The article deals with the problems of formation of communication skills of younger students. The authors are of the opinion that the communicative goal of teaching Russian in primary school is aimed at forming a system of knowledge about the language and on its basis - the communicative skills of students. At the same time, a variety of work on the text becomes an effective tool in the formation of communication skills of younger students. The system of exercises based on the sample text becomes the basis for the formation of communication skills. Performing exercises on the text, accompanied by a speech situation, creates a certain speech environment that forms the child's speech activity, develops the senses of language. When forming communication skills, a primary school teacher must take into account certain conditions when working with the text. these conditions are presented in the article.