Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.4B Grade 4 CPI 1

 

Standard: 3.4 - Listening

 

Strand: B - Listening Comprehension

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will demonstrate competence in active listening through comprehension of a story, interview, and oral report of an event or incident.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Prior to listening to a story, interview, or report of an event, students discuss the topic, share prior knowledge about it, and offer predictions of what they will hear. The teacher lists their ideas on a chart. The students then hear the account and list what they have heard. They compare their prior knowledge to the new information.

 

Vignettes (PDF Format):

 

·       Fables

·       Exploring Tall Tales

·       Developing Critical Reading and Notetaking Skills through Researching a Famous African American