June 26th

Welcome to today’s Daily Chat. Here you’ll find an assortment of conversation starters to suit a range of learners. I have categorised them as ‘On This Day’ (a question prompted by a moment in history), ‘Connect & Converse’ (general questions suitable for a range of different ages), ‘Daily Dilemma’ (Could you? Would you? Should you? If…).

Select one or more and begin conversing and building oral language skills today. Being able to engage and communicate with others, to reason and explain, and to ask questions to clarify understanding are vital skills for our pupils. Broad general knowledge underpins reading comprehension; in turn, this supports written communication.

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What shall we talk about today?

On This Day

Today’s On This Day conversation starter marks the 2014 expulsion of Luis Suárez from the World Cup. His behaviour prompted many to wonder if he learned it was ok to misbehave when he was younger. They believe it is likely his talent prevented him being dropped from teams, and so Suárez learned he could get away with things. 

Of course, this raises some questions for us around player selection and consequences for misbehaviour – always an interesting “big chat” to have with children.

Connect and Converse

A lovely prompt to get children sharing poetry and verse.

Daily Dilemma

For today’s Daily Dilemma, how would you prefer to travel to school given these options?

Big Chat

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