Use the Partner ping-pong activity from The Oral Language Book (page 41) to support students to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic. 
 

Instructions: 
In pairs, students have turns at saying one thing each. They continue until one person cannot think of a new idea. 
Topics could include: 

  • Share facts from the podcast, book or video clip
  • Remember the instructions for how to … 
  • Share words that start with …
  • Share adjectives/adverbs/descriptive verbs, etc.
  • Name things that are a specific colour, shape, big, small, etc.

 

 Check out The Oral Language Book for more great talk ideas.

Related resources

Useful links and resources to support The Reading Book.



 



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Includes: Two posters with whiteboard expectations



Focus: Establishing routines for effectively using whiteboards during whole-class teaching

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