SHORT TALK IDEAS...

BABBLE GABBLE

• Children sit back to back.
• Each child has 30 seconds of non-interrupted time to talk about a subject/question/share their work etc.
• The listener has to listen carefully to what is being said and when it is their turn, they have to include a comment from about what they have heard

BABBLE GABBLE PURPOSE?

• Opportunity for all children to talk without having to do so in front of the whole class.
• EVERY child gets to talk.
• They can talk without pressure of people starring at them.
• It only takes 1 minute and everyone has taken part.

TEACH ME TELL ME...

TEACH ME TELL ME...

• Children walk around with whiteboard.
• On one side is the question, the other side is the answer.
• Children meet and one has to say what the answer is to the question-if right they show answer and move on.
• Even better if children show answer and person has to work out what the question could be.

TEACH ME TELL ME-PURPOSE?

• Reinforcing learning
• Learning from each other
• Up and active activity

RALLY ROBIN

RALLY ROBIN

• Mallet's mallet if you are old enough...
• Children face each other
• Topic is named (describe Scrooge)
• They then say word back and forward.
• Last 39 seconds or so...

TALK TALLY

• Children then go and complete talk tally grid.
• Leave a couple of spaces blank to add any extra words.
• Stick this in books!

RR AND TALK TALLY-PUROSE...

• Children have a bank of key words appropriate to the learning.
• Words created by the children.
• Learning from each other.

SNOWBALLS

SNOWBALLS

• Children write one sentence, or one word to show their thoughts/understanding.
• Screw paper into snowball but put a personalised marking on outside (so they can retrieve it later)
• Throw it at given space.
• One table at a time to collect, write a different point and throw again.
• After 4 times , children collect their own which has their idea and at least three others on.

SNOWBALLS PURPOSE

• Help children who struggle with ideas to get extra ideas given to them
• Fun/lively/engaging.
• Children learning from each other.

SNOWBALLS TO AEROPLANES

• Children make a paper aeroplane and write a fact to show their understanding of a topic.
• Have two lines of children facing each other.
• Throw, pick, read, write, throw...repeat.

STEPPING STONES

STEPPING STONES

• Objects, sentences, key words, pictures, facts around the room.
• Children given time to walk round and look at them all (briefly)
• Go and stand by one:answer, have something to talk about/say about it/have a question/or something to discuss.
• They then have time to discuss as a small group.
• When time is up, move to a new picture-talk about new picture-can they make reference to previous discussion.

STEPPING STONES PURPOSE...

• Build child discussion
• Every child taking part
• Children learning from each other.
• No pressure of writing.
• Random groupings
• Up and moving.

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