Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.Some students jump into a story before giving the background information their listener needs. They might leave out where something...
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Preschool Social Skills Activity: Sharing Play Ideas
Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.In preschool, many students know what they want to play, but fewer know how to invite someone to join them. That is where teaching...
Pragmatics Activity for High School: Interactive Sarcasm Spinner
Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.Sarcasm can be tricky for students to recognize, and even harder to use effectively. Some students interpret sarcasm literally....
Elementary Conversation Skills Lesson: How to Greet Others
Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.Learning how to greet others is one of the most important foundational conversation skills students can build. Whether saying hello...
Conversation Skills Activity for Middle School: Shifting the Topic Spinner
Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.Students often need help recognizing how to manage the flow of a conversation. They may jump to new topics too quickly, stay stuck...
Online Communication Lesson for Middle School: How to Email a Teacher
Middle schoolers are expected to email teachers regularly, but few are taught how to do it well. Many students use the same tone with teachers that they would with friends. Others leave out key details or send emails that come off as abrupt or unclear. These...
Elementary Conversation Skills Poster: How to End a Conversation Respectfully
Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.Many students are taught how to start a conversation, but fewer are taught how to end one. That’s where this lesson comes in. Ending...
Conversation Skills Activity for Elementary: Think It or Say It
Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.Elementary students are still learning how to regulate their words in social situations. They may blurt out whatever they’re...
Conversation Skills Activity for Preschool: Interactive Matching Game
Activities to Teach Conversation Skills Help students start, maintain, and deepen peer interactions with no-prep printables and lessons.Preschoolers are just beginning to learn conversation skills. They may talk over others, change the subject suddenly, or focus only...