Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.4B Grade 4 CPI 2

 

Standard: 3.4 - Listening

 

Strand: B - Listening Comprehension

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 -  The student will develop listening strategies (e.g., asking questions and taking notes) to understand what is heard.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        After listening to the teacher read a segment of a short story, students write two or three “how” or “why” questions about the segment to ask their classmates. Students then discuss the selection, questioning and answering each other. Following the discussions, student predict future events as the teacher jots their ideas on a large chart. The teacher then resumes reading.

 

·        Following a student’s presentation of his/her writing in the Author’s Chair, classmates ask questions to clarify their understanding of the piece. Questions might include the following: Why did you decide to write about this topic? What did you mean when you wrote…? Why did you include _______ in your piece? I was confused when you read the part about…. Can you tell me more about that part?

 

Vignettes (PDF Format):

 

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