Description: Target classroom listening in fourteen skill areas. Ready-to-use lessons give students the extra practice they need to become purposeful listeners. The 100% Series boost listening performance with: -a broad scope of content -a hierarchy of activities ample content on every page The 170 one-page lessons are sequenced to reflect general language and thinking development with some overlap of skills. The skill areas and some of the activities are: -Repetition—clapping patterns, words, numbers, proper nouns, sentences -Answering Questions—yes/no and wh- questions, comparisons, opinions, problem solving, exclusion -Following Directions—identify directions, draw items described, math problems, conditional directions -Categories—similarities/differences, categories and members of categories, exclude by attribute -Riddles—clues move from the general to the specific -Asking Questions for Comprehension—identify vague information, explain why directions are unclear, ask questions for clarification -Paraphrasing—synonyms, identify important information, use words such as first and last -Identifying Details—answer wh- and how questions, identify pronoun referents, fact vs. opinion -Main Idea—identify the main idea from photos and text, identify irrelevant information -Differentiating Speakers' Purposes—identify types of speakers, good listening skills, and distractions -Grammar—kinds of sentences, parts of a sentence, identify correct/incorrect grammar, combine sentences Inferences—listen for context clues, picture events in your mind, figures of speech -Extending Conversations—expand utterances, listen and ask questions, paraphrase -Nonverbal Communication—posture, gesture, facial expression, intonation, word emphasis, personal space

Series: LS6-0394-4

Author: LINGUISYSTEMS

Publisher: Linguisystems

Grade: G3-5

Format: SOFTCOVER/REPRODUCIBLE