This bundle of teacher information, worksheets, and activities include a range of advocacy topics from college preparation, to living indpendently. Students will acquire new vocabulary, use critical
...thinking skills to solve problems, opportunities for self-discovery and discussion, and above all learn the who, what, when, how, and why of self-advocacy. Though some activities can be modified for upper elementary, most activities are for intermediate to advanced learners. 41 pages. Collected IDs in the BUNDLE: S0XHLU0740, S0XHLU0741, S0XHLU0742, S0XADV0743, S0XSOC0744, S0XSM0745, S0XADV0748. Read more
Effort is required to listen. These activities can be used for helping students understand what factors impact their effort to listen. Environment, make up of a room, location, and size all play a par
...t in the ease or difficulty to listen. Students are given a variety of listening situations and asked to evaluate each one for size, flooring, walls, ceiling, furnishings, and background noise. They then rate the environment as good, fair, or poor. Read more
Students discuss situations that create listening challenges, discuss strategies and polite requests that can address the problem. An all-purpose game board, worksheets and teacher script creating com
...munication breakdown are provided to facilitate practice. Read more
Students will understand how intonation, expression, and inflection correlate to their understanding of language. Students will learn vocabulary, draw inflection diagrams, and understand how word emp
...hasis affects meaning. Read more
Auditory discrimination plays a large part in listening comprehension. These listening strategies and activities can be used to practice auditory and listening skills. Includes recognizing same and d
...ifferent, number of sounds and syllables, word association, listening comprehension, and listening for fact or opinion. Read more
There are 3 main types of listening: 1) informational; 2) critical; and 3) empathetic. These listening strategies can be used to introduce or reinforce recognizing fact or opinion, responding to "Wha
...t would you do if…?" questions, and making choices based on personal preference and experience. Read more
These activities focus on the hierarchy of auditory development beginning with the easiest- detection- then moving to attention, localization, discrimination, identification, and finally comprehension
.... Activities include discriminating same and different; dicriminating minimal pairs, sounds dominoes; and creating rhymes. Read more
These instructional strategies and activities address sound words or onomatopoeia. Words are used in literature to more precisely describe sounds such as human voices, animal noises, and environmental
... sounds. Consider the differences in a growl and a hiss; a giggle and a belch; a splash and a spray; a clang and a thud. You will find strategies for teaching such words and a sound bingo game that can be used with beginning and more advanced listeners. Read more
Listening and following directions are important skills that require practice. Activities for listening accuracy include Copy what I Say which will help to reveal listening strengths and needs and f
...ollowing precise directions to create a picture. Read more
Listening comprehension is more than just hearing a sound or what is said. It is the understanding of the message. This includes awareness of the meaning and language structure of the words used as we
...ll as the meaning derived from tone of voice, phrasing, rhythm, and inflection. Good listening comprehension is important for reading comprehension and for verbal and written expression of thoughts and feelings. Activities include Listen and Do, Listen and Use, prediction, labeling, and listening for details. Read more