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49 Improving Listening Skills

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Improving Listening Skills Opening Page

Start-Up Activity

Have students listen closely as you describe a favorite place you have visited. Allow for note-taking as you speak. Afterward, ask students to draw a detailed picture of the place. Then have students share their pictures.

Let students know that this chapter will provide them with strategies for listening closely for important details.

Think About It

“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after awhile he gets to know something.” 

—Wilson Mizner

State Standards Covered in This Chapter

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.3

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.3

LAFS Covered in This Chapter

LAFS.4.SL.1.1

LAFS.4.SL.1.2

LAFS.4.SL.1.3

LAFS.5.SL.1.1

LAFS.5.SL.1.2

LAFS.5.SL.1.3

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

110.6.b.1

110.7.b.1

110.7.b.7.D

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

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Becoming a Good Listener

Lead your students through the suggestions for close listening. Discuss what it means to listen with your eyes as well as your ears. Body language and facial expressions reveal information, just like words do. Your students can practice these skills using the related minilessons.

Related Minilesson:
State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.4.SL.1.1
TEKS Standard:
110.6.b.1
NE ELA Standard:
LA 4.3.3.e, LA 4.3.1

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Level:
Grade 4Grade 5
21st Century Skills:
Listening
English Language Arts:
Listening

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Avoiding Listening Problems

Help students avoid listening pitfalls by reviewing the bulleted points on this page. Afterward, provide time for students to write a reflective journal entry or blog post about their listening habits and how to improve them.

State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.4.SL.1.1
TEKS Standard:
110.6.b.1
NE ELA Standard:
LA 4.3.3.e, LA 4.3.1

Related Resource Tags

Click to view a list of tags that tie into other resources on our site

Level:
Grade 4Grade 5
21st Century Skills:
Listening
English Language Arts:
Listening