Grade Five
Listening
Literacy/Integrated Language Arts
National Standard for English/Language Arts: (attached)
 Standard # 8
 Standard # 10
 Standard # 11
New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standard (NJCCCS):
(3.4 Listening) All students will listen actively to information from a variety of sources in a variety of situations.
Diocesan Standard (Expectation):
All students will demonstrate appropriate listening skills to enhance learning through the receptive process.
Receptive Process:
Includes decoding, comprehension, vocabulary, study skills, predicting outcomes, formulating questions, responding creatively and
accomplishing goals based on rubrics.
Content Outcome: Recognize a purpose for listening.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
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Create a poster about the benefits of good listening
Explain how someone might look when listening
Create questions based on a reading
Identify occasions for purposeful listening
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Select various articles and books to read aloud based on a specific
purpose of enjoyment, entertainment or instruction
Discuss the benefits of being a good listener
Role play good listener versus poor listener
Set the mood through tone, direction and purpose
Share the purpose of listening through music, movies or poetry
Listening Grade 5
Content Outcome: Activate prior knowledge.
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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Make predictions about a story or poem and share in a group
Share personal experiences based on a literary sample
Show results of a semantic map or chart
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Draw a semantic map to brainstorm elements of a specific theme
Predict what a story might be about from a cover or picture
Describe times when it has been important to be a good listener
Use graphic organizers like a K-W-L chart
Connect an idea with personal experience
Content Outcome: Display readiness for listening.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
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Use a rubric or design a rubric for positive listening
Follow bodily kinesthetic clues for listening
Formulate relevant questions about what you heard
Journal thoughts after a reflective listening experience
Make a chart of positive listening behaviors
Introduce reflective listening
Content Outcome: Receive and attend to the message.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
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Demonstrate body language for positive listening
Create a chart for self-listening
Present oral or written questions based on an activity
Apply organizational strategies through note-taking
Focus on speaker and record observations
Listen to a story and sketch the setting with details
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Examine selected articles
Read to peers using established criteria
Model note- taking practice
Feature sentence of the week or quotation of the day
Listening Grade 5
Content Outcome: Assign meaning to the message.
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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Originate a self-assignment summarizing key elements of
listening
Write three important facts or questions after listening to a
video, audio or speaker
Explain a received message to someone else
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Role play main points (in a group)
Rewrite a story
Create questions and answers about an activity or event
Illustrate what was heard with a poster, scene or remark
Meet with others in a group to share stories
Explain results when following directions
Content Outcome: Respond to the message
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Name one result after listening to a speaker
Follow a set of given directions
Listen to a piece of writing and respond with suggestions
Repeat directions verbally
Share ideas that resulted from a reading circle
Design a chart or booklet about a literary discussion in reading
circles
Content Outcome: Develop self-monitoring comprehension strategies.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
 Write a response to a specific story
 Sequence ideas from a poem or piece of writing
 Create a cartoon based on what was read
 Summarize a story
 Share a review of a book, poem or story
 Prepare an evaluation of what was heard
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Create reading circles for discussion of literature
Stress listening to each other
Discuss specific words that connect with giving directions
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Teach note-taking and outlining
Review original purpose for reading
Use charts to capture significant ideas
Tape oral reading
Respond to questions
Demonstrate how to make valid judgments
Evaluate outcomes
Listening Grade 5
Content Outcome: Extend the message.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Imitate the style of a source using body language, song or
other multiple intelligences
Relate what was read to a personal experience
Discuss authors’ viewpoints or opinions giving specific
examples from story
Present a summary
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Research background of the author
Practice identifying and writing fact and opinion statements
Discuss genre and key elements of each type
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Define the listening process
List steps to effective listening
Discuss body language or other multiple intelligences
Model learning strategies
OVERALL OUTCOME: Process Apply the steps of the listening process.
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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Create a rubric for positive listening
Present information using a multiple intelligence based on
listening
Role play a scene from a story or play
OVERALL OUTCOME: Assessment Comprehend and utilize self-monitoring strategies for listening.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
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Write a self-assessment of what was understood or not
understood
Listen for information during a presentation and create a
summary chart
Describe a favorite game and a summary of the directions
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Review rules for listening
Read a story for a specific purpose
Practice listening for specific information
Recall steps for summarizing
Listening Grade 5
OVERALL OUTCOME: Affective Development Create an environment that encourages, respects and enables the individual to learn and to
grow in the listening process appropriate to the needs of the student.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
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Conference with teacher or peers
Record journal reflections and share
Role play a conflict in a story and discuss positive resolutions
Use recorders, literature tapes and earphones in a listening center
Model conflict resolution listening protocols
Provide an environment that shows recognition of multiple
intelligences and brain compatible learning
OVERALL OUTCOME: Technology Literacy Increase the use of technology skills in the listening program.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
 Create pictures from a film or play based on what was heard
 Use earphones and audio tape to listen for a specific purpose
 Explain effects of listening without visuals
 Listen to a video selection without the picture
 Search sites with audio devices
 Instruct using multi-media
OVERALL OUTCOME: Ethnic Diversity Understand and respect diversity in any community through the listening process
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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Perform or describe a dance that reflects heritages
Illustrate a specific musical piece from a different culture
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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Listen to specific types of music that reflect culture of class and
community (polkas, folk songs)
Listen to stories in different languages and with different dialects
Listening Grade 5