Second graders investigate the concept of sounds in nature. The sound of a coqui frog is used as an example. They identify species of frogs by listening to the sounds they make. Also, 2nd graders experience and identify other sounds of...

Students examine how reading with expression makes stories more interesting by listening to a reading in monotone and one with expression. Reading in pairs, they practice with passages of Judith Voirst's, Alexander and the Terrible,...

Students create movements to music that reflect focused listening, write story using complete, coherent sentences, design and perform class play speaking clearly and at an appropriate pace, and retell Peter and the Wolf story, including...

Students explore the concept that adverbs describe the verb. They move around the general space doing various locomotor skills. Students alter the way they are doing the skills by listening to the adverbs being called out by the teacher.

Students use a CD-ROM that offers a combination of listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities for the beginner Spanish student using a repertory of learning strategies.

Students utilize listening skills, singing, movement and rhythm instruments in various combinations to reinforce lesson concepts. They develop the ability to identify a steady beat and AB patterns found in a variety of traditional...

Students investigate the song of the "Oriental Festmarch" while listening to the march. They conduct research about the genre of the march in music. They answer some key questions in order to create the context for the lesson.

First graders research information about Japanese people and culture. They read a Japanese story listening for rhyme schemes. They create their own rhyme schemes. They discuss Japanese food and sample rice cakes. They read Haiku and then...

Students create a set of class rules. In this literature lesson, students listen to the story "Miss Nelson is Missing". After listening to the story, students brainstorm and develop a set of class rules.

Young scholars explore homelessness.  In this speaking, listening, and critical thinking lesson, students listen to and discuss 3 scenarios in which families from urban, rural, and suburban communities became homeless due to different...

Students develop their skills at writing poetry by listening to poetry and using a model to emulate and write a poem. In this poetry writing activity, students listen to Louis MacNeice's poem 'Prayer Before Birth' and use it to model...

Students learn the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read A Picture Book of Helen Keller, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher...

Learners discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. For this vocabulary lesson, students read Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich," listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and learners...

Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read I Can't, Said the Ant, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...

Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Julius, Baby of the World, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students...

Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Puff, the Magic Dragon, listening for 3 pre-select tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...