Active Listening
Have a discussion with your students about the video.
Participants should remind their students after the video:
- You should be facing and have eyes on the speaker (Student or teacher talking).
- Ears should always be listening.
- Students should wait to talk until it is their turn.
- If students have a question students should raise their hand until they are called on.
- Make sure your participation is on topic.
Demonstrate to students why it is so important to be active listeners. Participants should pick two people to talk about a rule you have in a classroom but secretly tell other students to talk over their classmates while they are explaining the rule. When the students are done explaining have them explain how it felt to be talked over when you were trying to help others.
Have students fill out Think Before You Speak in their social emotional journal.
Print out the Be an Active Listener for your classroom wall.
Materials
Social Emotional Journal
More Resources
The Value of Active Listnening