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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Sl.4.2: Pose an Respond to Specific Questions

For Students 4th Standards
Links to 38 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.2: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Learn to Read: Soap Boat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Reading can be an ocean of fun. Learn to read the long O story "Soap Boat." Read along with audio-assistance option.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Learn to Read: My Family

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"My Family" is a interactive story which emphasizes Y as an E sound. You can photograph the events and place them on the calendar.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Learn to Read: My Horse Glory

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read along with this controlled-OR story, "My Horse Glory". Tory lives on a farm with her horse Glory. Great for independent reading or to read along with audio assistance.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Learn to Read: Car Race

For Students 3rd - 5th
Race to read this book. Read AR-controlled words. There are also interactive opportunities to help Carla and Mark race. The story has audio options.
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Handout
Kidsource OnLine

Kidsource: How Can Parents Model Good Listening Skills?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Good listening guidelines that parents can model for their children. Also includes suggestions for communicating with children.
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Lesson Plan
Success Link

Success Link: Inside Outside Show and Tell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A different take on Show and Tell that emphasizes speaking and listening skills and will engage all the students in this kindergarten tradition.
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Professional Doc
Other

New South Wales Educational Resources: Talking and Listening in K 6

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Lists developmental characteristics of speech and listening of K-6 children. Excellent educational site from New South Wales.
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Lesson Plan
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Listening to Others

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Show others that you are a good listener by looking at him or her, listening and not interrupting, asking questions, nodding to show you understand, and repeating what you heard. This website will not only help you become a better...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Learn to Read: Surfer Girl

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Surfer Girl is an interactive story that allows you to practice reading words with the er, ur, and ir sounds.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Story Elements Retelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
For this lesson, students will learn to retell a story using story elements to improve their comprehension of the story. The students will actively listen to a story and complete a graphic organizer to share and discuss with a partner.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Listen, Look, and Learn: An Information Gathering Process

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This lesson models an information-gathering process for primary learners as they listen to and look at resources, seeking information pertinent to the questions on an information wheel. Guiding the listening, looking, and learning...
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Website
Other

Splendid Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Podcasts for advanced English Language Learners who can listen to non-Native speakers having conversations and carrying out short tasks. Examples include Working Together to Reach Agreement, Responding to Questions, and Taking Part in...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Giving a Presentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on giving a presentation. Included are a video about why learning to give a presentation is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The viewing goals for this lesson were for students to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have chosen to use certain...
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: sl.k.1.a Worksheets: Follow Agreed Upon Rules

For Students K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A list of worksheets to practice the Common Core standard of following agreed-upon rules for discussions. Also included is a formative assessment for speaking and listening.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Welcome to 6th Grade Math

For Teachers 6th
Why is math important? How does math impact our lives outside of math class? This lesson is an introduction to 6th-grade math. Students make connections between math and life while also learning procedures and rules in this 6th-grade...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Soaps Tone

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This strategy helps students refine their understanding of texts to meet reading expectations, engage in group conversations to meet speaking and listening expectations, prepare for writing about texts, and engage in language analysis of...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Creating a Compelling Story [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Using music from a wide variety of cultures, students will develop good listening skills and write from the heart using their own voices. This aural exercise will help students begin to think creatively.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: I Sense

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Listen carefully. Can you answer Sid's questions about the five senses?
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Lesson Plan
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Listening to Others

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Show others that you are a good listener by looking a him or her, listening and not interrupting, asking questions, nodding to show you understand, and repeating what you heard. The Spanish version of this website will not only help you...
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Handout
Other

Middle Tennessee St. Univ.: Listening Well to Take Notes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Quick list of ten bad listening habits, followed by seven principles to enhance classroom listening.
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Handout
Other

Jewish World Review: Stating the Obvious

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Is empathic listening so obvious as to be moronic? Does it work? Here's a dissenting viewpoint of some of the more popular listening, communication, and interpersonal relationship theories.
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Handout
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Student Handbook: Listening Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
This short list of listening strategies from the University of Minnesota Duluth is designed to help every student become a better listener.