Listening Skills

🎧 Listening Skills Lacking? 🎧

I know exactly how you feel. Over the past few years, I had noticed that the CAASPP scores in listening were really low. I think it's because students tune us out! Or, maybe they are so used to fast forwarding and instant gratification that they start to tune out the Listening portion immediately. Either way, I have a great Podcast for you! Plus, the CAASPP listening portion sounds like a horrible robot...

My students LOVE the Podcast 6 Minutes. It's legit, 6 minutes long. Long enough to get you hooked, short enough for those that get distracted easily.

The Podcast is about a girl that looses her memory and tries to find out who she is. You can't trust anyone, and you slowly learn that there is a lot going on in this little Alaskin town than meets the eye. You can listen to this Podcast in multiple ways, all free. Kidslisten, Spotify, Google Play, Apple Podcasts, Youtube, etc.

I have even made Google Forms to go along with the Podcast. I have 5 free quizzes on my TPT store. Over the summer, I will have ALL episodes uploaded, but you can purchase my growing bundle with all the Quizzes. Each quiz is anywhere from 2-5 questions per episode. I like to listen to this RIGHT when students come in from recess or lunch. (They won't want to be late because they'll miss the episode! Another great management hack!)

After the episode, they immediately log into their Chromebooks and take the quiz. Those that finish early know the drill, look on the board for their Flow Chart. I don't have to SAY A WORD! (Another management hack.) My students are able to listen and take the quiz all in 10 minutes and are completely prepared for their Mini-Lesson for the day. 

Flow Charts usually say something like:

During this time, a timer is going so the students know exactly how much time they have. If they don't finish their quiz, that's ok- It's homework for the night. As long as they are on the Carpet by the time the timer goes off. 

If you have multiple teachers using this Podcast, that's ok, GenZ Media has MORE: https://www.prx.org/gen-z

I am in no way sponsored by GenZ Media, but I know that they are completely kid friendly AND amazing!