Purpose: The students will recite the statement accurately.
The students will define what active listening means.
INTASC child dev./learning theory, motivation and behavior,
communication and knowledge
S.S. Child dev., learning theory, motivation, communication
Materials Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Note cards.
(Each card has about 2 lines of the story written on them)
Opening- inquiry– what does it mean to listen? Why is it
important to listen?
Strategies- listening– pass out the cards randomly among the
students. (keep the first card to model)
Read the first card.
*Who can repeat exactly what I just read?
*Why was it easy for you to repeat? (Because I was listening
and paying attention)
Continue with the next card. Student reads it. Other students
try to recite exactly what the reader read.
*Which ones were easy to recite? Which were hard? Why?
*What did your body look like as you were actively listening?
(Sitting up, feet on floor, eyes and ears on reader)
1. Congratulations! Today is your day.
2. You’re off to great places! You’re off and away!
3. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
4. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
5. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the
guy who’ll decide where to go.
6. You’ll look up and down streets. Look ‘em over with care.
7. About some you will say, "I don’t choose to go there."
8. With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re
too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
9. It’s opener there in the wide open air.
10. Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
11. And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew.
Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.
12. OH! The Places You’ll Go!
Assessment Closure Students write responses to the
following questions on separate paper.
1. What does it mean to be an active listener?
2. Are you an active listener? Why or why not?
3. What can you do to make yourself a more active
listener?
