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Speaking and Listening at Reception and Key Stage 1

4 Other ideas for speaking and listening

  • The Scholastic series, ‘Speaking and Listening in Cross Curricular Contexts’ published in 2004, provides a wealth of ideas for talking tasks related to national curriculum topics in Geography, History and Science at KS1 & 2. Students are finding these books to be invaluable resources on school placements from Reception to Year 6.
  • ‘Teaching Citizenship through Traditional Tales (2003) Ellis, S. & Grogan, D. published by Scholastic, provides opportunities for group talk through thought-provoking letters from fictional characters allowing children to explore moral issues within the safe environment of fictional tales.
  • SCCC (1998) provides support for students in developing children’s speaking and listening by suggesting possible next steps in ‘Assessment in the Classroom: Listening and Talking’.

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Forming groups
    1. Group size
    2. Group composition
      1. Criteria for forming groups
      2. Planning for group size and composition
  3. Structuring Tasks Within A Curricular Context
    1. The potential of group talk
    2. Identifying talking tasks across the curriculum
    3. Features of effective talking tasks
    4. Using task structures
    5. Analysing talking tasks
  4. Other ideas for speaking and listening
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