Communication Skills Task Cards

Encourage a growth mindset by helping children to communicate positively, to be flexible and provide them with problem-solving strategies and solutions that help them to cope with the myriad of situations and emotions that life presents with these fun task cards focusing on communication skills. These printable task cards are a terrific way to actively practise the growth mindset directly within the IB PYP Communication Skills.

Digital & Printable versions

The task cards can be used in a variety of ways that encourage the children to reflect and think positively of themselves and others in various social settings that are easily relatable to them. The digital version includes one full size task card to be used on-screen in your digital learning platform. It can be used as a collaborative group activity to discuss and share ideas, many with a fun presentation requiring acting. Children are asked to reflect on social situations that present doubt, possible antagonism, confidence issues and other difficulties. As you help the children with these communication skills in a safe, familiar environment, it will greatly benefit them throughout school and particularly as they approach the IB PYP Exhibition. A great review activity! Differentiated for 3rd-5th grade. The purple cards offer more challenging text. UK and USA spelling.

Suggestions:

•Whole class - sitting in circle, each child will have a card to read aloud and then share their opinion. These can be discussed as you go around the circle.

•Small groups- Place a pile of cards face down in the middle of the group. Each person will take a turn to read a card, act out or offer their opinion and then those can be discussed within the group.

•Teacher led- read aloud a card to a small group and facilitate the discussion that follows.

•Independent work - Each child can work with a few cards and write or draw how they would solve the social problems presented on the task cards.

•Digital version- OPTIONS: one full size task card to be used on-screen in your digital learning platform. It can be used as a collaborative group activity to discuss and share ideas, many with a fun presentation requiring acting. You also have a slide with 4 task cards and a graphic organiser for recording ideas and thoughts. The children can switch back and forth between slide and graphic organiser to add their thinking and their ideas

You will find 19 full size task cards and 6 sets of 4, making 24 task cards all for online learning, and 32 PDF task cards ready to print and go for in-class learning.

SAVE WITH A BUNDLE: The entire set of ATL Skills task cards can be found here.

 You can find many more tools for implementing the IB PYP within my store and on my blog. You may like my posters explaining the Skills . There are separate sets for big kids and also for younger kids. These can be found on my blog too or in my store.

Enjoy!

Susan Powers

www.PYPteachingtools.com