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Worksheet
Curated OER

Conversation Starters

For Students 1st
In this basic present simple verbs activity, 1st graders, working in teams of two or four, ask a set of questions in order to complete a graph on a variety of information to fill in a type of "information gap" chart.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Good Manners

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
It's never to early to introduce childen to good manners. It's often assumed that they will just "learn" them on their own, but that's not true! In this simple instructional activity, pupils practice using good manners and conversation...
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Handout
CTC Publishing

Interrupting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Everybody loves to contribute to the conversation, but it needs to be done politely so as not to interrupt. Help your little ones learn how to add to a conversation appropriately with a few activities that complement the book, My Mouth...
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Lesson Plan
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Curated OER

The World of Amelia Bedelia

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Get ready to laugh with your class by reading the book Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School. After they read the book and do activities comparing their first day of school with Amelia' they will then have conversations around the story....
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Lesson Plan
Read4Health

Piggybook: A Read4Health Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
"You are pigs." With those three simple words, the lives of the Piggott family were changed forever. Read aloud the children's story Piggybook by Anthony Browne and teach your class the importance of personal responsibility, learning...
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Activity
New Jersey Historical Commission and New Jersey Council for the Humanities

Thomas Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
What would change in your daily life due to a power outage? Here, learners explore the inventions brought to us by the one and only, Thomas Edison, and imagine a day without them. Scholars take part in a grand conversation and write a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Halloween Survey

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL conversation survey worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of Halloween scary creatures. Students ask each other if they are scared of this thing and record the answers of their classmates.
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Activity
Curated OER

Valentine Handprint Poem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make a handprint underneath a Valentine poem to give to their parents. In this Valentine poem lesson plan, students also glue conversation hearts around the edge of the page for a border.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Talking About Favorite Things

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this talking about favorite things worksheet, students learn about conversations pertaining to favorite things as they examine an example conversation and consider 3 of their favorite things.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Talking About Likes and Dislikes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this talking about likes and dislikes instructional activity, students learn about conversations pertaining to likes and dislikes as they examine 3 example conversations.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Adaptive Worksheets-Sentences in a Conversation

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this adaptive sentence activity, students choose sentences from a box at the top of the page to complete a very simple conversation. A reference web site is noted for additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's All About Word Play

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students engage in a instructional activity which focuses on word play through conversational language activities. The instructional activity helps build confidence and increase proficient language skills for Early English Language...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paco's Similes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students engage in a lesson which focuses on using conversational language and music to introduce the concept of similes, building language acquisition and helping create a positive attitude toward knowing and learning more than one...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Which is the Biggest?

For Students 1st
In this conversation worksheet, 1st graders, working with a partner, team up to discuss forty various different categories of people and things to see which one of them are the biggest using comparative and superlative terms.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Favorite Things

For Students 1st
In this conversation worksheet, 1st graders participate in a student to student survey to ask their classmates about fourteen of their favorite things by only using the verb "to be."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How Many Blocks Are There?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this tracing and writing worksheet, students trace and write sentences about a conversation about blocks. Students complete 5 sentences total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Film Festival: An ESL Lesson Plan to Get Students Talking About Movies Part II

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students discuss movies currently playing in theaters. In this class discussion, students practice their oral dictation, retelling of information and the ability to carry a social conversation. Students also complete a worksheet...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Telling My Tale

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students brainstorm a list of their primary interests and skills and depict their ideas and attributes by creating a conversational painting that profiles them. They can create a cartoon strip using multiple images as well and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's in a Name?

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Build conversation skills for your English language learners in this spoken language development lesson. In it, learners listen to descriptions written by the teacher prior to the first day of class which include predictions about the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Do You Know?: Days, Months, Minutes, and Hours

For Students 1st Standards
It's all about time as scholars focus on years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds to practice these concepts. First they put all 12 months back in order, numbering them 1st, 2nd, etc. Two are done for them. Next, there are...
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Lesson Plan
August House

The Ogre Bully

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this lesson plan has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and have a grand...
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Lesson Plan
August House

The Magic Pot

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The Magic Pot by Patricia Coombs is the theme of this multidisciplinary lesson plan. Early readers first take part in a read aloud and grand conversation about the story's details. Then, they get to work practicing their skills in...
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Writing
Jolly Learning Ltd

My Story

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Get your class started on description and dialogue with a Jolly phonics worksheet! Learners decide what the three illustrated characters are talking about and write a brief description of their conversation.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of challenge activities. The surprise comes from the information your scholars will discover when researching topics such as alligators and crocodiles, living in other countries, becoming a...

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