Using the Recording a Story or Poem Worksheet, students create audio recordings of stories or poems by using a voice recorder with a microphone.

Using this Describe It Figurative Language Activity, students match the word to the pictures that best describe them.

Using Asking Questions about a Story Activity, students Discuss a topic or read a book aloud using Question Cards to help guide questions andanswers about the topic.

Using this Express Your Feelings Character Education Activity, students express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Using this SL.1.1 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about First Grade topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Using Reading Questions Camping Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Using Who What When Where Why How Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Using the Students Speak Assessment Worksheet, teachers take anecdotalnotes when you hear students speaking with these qualities.

The Talking to Peers Assessment Worksheet is a 1st grade teacher form for recording three peer writing conferences, with writer, topic, four behavior checkboxes and note lines on every card.

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

Using the After Reading Discussion Cards, students actively engage in group reading activities to discuss purpose and understanding after shared reading.

Using this SL.1.3 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 How the Text is Organized Activity, studentsdescribe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text.