Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
Nancy Anderson, Owen Middle
Materials needed:
Test Your Listening Skills and Following Directions
Copy of Class Room Rules
“Learning Works” activities and handouts
Colored Markers
Pencils
Overhead and marker
Listening Skills test
Sugar free candy and regular candy
My rule: I try not to repeat myself. Instead I ask students who are listening to repeat
what was said in class. Students helping students listen, and ask for help in order to
promote understanding.
Activity 1:
Listening Skills and/ or Following Directions from Scholastic
Magazines. We go over each question to discuss the answers and
how or why they missed the answer.
This is not a test to see who the best listeners are. It is used to help students be conscious
that listening and following directions is a learning event that takes time and practice.
Activity 2:
New Classroom rules:
Stop talking-don’t talk
Remove distraction-discuss classroom and outside
distractions
Show that you want to listen-look at the speaker
so the speaker can see your eyes, sit up straight,
face forward, etc. Body Language
Be patient-discuss ‘flag wavers”, students trying to
get teacher off subject, watch and listen to teacher
for verbal and non-verbal cues to the next step of asking questions.
Ask Questions-learn to ask appropriate questions at
the right time when the teacher can stop with an
answer related to what they are studying.
Stop Talking-The most important rule
The rules are simple steps to use for all listening and following directions activities. We
discuss what each rule means by using examples.
Activity 3:
directions activities
Activities from “Learning Works” or other listening/following
Pick a Pooch
Blackout
Scrambled Shapes
Describe putting on coat
Simon Says
These activities focus on different learning styles; the difference between hearing and
listing; the difference between visual and auditory learners or using both: using our five
senses; as we get older rewards come in different forms. A connection is made between
rewards from home, school, and work.
Activity 4:
Wrap Up and go over classroom rules.