No Pens Day Wednesday Put down your pens!
Talking and listening are really important! Hear all about it! Talking and listening are really important!
What do you think? Here are some questions to think about....
Who do we talk with and listen to at school?
We talk with lots of different people in school every day
What do we use our talking and listening skills for?
We use them for lots of different reasons Share our news Make friends Find out information Sort out problems Follow instructions Ask for help
Why are talking and listening skills important?
Talking and listening are really important to help us learn Scientists and clever people know talking and listening are really important to help us learn Talking and listening are really important to help us learn That’s right
And good talking and listening will help us with our Learning Spelling Writing Reading Getting along with each other Feeling confident
Speaking and listening are just like any other skills...
With good practice, we can all get better, and better, and better!
So although writing is important...
..today, we are going to hide our pens and pencils and learn just by talking and listening
We will learn just as much with different activities Podcasting Maths games Word wall Interviewing each other Role play
Your job is to decide which activities and lessons work best...
..and whether there were times you missed your pens and pencils