In this activity, students make predictions before listening to a text and record what they found after listening to a text. This activity can be modified so students are only engaging with oral text and respond to prompts through discussion.
This resource is a tool for conducting observations to assess and improve teacher-student and student-student interactions, with a focus on open-ended questions and extended conversations to promote the development of student listening comprehension skill.
This resource includes information on how to use think-alouds as an instructional strategy, as well as a planning guide to support practitioners as they plan lessons to include think-alouds.