Standard 1: Speaking and Listening

Students will speak and listen effectively in a variety of situations including, but not limited to, responses to reading and writing.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will participate in question and answer activities.
• Students will ask questions to seek help.
• Students will ask questions to get information.
• Students will ask and answer questions to clarify understanding.
• Students should focus on these skills to determine a speaker’s message, argument, and credibility.

• Teachers explain and model how to ask and answer questions during class discussions, while interacting with a text or different types of media.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to answer questions given by the teacher.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to generate questions about a topic.

• Teachers monitor, provide prompting and opportunities for students to receive feedback  while developing or answering questions.

• Teachers explain and model how to ask questions to seek help during class discussions, while interacting with a text or different types of media.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to generate questions to seek help about a topic.

• Teachers monitor,  provide prompting and opportunities for students to receive feedback while asking questions to seek help.

• Teachers explain and model how to ask questions to get information during class discussions, while interacting with a text or different types of media.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to generate questions to get information about a topic.

• Teachers monitor the progress and provide feedback while students ask questions and gather information about a topic.

• Teachers explain and model how to ask questions to clarify understanding during class discussions, while interacting with a text or different types of media.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to generate questions to clarify understanding about a topic.

• Teachers monitor, provide prompting and opportunities for students to receive feedback while asking questions to clarify understanding.

• Teachers should help students ask follow up questions that remain on topic and are geared towards clarifying  the speaker’s message.

Supporting Resources

Teacher Insights 

• When students are using active listening skills consistently, they are working on skills forming questions and providing answers to seek help or find information.

• Revisiting questions will help students confirm understanding. 

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.