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CPALMS

Cpalms: Calling All Kid Presidents

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will watch a video of Kid President giving a speech and another of a student's winning speech to be vice-president of the student council. They will also read an excerpt from...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Listening for Specific Information

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial presents a video, factsheets, and worksheets for learning how to listen for and understand information. It looks at how to handle different situations, e.g., arranging a delivery, asking questions about a product before...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: A Splash of Mink Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In the animated 11-minute story "A Splash of Mink," from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, Molly and Trini must find a remedy after being sprayed by a mink. Despite getting advice from various sources about how to get rid of the...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Cat in the Hat: Deep Sea Follow Me

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Practice your direction words, and help Cat in the Hat find some coral reef homes for the fish.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Listening for Specifics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on listening for specifics. Included are a video about why learning how to do this, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, quizzes on the information presented, and games to practice the skill. The...
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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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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
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.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Podcasting Sharing Your Ideas (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson for exploring various types of programs available as podcasts. Requires listening to a podcast and recording key information and content from the podcast in a graphic organizer. Also requires producing an original podcast.
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Handout
Other

California Polytechnic State U.: Lecture Notetaking

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page handout, this site includes information about how lectures are typically structured, as well as advice about how to make the best use of the notes you take. Includes a bibliography.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Becoming an Effective Listener

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the traits of an effective listener and the identification of popular logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. In addition, there is an Activote at the end to check student...
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Activity
Other

Skills Workshop: Listening for the Main Points [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A simple exercise where students listen to a reading passage read out loud and identify the key pieces of information.
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: Sl.2.3 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of lesson plans and worksheets aligned to the Common Core standard of asking and answering questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional...
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Handout
Other

Frontiernet.net: Note Taking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Frontiernet.net outlines the reason why educators prefer to "lecture" students, as well as the best ways to take notes during these lectures.