Speechables

Use this power-point activity to engage your middle school students/high school students in conversation during teletherapy. 5 Categories: 1) Vocabulary: Students identify a relevant vocabulary word 2) What would you do: Social Problem Solving Situations 3) Name It: Naming/Labeling activity with bonus conversation questions 4) What's Your Opinion: Open-Ended Opinion Questions to get the juices flowing 5) Give Advice: Student works on giving advice (targets divergent thinking) - Interactive game

30 SECOND TALKDIRECTIONSThis activity can be used as an ice breaker. Students take turns talking about a pre-selected topic for 30 seconds. Topics range from general questions such as "Talk about you favorite YouTube channel" to personal questions: "Talk about your Pet". Color drawings are provided for visual support. This activity is suited for upper elementary school students to high school students. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIRECTIONS•STUDENTS TAKE TURNS PICKING A CARD AND ANSWERING A QUESTION. Give prompts when needed. • CATEGORIESWH Questions: What/How/Where If Clause: Conditional (If I had a million dollars…) Describe This: Providing Details/Elaboration GAME RULES•100-1000 Points •STEAL = Student steals points from another student. •CHANGE = Student changes points with another student. •LOSE = Students loses some points. BOMB = Student loses all points. *This game can be used effectively for teletherapy and th

30 Second Talk is an ice breaker activity. Students take turns talking about a pre-selected topic for 30 seconds. Topics range from general questions such as "Talk about you favorite YouTube channel" to personal questions: "Talk about your Pet". Color drawings are provided for visual support. This activity is suited for upper elementary school students to high school students. Directions: Students take turns selecting a lettered cloud with a hidden topic. Click it, it will hyperlink to a slide.

Using the prompts, students are asked to prove that they can act out a certain skill/talent live on zoom (e.g., sing a song, say their name backwards, etc.) This activity works well as an icebreaker or just a fun reward after finishing work. This is all a good way to target the modals: can/can't

Target idiomatic expressions with this multiple choice activity. Action buttons are included to move forwards and backwards. This activity includes 12 idiomatic expressions: •To be under the weather •A drop in the bucket •Butterflies in my stomach •Wax in your ears •Hold your horses •Once in a blue moon •Pull the wool over my eyes •Two peas in a pod •Zip your lips •A fly in ointment •Hit the sack •When pigs fly Special Thanks to the Following Content Providers for IMAGESLUCKY CLOVER GRAPHICS •

Use this activity to help students begin discussing white lies or half-truths. Students are tasked with identifying whether a statement is or is not a white lie.