This gold medal reading strategies activity gives 1st to 3rd grade students a model story and four organizers for story maps, retelling and connections. Answer key included.

This read it aloud activity has 1st-3rd Grade students order Three Little Pigs story cards, then read them aloud with expression. A buddy checklist, practice page and answer key are included.

This asking questions about a story activity helps Kindergarten to 2nd Grade readers match question cards to answers from a short story. Answer key included, so checking the work is quick.

These after reading discussion cards give kindergarten to 3rd grade readers 24 story questions, a spinner and a book talk page for lively group conversations about any book.

Kids use this researching together worksheet to number and write the steps for planting a seed. A 1st grade how-to sequencing page with an answer key that builds clear informational writing.

This recording a story or poem worksheet asks 2nd graders to read eight sentences and decide which ones are good habits for making a recording. An answer key is included for quick checking.

This research together worksheet helps 1st grade partners choose a topic, read books, and write two facts they learned while listing their sources. It builds teamwork and early research skills.

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.

Using this SL.4.5 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Using this SL.5.1 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussionswith diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

The Help Me Out Asking Questions Activity is a matching game where children pair classroom mix-ups with the clear question that fixes each one. Made for 1st through 3rd grade, with an answer key included.

This discussions preparation activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students sort prep notes and plan an opinion, evidence and a question before a class talk. Answer key included.

This formal or informal English activity has 3rd to 5th grade students sort envelope situation cards by audience and rewrite informal sentences, with an answer key included for quick checking.

This ask me about it speaking and listening activity gives Kindergarten to 2nd Grade children topic cards, question cards and a spinner to share, ask and answer, with an answer key included.

This formal informal language activity has 2nd-4th grade students sort 16 phrase cards by a top hat or ball cap and match pairs. Answer key included.

Try this reading questions camping activity with 1st to 3rd grade readers. Kids read a camping story and match question cards to answer cards; an answer key is included.

This asking and answering questions activity has Kindergarten to 2nd Grade listeners spin a question word and ask a speaker about a picture card. Answer key included for easy checking.

This Student Language Assessment Worksheet helps Kindergarten teachers record a child's exact words across ten speaking skills, then plan a clear next step for growing confident, correct speakers.

Use this small group discussions checklist worksheet to help 3rd grade students rate how they take part in a reading discussion and write a goal that makes their next group talk better.

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.