Description: Help students understand and interpret what they hear more effectively. These lessons give students ample practice in applying new listening skills to the classroom. The 100% Series boost listening performance with: -a broad scope of skills -ready-to-use lessons -hierarchy of activities The one-page lessons are organized into fourteen units. The units are sequenced to reflect general language and thinking development with some overlap of skills. -Phonological Awareness—rhyming, syllables, beginning and ending sounds, sound manipulation -Repetition—clapping patterns, words, numbers, proper nouns, sentences -Answering Questions—yes/no, attributes, categories, wh- questions, true/false -Following Directions—follow two- and three-step directions, draw described items, give directions, and more -Categories—identify and name categories, add members to categories -Riddles—guess an item based on clues moving from the general to the specific -Asking Questions for Comprehension—formulate questions from a prompt, identify unclear messages, ask questions to clarify vague messages -Paraphrasing—use synonyms, determine important information, restate information Identifying Details—answer wh- and how questions about sentences, math problems, and short stories; identify pronoun referents -Main Idea—make inferences, summarize, identify cause and effect, identify nonverbal clues -Differentiating Speakers' Purposes—identify types of listening situations, distractions, and good listening skills -Grammar—identify correct and incorrect grammar and parts of sentences, unscramble words to make a sentence -Inferences—look and listen for clues, picture events in your mind -Nonverbal Communication—posture, gesture, facial expression, intonation, word emphasis

Author: LINGUISYSTEMS

Publisher: Linguisystems

Grade: K-2

Format: SOFTCOVER/REPRODUCIBLE

Components: 165pp