Kindergarten
Language Arts
Listening and Speaking
Standard 1

LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES


 
Resources
Lesson Plans
Assessments
Open Court materials:

1.  Framework for Effective Teaching Kindergarten Sounds and Letters (Teacher's Guide)

2.  Pickled Peppers: A Collections for Young Scholars Book (student text)

3.  Exploring Letters and Sounds (student consumable)

4.  Overview (Frameworks)

5.  Home/School Connections

6.  Learning Framework Cards

7.  Teacher Tool Cards:
 - Rhymes and Games
 - Songs
 - Classroom Support

8.  Wall Sound Cards

Students follow class directions.

Students answer teacher's questions in complete sentences.

Previously Published Data

1.) Students PLAN where they will work and then DO the chosen center. At the end of the session students share or REVIEW their work. Teacher Follow-up with Student Review: Teacher: 

All students who went to the Writing Center today, please come up and show your work.

Student #1: I made a card for my mom. 

Student #2: I'm making a book and I'm not done so I have to go to the writing center tomorrow.

1.  Exploring Letters and Sounds workbook activities

2.  Teacher observation

Previously Published Data

1.) This is an excellent time to document student skills by taking anecdotal notes as the students work. It is important to note that students carry out their PLAN. 

Criteria for assessing listening and speaking:

  • Understands directions 
  • Shares ideas and information
  • Speaks audibly in coherent complete sentences 
  • Listens to teacher and classmates

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