Improve Your Students' Listening Skills - Following Directions - Back-to-School Teacher Resources

Listen, Draw, and Follow Directions

Would you like to improve your students’ listening skills?

You can improve students' listening skills with these 'listen, draw, follow direction' pages. Students listen, then follow the directions based on what they heard. Teacher direction pages are included.

PRINTABLES are no-prep for the teacher and provide practice for a vital school skill...listening.

Sometimes, the directions have students standing up, behind their chairs, and taking a stretch; other times, they are to share with their neighbor. And still other times, they are to be whispered. The changes make this an active listening practice for students to become engaged with the listening task.

Each page shows the start of a picture, and the students are to listen, draw, and follow directions to complete the picture. Each page has 3 writing lines below the image, and this space is intended for writing words and sentences according to the teacher's directions. Sometimes, the student will have a direction to write on the back of the page.

 Listening is the key!

There are a total of 20 pages. The directions can certainly be changed or revised to meet your students' needs, making them easier or more challenging. This listening activity would be appropriate for Grades 1-2 and homeschoolers. You can easily use these pages in a one-to-one setting, a small group, or a whole class.

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Listening Skills - Response Pages

Listening Skills - the building block of communication

Improve students' listening skills with these pages to use after reading aloud or in your listening center. Students listen to a story and then respond with book responses. Teach active listening skills by displaying the anchor chart included on 'good listening habits'. Colorful and bright anchor chart to post in your read-aloud corner or listening center.

Focus on listening skills with this teaching resource:

• 5 different response pages to use in the listening center, or have reading aloud
• anchor charts that show 'good listening postures'
• chart that reads: " listen and silent are spelled with the same letters'
• bookmarks that show listening

There are a total of 9 pages. Easy download and print. 

Teach the skills that lead to success!

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Educational Alphabet Cards and Circles 

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Alphabet cards for reading instruction, literacy centers, learning the alphabet, and learning letter sounds. Alphabet circles to create a word wall or make a word journal. Teach important phonics lessons throughout the year with these alphabet cards. Each letter is written in primary handwriting, using both capital and lowercase letters. Bright and beautiful clipart brightens your classroom. Post these in any corner. Two complete sets included.   Alphabet cards measure: 4" x 4" 

Alphabet circles measure : 3" x 3"

The letter/pictures are :

A- apple                  G- grasshopper              M - milk              S - sunshine            Y - yarn

B- bear                    H- hippopotamus           N - net                T - turtle                   Z - zebra 

C - caterpillar           I - igloo                          O - octopus        U - umbrella

D - dinosaur            J - jack-o'-lantern           P - pear              V - vulture

E - elephant            K - key                           Q - quilt               W - watermelon

F - fish                    L - lion                             R - rabbit            X - xylophone

Alphabet Circles

Each alphabet card has:

• alphabet letters in both uppercase and lowercase
• easy-to-read font
• visually stunning clip art by ChristineQuimbyArt
• Alphabet circles are perfect to create your word wall
• alphabet cards for individual reading lessons, literacy centers, phonics
• Create an alphabet line-up at a height where little learners can see

Alphabet Word Wall - Rectangle Alphabet Cards

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