Conversation Skills Maintaining Conversations

A file or printable companion for Boom Cards

by Cloud Learners

Price: 500 points or $5 USD

Subjects: sel,speech,specialed

Grades: 3,4,5,6,7

Description: Maintaining a conversation requires more than just answering questions. This printable activity helps students learn how to keep conversations going by adding relevant comments, asking follow-up questions, and staying engaged with the topic. Students read realistic social scenarios and identify responses that help extend conversations naturally. They practice building on ideas, showing interest, and avoiding short responses that end interactions too quickly. This resource supports explicit instruction in pragmatic language and social communication skills in a structured, print-and-go format. What’s Included: • Real-life conversation scenarios • Practice identifying responses that maintain conversations • Opportunities for discussion and reflection • Print-and-go format Skills Targeted: • Maintaining conversations • Follow-up questions and comments • Staying on topic • Conversation flow • Pragmatic language • Social communication Great For: • Speech therapy sessions • Social skills groups • Special education classrooms • Students with autism or ADHD • Upper elementary and middle school learners Use for direct teaching, small group discussion, or guided social skills practice. © Cloud Learners SLP. All rights reserved. This resource is licensed for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if sharing with colleagues. Reproduction or redistribution of any part of this resource is prohibited.