When engaging in oral language activities in the classroom, students are able to use a range of interaction skills in order to become active speakers and communicate in a clear, coherent manner to a range of audiences. Use this collection of oral foundational language teaching resources, including educational posters, worksheets and activities, to develop efficient speaking skills with your students in the elementary classroom.
A set of posters explaining the different roles for group work.
An Interactive PowerPoint where students listen to a description and choose the matching image.
A poster to use when teaching your students about public speaking.
A collection of 16 images in a PowerPoint to use as prompts for listening practice.
A listening comprehension exercise and art activity rolled into one.
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
A set of four coloring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching common greetings in Spanish.
A sorting worksheet where students distinguish the differences between formal and informal greetings.
A persuasive writing task based on real-world issues affecting children.
A fun reading comprehension activity in which students follow a set of instructions to create their own magic monster.
A coffee and tea shop themed dramatic play kit.
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.
Non-contact greetings that students can do with their teachers and peers.
A getting to know you activity to do at the beginning of a new school year.
A fun, getting to know you activity to do in the first few weeks of a new school year.
A fruit and vegetable stand themed dramatic play kit.
An activity to use when teaching younger students about positional language.
Prompts for students to use when orally discussing books.
A visual resource to help students verbalize how they are feeling.