Find Your Match turns the trickiest parts of a speech session into a game. Students find the 2 cards that make a pair, and that little win makes partner pairing, small groups, transitions and first-week jitters run smoothly instead of stressfully.

Hand out cards and let students find their match to form partners without assigning a thing. Tape half of each pair to your center stations and let students find their spot. Or use the pre-filled procedure cards to teach your speech room routines: one student reads “When we leave class” and their match answers “We line up quietly at the door.”

What’s included:

48 matching pairs across 4 decks, so you can meet every student at the right level
Guided Match cards: the 2 cards in a pair share the same color path, and every card has a “my match” hint at the bottom, so even non-readers always know what they are looking for
Pair Match cards: students match the pair on their own, and the bold color path confirms the match
Editable Text cards pre-filled with 48 speech room procedure pairs (a situation card and its matching response card), plus a blank version of all 48 pairs for your own targets
A fully editable template for building brand-new pairs with your own pictures and words
Editable in both Canva and Google Slides
Color and black and white printing options
A step-by-step instruction guide with clickable links and a 5-minute quick-start plan

Teach procedures without the lecture

The pre-filled procedure pairs cover the routines you teach every fall: coming to speech, lining up, raising a quiet hand, listening with ears and eyes and more. Students find their match, then read both cards out loud. It works just as well for question and answer review games, vocabulary practice and everyday conversation basics. Type your own text in Canva or Google Slides to review any skill on your caseload.

Ways to use these cards:

Give each student a card and have them find the classmate with the matching card to form partners or small groups
Tape half of each pair to desks or center stations so students find their spot on their own
Pass out cards during the first days of school as an icebreaker that gets hesitant students talking
Teach and review speech room procedures with the pre-filled situation and response pairs
Practice vocabulary and word associations with the picture pairs
Type your own articulation, language or social communication targets into the editable cards
Use the black and white version for ink-friendly printing

Whether you are pairing up partners, sending students to centers or teaching your classroom routines, these matching cards give you 1 easy activity with plenty of room to make it your own.