Language Arts Literacy

 

Mission: Learning to read, write, speak, listen, and view critically, strategically and creatively enables students to discover personal and shared meaning throughout their lives.

Standard 3.4 Listening

All students will listen actively to information from a variety of sources in a variety of situations.

 

Big Idea:  Listening is an active process to gain understanding.

3.4 A. Active Listening

Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings

-Can one hear but not listen? - Listening is the process of receiving, constructing meaning from, and responding to spoken and/nonverbal messages.

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Comments and Examples

By the end of Grade 5:  
1.         Listen actively for a variety of purposes such as enjoyment and obtaining information.  
2.         Listen attentively and critically to a variety of speakers.  
3.         Acknowledge the speaker through eye contact and use appropriate feedback and questions to clarify the speaker’s message.  
4.         Recognize and analyze persuasive techniques while listening.  
5.         Recognize the rich and varied language of literature (e.g., listen to a recording of poetry or classic literature).  
6.         Listen to determine a speaker’s purpose, attitude, and perspective.  
7.         Use, when appropriate, criteria/rubric to evaluate oral presentations, such as purpose, delivery techniques, content, visual aids, body language, and facial expressions.  

3.4 B. Listening Comprehension

Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings

- How does a listener understand a message? - Effective listeners are able to interpret and evaluate increasingly complex messages.

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Comments and Examples

By the end of Grade 5:  
1.         Demonstrate competence in active listening through responding to a story, interview, or oral report (e.g., summarizing, reacting, retelling).  
2.         Demonstrate competence in active listening by interpreting and applying received information to new situations and in solving problems.  
3.         Ask pertinent questions, take notes, and draw conclusions based on information presented.  
4.         Make inferences based on an oral report or presentation.  
5.         Follow three-and four-step oral directions.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to Standard 3.4 Grade 4

 

Link to Standard 3.4 Grade 6

 

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