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Story Corps

The Power of Active Listening

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Listen up! The game of Telephone launches a study of active listening. Class members watch a short video that demonstrates active listening and tips on practicing active listening. Pairs then interview each other and practice their...
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Helping Homeschoolers: Speaking and Listening Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Develop speaking and listening skills through analysis, imitation, and technological assistance.
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Listening Picture Check Sheet & Listening Picture Prompts

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Help learners build greater self-awareness and improve listening skills with these visual prompt sheets. Beginning with an "Are you really listening?" overview sheet, the following pages use large visuals to remind pupils what it means...
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Samaritans

Developing Listening Skills

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Being a good listener is key to building and maintaining positive relationships. Use this lesson as a way to help children connect with others by becoming active listeners and improving their listening skills.
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A Guide to Getting Along: Listening

For Teachers K - 3rd
Here is an effective way to have your charges practice and model important listening skills. After a short review of effective active listening concepts, such as using body language, summarizing what the other person said, and asking...
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Developing Listening Skills With Folktales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students answer questions about a folktale that is read to them. In this listening skills lesson, students practice listening to folktales and answering questions about what they hear. They listen to repetitive readings of the same...
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Read Me a Story and Check My Listening

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars develop listening and reading skills with the oral reading of a story. The students demonstrate good listening skills using appropriate body language and answering assessment questions. They discuss the story looking for...
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New York State English Language Arts Test" Listening Selection Grade 7

For Students 7th
An article about Dr. Robert Metcalf's work to create solar cookers is the subject of an article used in 2010 on the New York State listening exam. Although no questions are included, the passage is ideal for such an exam and questions...
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Listening Positions, Please

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice using effective listening skills as they listen to oral poetry readings.
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New York State Testing Program: English Language Arts Listening Test Selection Grade 7

For Students 7th
Although labeled as a listening test, no questions accompany Jim Davis’ "Flight of Fancy," a short essay in which he describes how he came to be a cartoonist and the creator of Garfield. However, the article is interesting and crafting...
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Listening and Punctuation and Grammar, oh my!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A great way to practice listening, punctuation, and proper grammar is playing this great partner activity. Learners must work together to read and write different sentences. 
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Overcoming Obstacles

Listening

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The big idea in this resource is that listening and hearing are not the same things. A instructional activity on active listening has class members generate a list of listening techniques that focus on the speaker, confirm what they say,...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Reading, Listening, and Note Taking

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Active listening is all about thinking, asking questions, and making connections. That's the take-away from a lesson about active listening. Participants learn techniques for identifying important information, including how to ask...
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Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learners match 15 Derbyshire slang phrases with their meanings. When it comes to distinguishing the contexts for formal and informal English, any time you'd use this language, the context is definitely informal.
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Listening

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Introduce your young learners to some of the basic skills of listening, and getting along with others in this sociology PowerPoint. Pupils practice asking for help, asking for a favor, dealing with teasing and anger, and showing...
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K12 Reader

Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Hints for how to improve listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are contained in a cross-curricular reading comprehension instructional activity designed for primary graders. After reading a short passage loaded with tips, kids...
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Music Listening-What's The Sound

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this lesson, Music Listening-What's The Sound, students practice playing different instrument. Students listen as the instruments are played to determine the sound of each instrument. Students will match the instrument to the sound....
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TESOL

Are You a Good Listener?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Your learners talk to each other every day, but are they really listening? Use a lesson based on listening skills to ensure that class members feel heard and respected. It includes games, discussion topics, and self-assessment tools that...
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A Listening Doll: Create Traditional Native American Storyteller Dolls

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this wonderful cross-curricular lesson, your youngsters will learn about Pueblo Indian storyteller dolls by creating their own! They discuss the tradition of story telling, especially in reference to Native Americans. Consider ending...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Listening Responsibly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Responsible speaker + critical listener = effective communication is the equation at the heart of a responsible listening instructional activity about the power of words. Class members view the clip of the courtroom scene from the film A...
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Listening Comprehension: Retell Main Events of a Story

For Teachers K
Story retell is a very important skill. Little learners use a story map and a previously heard story to walk through the retell and story sequencing process. They complete this activity as a whole class and then on their own. 
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Build Listening Skills With Asian Folktales

For Teachers K - 8th
Students read five folktales. After each folktale is read students use a map to find the location of the country of the tale's origin. Next, students answer comprehension questions related to each folktale.
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Listening/Reading Transfer - Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 5th
Work on predicting and making inferences with Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff. After every few pages, the teacher asks listeners to make predictions of what will happen next. Develop critical reading strategies with your young learners!
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English Exercises: Listening about Tornadoes

For Students 5th - 7th
Engage visual and auditory students with a 4-minute video on tornadoes, paired with a comprehension note and activity guide. Learners watch the video and then fill in 15 pieces of information in a chart; determine if 12 statements are...

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