SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
***Please view videos before watching with them with your child if you are not already familiar with them.***
***NOTE--ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER STUDENTS--PLEASE SCROLL DOWN BELOW THE ELEMENTARY ACTIVITIES***
***Please view videos before watching with them with your child if you are not already familiar with them.***
***Please view videos before watching with them with your child if you are not already familiar with them.***
***NOTE--ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER STUDENTS--PLEASE SCROLL DOWN BELOW THE ELEMENTARY ACTIVITIES***
- ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
- Inference and Perspectives (educated guesses and how do they feel)
- Inferences for Younger Children
- As you and your child read or listen to the book "My Lucky Day", ask questions such as what do you think will happen next, or how do you think he/she felt about that?
- My Lucky Day Read-Aloud on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdEyveo4iBY
- Conversation Skills
- Saying What You Mean - A Children's Book About Communication Skills
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnLfnulwZw
- Can you name 3 or more types of nonverbal communication discussed in this read-aloud book?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnLfnulwZw
- Saying What You Mean - A Children's Book About Communication Skills
- Figures of Speech
- Idioms--Pick 4 of these idioms and write them in a sentence. You may need to write 1-2 introductory sentences to set up the situation/scenario.
- https://englishwithatwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Spring-idioms-infographic-670.png
- https://jenniferfindley.com/figurative-language-videos/
- scroll down to find videos about these figures of speech
- Personification
- Similes and Metaphors
- Hyperbole
- scroll down to find videos about these figures of speech
- https://jenniferfindley.com/figurative-language-videos/
- https://englishwithatwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Spring-idioms-infographic-670.png
- Idioms--Pick 4 of these idioms and write them in a sentence. You may need to write 1-2 introductory sentences to set up the situation/scenario.
***Please view videos before watching with them with your child if you are not already familiar with them.***
- OLDER STUDENTS
- Inference and Perspectives (educated guesses and how do they feel-type activities)
- Click on the links below to find fun youtube clips and additional resources that you can watch with your older children then discuss inference and perspective, drawing conclusions, and predicting skills with them.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi66yKKxDM
- Simon's Cat videos
- Miscellaneous video clips
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi66yKKxDM
- Click on the links below to find fun youtube clips and additional resources that you can watch with your older children then discuss inference and perspective, drawing conclusions, and predicting skills with them.
- Idioms--An idiom is a word or phrase which means something different than its literal, word-for-word meaning.
- This link will take you to the website where you can download a free idioms activity.
- Other figures of speech
- If you like music and want to learn more about figures of speech, then check out this video! How many can you get right?
- Everyday quick phrases
- Like Jeopardy? Try this game on for size (try it to see if you like it):
- https://jeopardylabs.com/play/social-language-jeopardy
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=428tr8ixT3Q--was "Try this on for size" used literally or as a figure of speech in this video clip?
- Inference and Perspectives (educated guesses and how do they feel-type activities)