Table Chat- 64 Conversation Cards + BONUS 20 Silly Brain Break Cards

Description:

Let’s face it, we all love to talk about ourselves! The best way to get get know each other and build classroom community is through quality conversation. Students love these thoughtful questions that provoke meaningful, creative and sometimes surprising answers!

This resource is an easy go-to for both structured and unstructured classroom moments. These 64 conversation cards can be used independently by students or facilitated by teachers in a diversity of ways to foster productive and meaningful connections.

Table Talk Conversation Cards

Theme: All About Me!

Includes:

• 64 conversation question cards (see example questions below)
• Template for buildable 3D Card Box for storage
• Instructions Sheet: Teacher & Student Use Ideas
• 1 blank page of cards & 1 blank box template (for students to design their own conversation set)
• BONUS: 20 Silly Brain Break Question Cards

Excellent for Teacher Use:

• First week of school conversations
• ELL / EAL / ESL speaking practice
• Literacy stations
• Cultivating new or strained student relationships
• Teacher + Student Dialogue Activity

Excellent for Student Use:

• Early finishers
• Brain breaks

Example Questions

• Do you prefer morning, afternoon or night? Why?
• What makes you laugh really hard?
• What kinds of things do you usually dream about?
• What scares you the most?
• What do you like to do around bedtime?
• What is something you want to learn to do?
• What does it mean to be a good friend?
• What would your perfect birthday party be like?
• If you could visit another country right now, where would you go? Why?
• What is something special about you?
• If your life was a book, what would the book be called?

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UPDATED (05/2019):

I updated this product from 40 cards to 64 cards AND added a BONUS 20 Silly Brain Break Cards. Warning: the silly brain break cards will definitely get your students laughing, moving around and your classroom may get lively with animal noises and funny faces.