Jumpstart! Talk for Learning: Games and activities for ages 7-12
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Description
Jumpstart! Talk for Learning presents a collection of multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart children’s use of effective talk in the classroom. This book offers practical and engaging ideas ranging from brief games to extended lesson suggestions. It serves as a basis for creating your own spoken language activities to match the topics you are teaching and the individual needs of your class.
Key Features
- Encourages participation in group and class discussions.
- Promotes exploratory talk and sharing a range of points of view.
- Utilises talk imaginatively to develop understanding.
- Fosters individual presentational talk.
- Includes active drama sessions.
Additional Information
Specifically written to help teachers with the direct teaching of talk skills required by the National Curriculum, the activities in the book encourage children to develop their use of talk to understand one another and get things done together. Jumpstart! Talk for Learning includes a range of classroom activities that can be used in literacy lessons and integrated across the curriculum.
Specifications
Contents:
- Introduction
- The importance of talk in the classroom: Why classroom talk can be a part of a productive learning environment.
- How understanding is developed through speculating, hypothesising, imagining, and exploring ideas.
- The importance of listening and responding to what others say: Developing children’s skills so that they become active listeners.
Section 1: Talking to convey information:
- Informative talks
- Recounting experiences
- Reporting events
- Researching and reporting
- Explanations
- Instructions and directions
Section 2: Expressing opinions and arguments:
- Expressing opinions
- Points of view
- Developing arguments
- Discussion
- Preparing speeches
- Debating
- Persuading
Section 3: Using talk imaginatively to develop understanding:
- Telling and retelling stories
- Learning and presenting poems
- Hot seating and thought tracking
- Role play
- Improvisation
Assessing Speaking and Listening:
- Assessing the content, structure, language, and delivery of talks and speeches
- Assessment of group discussions
- Assessment of storytelling and poetry presentations
- Assessing listening skills