Makie-and-Check-A- Prediction

Cost

Grades

What is it?

In this activity, students make predictions before listening to a text and record what they found after listening to a text. This activity can be modified so students are only engaging with oral text and respond to prompts through discussion.

Est. Delivery Time

Training

Modifications

Instructional Setting(s)

Ease of Use

Tier

Similar Listening Comprehension Resources

This strategy provides a structure that encourages all students to practice listening and speaking during rich discussion of a text.
Grade Level(s)
Cost
In this activity student(s) describe a picture on a card and categorize it with similar pictures/words.
Grade Level(s)
Cost
This site has information and resources for higher-level language instructional strategies.
Grade Level(s)
Cost
Report a broken resource link
This resource requires the following modifications to explicitly target listening comprehension:
  • shift the burden of decoding/encoding onto the educator (i.e., the educator should read/write instead of the student(s)).
  • shift the avenue of critical thinking from writing to discussion (i.e., instead of students writing they should discuss).