Description
Support your students as they develop speaking skills, communication strategies, and critical thinking with this essential Cutesy Composition Notebook Conversation Starters set. Featuring kid-friendly accountable talk stems, this printable ELA anchor chart fits seamlessly on your bulletin board, writing wall, or literacy center.
The included bright color speech bubbles and talk stems work perfectly as conversation starter cards, accountable talk prompts, or ice breakers during whole-group discussions, partner talks, and small-group reading sessions. Each prompt encourages learners to clarify ideas, agree or disagree respectfully, and build on one another’s thinking—key habits for strong academic conversations.
This set is editable and bilingual-friendly, allowing you to adjust stems to suit your curriculum, grade level, or classroom needs while promoting meaningful, structured dialogue in a unique learning space.
What’s Included in this Conversation Starters:
✅ 4 “Conversation Starters” header options in full and half-page
✅ 2 Large Banner Options “Conversation Starters” with school supply clipart
✅ 2 speech bubble options: right and left stem
✅ 24 Accountable Talk Stems with phrases (Printable PDF):
- An example of this is...
- Can you please clarify?
- Can you tell me more?
- I agree with…… because...
- I also think that...
- I believe that...
- I can prove…… because...
- I disagree with…… because...
- I feel confused about...
- I feel the same way because…
- I have a question about...
- I learned that...
- I noticed that...
- I predict that...
- I think that…… because...
- I used to think that…
- I wonder why...
- I would like to add…
- My first step was...
- My partner said...
- The first thing I did was…
- The strategy I used was...
- This reminds me of…
- What would happen if…
✅ Editable headers and blank spares for posters
📂 File Formats:
- PDF File (Ready-to-Print)
- Canva Template (Text-editable)
You can print these as large anchor charts to support whole-group lessons or scale them down in your printer settings for student desk reference cards. Use the blank editable spares to personalize for additional content or other lessons.
Why You’ll Love These Cutesy Composition Notebook Conversation Starters:
✔ Editable in Canva’s free version for easy customization
✔ Fast and easy printing with pre-made PDFs saves you preparation time
✔ Bilingual-friendly layout works great in multilingual or ESL classrooms
✔ Great for your ELA wall, anchor chart area, or bulletin board display
✔ Bright colors and hand-drawn school supplies clipart create a fun learning environment
This teaching resource is also part of the Cutesy Composition Notebook English Posters Bundle for a cohesive literacy space.
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Additional Information
Please note, this is a downloadable, digital file that you can access immediately after purchase.
To open the files you will be required to have a PDF Reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
To edit: If the product description stipulates that the file is editable, it will be editable only in Microsoft PowerPoint. You will need to have access to Microsoft Powerpoint to be able to type in your text. You can access a free trial here.
‘Editable’ refers to the *text* within the file being customisable. Images and colour palettes are not editable. Simply type into the text boxes provided or add in your own to edit.
Please ensure your PDF reader and MS PowerPoint software is up to date to avoid compatibility issues.
Terms of Use
Purchase of this resource entitles the purchaser to reproduce pages in limited quantities for single classroom or homeschool use only, and strictly prohibits any commercial use.
Duplication for a friend, another staff member, or the entire school without the purchase of an additional license is not permitted.
Copying any part of this resource and/or placing it on the internet in any form (even a personal or classroom website/school server) is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Copyright ©Chantelle Jacobs
Miss Jacobs Little Learners Pty Ltd