Oral Language Teaching Resources
Help your students with oral language development this school year with activities, worksheets and more created by teachers to support student's speaking skills.
With activities developed by the teachers of the Teach Starter team to align to Common Core curriculum and editable resources you can adapt to suit your students' needs, this collection has everything you need to help students become adept communicators!
Explore basic conversational skills, teaching your students how to greet one another and how to carry on back-and-forth conversations. Cover the ability to express needs and wants and more with the help of resources designed to build the oral language foundation students need to move on to become readers and writers.
How to Build Students' Oral Language Skills
- Add a Daily Read Aloud to Your Class Schedule — You never get too old to listen to a book read out loud, and listening to you read a book out loud is especially valuable for those bilingual learners who need to listen to a fluent reader!
- Incorporate Reader's Theater. Reader's theater can help students with not just their spoken language skills but non-verbal communication as well, giving them a chance to practice expressing a wide range of emotions through their voice and body language.
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Team Building Games – Upper Grades
Encourage communication and cooperation with this set of 10 team-building games.
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I Spy Oral Language Activity
Encourage the development of oral language with this fun "I Spy" activity.
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Find Four - Elementary Icebreaker Activity
Play a fun get to know you game for kids to help them ‘Find Four’ new classmates to make friends with on the first day of school.
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Would You Rather? International Women's Day Active Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions with this set of International Women’s Day-themed "Would You Rather" questions.
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R-Words Articulation - Speech Therapy Worksheets
Provide articulation practice with printable speech articulation worksheets for words with beginning, medial, and final /r/ sounds.
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Soup, Salad, or Sandwich? Game - Interactive Icebreaker
Play the Soup, Salad, or Sandwich? Game for an exciting Back-to-School Icebreaker activity!
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Picture Puzzles - Team Building Activities
A set of 10 picture puzzles to use as a team-building activity.
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Color Me Carefully – Geometric Animals
Hone in on your students' speaking and listening skills with this barrier activity.
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Interview a Classmate - First Day of School Activity
Help your students learn more about their new classmates (even if they have been together for the last 5 years) with this fun speaking and listening activity!
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Would You Rather...? Question Cards
Would You Rather use this set of 31 question cards or eat a can of worms?
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Student-Led Small Group Discussion Strategies Posters
Remind your students of a variety of student-led discussion strategies with this set of 8 posters.
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Oral Language Activities
Share these oral language activities with your students to help them practice listening to others, expressing opinions, receiving instructions, and more!
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Initial, Medial, & Final L - Articulation Worksheets
Provide articulation practice with printable speech articulation worksheets for words with beginning, medial, and final /l/ sounds.
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Dramatic Play - Doctor's Office Pretend Play Pack
Create a dramatic play center with this doctor's office kit.
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Move and Share Activity - Icebreaker Activity
Start the school year movin' and sharin' with this fun icebreaker activity.
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Dramatic Play Center - Vet's Office Pack
Printable decor and elements for a veterinarian's office dramatic play center.
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Getting to Know My Classmates – QR Code Template
Use QR codes to get to know your new classmates at the start of a new school year.
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Question Starter Display
A classroom display to encourage questioning in the classroom.
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Daily Oral Language Task Cards (3-5)
Use Daily Oral Language prompts to boost your Grade 3 through Grade 5 students' communication abilities.
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Initial, Medial, & Final /s/ - Articulation Worksheets
Build skill with articulating the sounds of beginning, medial, and final /s/ with a set of printable speech articulation worksheets.
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Speech Articulation Worksheets - Initial, Medial, Final /w/
Provide articulation practice with printable speech articulation worksheets for words with beginning, medial, and final /w/ sounds.
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Speech Development Concerns - Teacher Checklist
Observe and note specific speech and language development concerns of students with a printable Speech and Language Development Checklist for teachers.
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Dramatic Play Center - Dentist Office
Engage and encourage imaginative thinking with a dentist's office dramatic play center.
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Fruit and Vegetable - Grocery Store Dramatic Play Pack
A fruit and vegetable stand-themed grocery store dramatic play kit.
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Pretend Play Kit – Mechanic Shop Dramatic Play Theme
A mechanic shop themed dramatic play kit.
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Dramatic Play Kit – Coffee and Tea Shop
A coffee and tea shop themed dramatic play kit.
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Non-Contact Morning Greetings Posters
Non-contact greetings that students can do with their teachers and peers.
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Speaking Skills for Oral Presentations Poster
A poster that explains the skills students need for a great oral presentation!
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Oral Presentation Assessment Rubric
A rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' oral presentations.
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Secret Threading Task Cards
Practice listening and speaking skills with this fun barrier activity.
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Shopping Cart Matchup Activity
A speaking and listening activity to reinforce a variety of mathematical concepts.
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Formal and Informal Greetings – Worksheet
A sorting worksheet where students distinguish the differences between formal and informal greetings.