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Speaking and Listening Resources

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Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeSL.4.3 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.4.3 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeSL.4.4 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.4.4 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using relevant facts, descriptive details andspeak clearly.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson5th GradeSL.5.3 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.5.3 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson5th GradeSL.5.6 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.5.6 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeInformation From a Presenter Worksheet

This information from a presenter worksheet helps 2nd Grade students record a question they asked a speaker, why they asked it, the answer they got, and the main idea they learned.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeLet's Chat Discussion Starter Activity

Using this Let's Chat Discussion Starter Activity, students summarize the points a speaker makes and explains how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence through discussion starter cards.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenLet's Talk About It Activity

Using this Let's Talk About It Activity, studentsengage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenTell the Group Speaking and Listening Activity

Using the Tell the Group Speaking and Listening Activity, students report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenGold Medal Reading Strategies Activity

Using Gold Medal Reading Strategies Activity, students read grade-level text with purpose and understanding using graphic organizers for support.

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ActivityKindergartenRoles of Conversation Activity

Using the Roles of Conversation Activity, studentsparticipate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenClassroom Conversations Activity

Using this Classroom Conversations Activity, students participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core LessonKindergartenSL.K.1 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.K.1 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core LessonKindergartenSL.K.3 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.K.3 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core LessonKindergartenSL.K.6 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.K.6 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, studentsspeak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson1st GradeSL.1.4 First Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.1.4 First Grade Common Core Lesson, studentsdescribe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson1st GradeSL.1.5 First Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.1.5 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarifyideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson2nd GradeSL.2.6 Second Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.2.6 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson3rd GradeSL.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.3.2 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson3rd GradeSL.3.3 Third Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.3.3 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson4th GradeSL.4.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this SL.4.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.