Listen to reading

Promote Active Listening, Assess, and Listening Skills

Do your students use books on CD, audiobooks, or other listening devices in the classroom? If you incorporate audio stories in you classroom, this listening response sheet is a great way to keep your students on task and monitor comprehension. I designed the page to be super-simple and perfect for Kindergarten students (as well as first grade students that need some extra support!) Stop by Kinder-Craze and grab this great Freebie!

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Learn how to get your reading centers ready for the year! These ideas will help teachers plan and manage literacy centers. Ideas for ELA centers including the listen to reading center (listening center), read with a partner (buddy reading), word work center, and the work on writing center. These activities will help teachers at the beginning of the year establish expectations for literacy centers and rotations to maximize learning.

Use this "I Can Be A Good Listener" poster set to instill good listening habits in your students. Great for Back To School to encourage students to follow classroom rules and procedures. Included: I Can Be A Good Listener title I can sit criss cross applesauce. I can look with my eyes. I can think with my brain. I can listen with my ears and heart. TheKausFiles.blogspot.com

Listen and Color is a listening skills activity for kids to help them follow single-step and multi-step directions. This free printable is a listen and draw activity that keeps kids motivated to listen. Every elementary classroom needs this activity and Listen and Color can be done all year long. Introduce this classroom management activity at back-to-school and continue it throughout the year.

Hello, friends! Six weeks into the school year, we have hit the ground running and read-aloud has quickly become one of our favorite moments of the day. Today I wanted to share about one of my favorite books for teaching and modeling Making Predictions as a reading strategy – Duck on a Bike by David Shannon. Last week...

Podcasts in the classroom are so fun and engaging! Have you jumped on the podcast train yet?! I have an excellent system for using podcasts in the classroom that will create student buy-in, increase student engagement, and build your students listening skills. Easily add reflective thinking through comprehension questions, reading skills, and writing to your students' listening! Podcasts make the perfect companion to your students listening station and even work for a quick grade!

Here's a poster I just finished up that I'll be adding to my classroom this year! Cara at The First Grade Parade made a poster for "Why Writers Write." I've been wanting to make one for "Why Readers Read" and finally made it tonight.

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by Happy Helper 1st - 2nd Grade I have included the directions that I use for my listening center. I post these steps next to l...

Each Monday we collaborate with our building's new and Dual Language staff members for a professional development session based on what they highlight as their needs and/or desires for learning! This week we focused on Daily 5 ideas as all of our staff are currently working hard to get their stations and guided reading up and running! The teachers who attending the session came up with a variety of wonderful ideas and activities that could potentially be used throughout the year in these…

First Chapter Friday is a wonderful way to engage your students in reading! Kids of all ages will be enthralled to listen to the first chapter of an engaging book. Are you looking for tips on how to implement First Chapter Friday in your classroom? Or maybe you are looking for a First Chapter Friday book list? Check out this blog post for the answers to both questions! #firstchapterfriday #booksforreadaloud

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Came across this, and thought it is a very clear and concise way for young students to remember the difference between real readers and fake readers.

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hese printable Reader's Response Sheets are These printable Reader's Response Sheets are perfect for helping your K-1 students reflect on their reading. With a variety of prompts, they encourage critical thinking and provide meaningful practice for literacy skills. Easy to use for independent reading, listening centers, read alouds or homework! I#ReadersResponse #ReadingComprehension #Kindergarten #FirstGrade #TeacherLife #ClassroomIdeas #TpT

When you think about baseline testing or beginning of the year testing, do you include listening skills? Back to school is a hectic time of the year. Adding one more thing to your to-do list may not be something you want to do. Once you see the impact listening skills have for your students' academics and behavior, you will be happy to add another thing to your to-do list. Do you have a "Listen Lizzie" in your class? Lizzie interrupts your reading group lesson to ask how to complete her…