Listen To Me!

Stop struggling to get the attention of your class members by establishing a concrete, manageable system from the get-go. Here is a poster that sets forth five specific rules for good listeners, from keeping your eyes on the speaker to...

Help third graders focus on improving their speaking and listening skills with this Common Core checklist. By phrasing each standard as an I can statement, learners can monitor their progress toward clear, attainable goals.

Thanksgiving doesn't occur only once a year for the Haudenosaunee. Weave a lesson about reading closely with an inspiring message about eternal gratitude for all of the elements of creation into a unit on Native American tribes. After...

Take a look at this checklist for the Common Core speaking and listening standards. Each standard has been translated into language more easily understood by fourth graders and placed in a list.

Young learners need practice speaking comfortably in front of others. Post a list of oral speaking tips on the board during this unit. Over a week-long period, they create a story from their interview sheet and present it to the class....

Learners demonstrate listening skills and determine meaning from conversation. They are meant to listen to a taped conversation, but being that it isn't included, you will need to create one. As a follow up, individuals complete a...

Take a listen to "The Town Musicians of Bremen" by the Brothers Grimm with a nine minute audiobook. The story details four elderly animals that join together to make a band and travel their way to find an unlikely home thanks to their...

Meet Medea, daughter of Aeetes in the third audio reading of this Greek myth. The listener meets the Argonauts from Medea’s perspective, and discovers her infatuation with Jason who has come to retrieve the Golden Fleece from her father....

Listen to a 15-minute audiobook featuring the Charles Perrault version of "Puss in Boots" by Andrew Lang. The popular fairy tale features one extraordinary cat and his adventures on his way to becoming a lord. 

Listen to a 27-minute audiobook showcasing the classic fairy tale "Snow White" as told by the Brothers Grimm. An engaging narrator tells the story of a wicked queen and her jealous plot to rid the world of a princess, which is foiled...