening skills are developed. We provide a review of effective classroom routines,...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Sounds of Speech
Sounds of speech are the sounds that make up our oral language. Children must understand how speech sounds work to be ready for instruction in reading and writing. To learn more about sounds of speech, browse the articles, parent tips,...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Helping Young Children Express Themselves
We know that communication is central to the learning process. Communication can be specifically linked to the expanding skills of listening and speaking, as children connect to the reading and writing behaviors that characterize early...
Other
Speech and Language Kids: Asking and Answering Questions
This article focuses on children with speech and language delays, but the tips can be used for any preschool student to practice asking and answering questions. It lists developmental milestones and provides links to activities for...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Easy as Abc!
Lesson where students name grocery store items to correspond to the letters of the alphabet. Students must remember the previous items when it is their turn to pick an item.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Vocabulary Words: Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can help students as they explore new vocabulary words. It offers a place for a dictionary definition, as well as a place to practice using the word in a sentence.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: All About Emotions: Pre K and K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week children will learn to label emotions and how they can express them in different ways.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Oh, Messy Cheetos!
In this instructional activity, sentence fluency is the focus. The mentor text entitled Mrs. Wishy Washy is used to help students explore how using repetition techniques can enhance the meaning of a story. After reading the text,...
University of Oregon
Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Tongue Twisters
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing tongue twisters. Examples of tongue twisters are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Guess What's in the Bag a Language Based Activity
Contains plans for a language activity called "Guess What's in the Bag." Students try to guess the object in a bag in order to develop descriptive language, listening, and problem solving skills. In addition to objectives and standards,...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Expressing Thoughts & Feelings
Students will practice using vocabulary associated with feelings. Students will investigate discovery topics with the following categories: bad day discovery bucket, flannel board discovery bucket, dramatic discovery bucket, name...
Read Works
Read Works: Genre Kindergarten Unit: Real and Make Believe
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan where students learn the difference between real and make-believe and practice sorting details into the two categories. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Terrible, Horrible Days
After reading the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, students have the chance to express the way they feel when they have a bad day. They will make personal connections as well as develop...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Reading With Our Eyes, Fingers, Toes, Ears and Nose
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students are learning to identify sensory words in their reading, specifically in poetry. Students will gain a perspective on how authors use sensory words to portray their ideas. They...
Other
Ms. Jordan Reads: Teaching Sensory Language With Mentor Texts
This instructional activity on sensory language revolves around the descriptive book "Where Butterflies Grow". Students will learn how sensory language connects to the five senses, learn a sensory language chant, understand the purpose...
Other
Bubbl.us: Brainstorming Made Simple
Bubbl.us is a free online application that allows users to brainstorm online then save them, email them and share with friends.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kids in Motion: Sight Word Spelling
In this instructional activity students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words. This instructional activity primarily focuses...
Success Link
Success Link: Are You Talking to Me?
A lesson plan to help students interact with each other. The focus is on special education, but could be used productively in any elementary classroom.
Success Link
Success Link: Inside Outside Show and Tell
A different take on Show and Tell that emphasizes speaking and listening skills and will engage all the students in this kindergarten tradition.
Other
New South Wales Educational Resources: Talking and Listening in K 6
Lists developmental characteristics of speech and listening of K-6 children. Excellent educational site from New South Wales.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 19 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and places.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 18 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and hours.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 17 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and time.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 16 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs and places.