Say It Guidance

Say It: Empowering Classroom Talk with the Structural Learning Toolkit provides practical strategies for embedding oracy into everyday teaching. As part of the Say It domain, this resource demonstrates how the Thinking Framework can be used to direct and facilitate meaningful classroom discussions, acting as a catalyst for deeper learning. It introduces Exploratory Talk (sharing ideas, building knowledge) and Explanatory Talk (explaining and justifying conclusions) as essential tools for structured conversations. Each strategy is supported by corresponding classroom resources to promote purposeful collaboration. This guide helps teachers harness oracy to develop students’ thinking, communication, and engagement in learning.