ACELY1656
Engage in conversations and discussions, using active listening behaviours, showing interest, and contributing ideas, information and questions
Elaborations
- listening for details in spoken informative texts (Skills: Literacy)
- participating in informal and structured class, group and pair discussions about content area topics, ideas and information (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
- speaking clearly and with appropriate volume (Skills: Literacy, Personal and Social Capability)
- interacting confidently and appropriately with peers, teachers, visitors and community members (Skills: Personal and Social Capability)
- learning to value listening, questioning and positive body language and understanding that different cultures may approach these differently (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding)
- formulating different types of questions to ask a speaker, such as open and closed questions and 'when', 'why' and 'how' questions (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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Is It True? Active Listening Activity
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging 'Is It True?' Active Listening Activity.
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Add It In Listening Activity Bundle
Practise following directions to colour and draw pictures with a free printable listening activity worksheet pack.
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Oral Language Activities
Share these oral language activities with your students to help them practise listening to others, expressing opinions, receiving instructions, and more!
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Speaking and Listening Activities Task Cards
A set of 13 cards with instructions for speaking and listening activities.
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True or False? Active Listening Exercises
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging True or False Active Listening Activity.
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Listening to Others – Discussion Task Cards and Poster
Give students the opportunity to work on their listening skills and learn what it means to be a good listener with this set of 42 discussion cards and classroom poster.
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Colour Me Carefully – Geometric Animals – Worksheets
A set of four colouring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.
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Public Speaking Poster
A poster giving tips on how to deliver an effective speech.
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Is It True? Listening Activity
A PowerPoint including 15 images to use as prompts for a listening activity.
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Colour Me Carefully Worksheets
A set of four colouring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.
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G.R.O.U.P.S - Group Work Expectations Poster
Encourage cooperative behaviour during group work activities with a printable group work mnemonic poster.
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Secret Threading Task Cards
A set of 24 threading activity cards.
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Year 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 1 magazine.
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Shopping Trolley Match-Up Activity
A fun activity to be used to reinforce a variety of mathematical concepts.
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Exploring Persuasive Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce the recount text type to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of personal recounts.
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Understanding Point of View
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate point of view in relation to a situation or topic.
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On the Weekend
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Instruct Me!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how procedures provide instructions about completing a task.
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Simon Says!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore action verbs, common nouns and adverbial phrases in procedures.