Listen attentively by facing the speaker, asking questions, and paraphrasing what is said. 0401.2.1

Links verified on 10/24/2011

1. The Art of Conversation - Tips for listening [scroll past the ad]
2. Asking Questions - the types of questions depend on the answer to that first important question: Why am I reading this? Once you establish a purpose for yourself, you can then ask which questions will help you achieve that goal. This page asks students to rank a set of questions on a scale of one to five.
3. Do You Hear What I Hear - [14 slides] The difference between just hearing and actually listening - good beginning-of-year show
4. Give Me Five - classroom poster listing five simple listening rules
5. Listen and Respond to Fables Lesson - [designed for grade 2] online lesson with practice quiz. Tortoise and Hare
6. Listen and Respond to Fables - [designed for grade 2] online lesson with practice quiz; Fox and the Crow
7. Questioning Toolkit - seventeen types of questions from the educational journal, FNO
8. Rules for Listening - PDF file [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
9. Rules for Listening - List of rules to discuss [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]

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