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Listening Walk Lesson

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Grades(s):
General
Creator(s):
Denise Gagne
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Introduction

In this lesson you will:

  • listen to the story, The Listening Walk
  • take a silent walk around the school yard listening for any sounds you might hear
  • come back to the classroom (or do this outdoors) and discuss or make a list of all the sounds that you heard on your walk.
  • Did you hear some sounds that kept a steady beat?  Make a list of them.

Objectives

  • I can listen to sounds around us

Watch the Storybook Video of "The Listening Walk"

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Read the students, the book "The Listening Walk" by Paul Showers.'

If you don't have the book, you can watch the storybook video.

Take a silent walk around the school yard listening for any sounds you might hear

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Take a silent walk around the school yard listening for any sounds you might hear.
For younger students, write down what you heard when you return to the classroom. Older students can take paper and a pencil with them to write down the sounds as they hear them.

Return to the classroom (or do this outdoors) and discuss or make a list of all the sounds that you heard on your walk.

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Return to the classroom (or do this outdoors) and discuss or make a list of all the
sounds that you heard on your walk.

Did you hear some sounds that kept a steady beat? Make a list of them.

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Discuss the sounds you heard and which ones kept a steady beat.

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