Receptive Language Scenario
When listening to a description of a forest, you close your eyes and create a mental image of trees, animals, and the landscape to understand the setting better.
What is VISUALIZING
The act of making a list of tasks to check off.
What is CHEAKLIST.
This strategy helps beak down tasks into manageable steps to make sure nothing is forgotten things are completed in order.
What is CHECKLIST.
When people change roles from listening to speaking and speaking to listening
What is TURN TAKING
A student is talking about a recent movie you both watched. Give a stay on topic response.
What is ... ( I loved/hated the part, Which was your fav, ect)
During a lecture, you jot down key points, dates, and names to capture important information while listening.
What is NOTE TAKING
A visual tool to outline thoughts and organize events.
What is GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.
This strategy is used to CONNECT ideas and CONCEPTS between many thoughts.
What is CONCEPT MAP.
When you show interest in others and keep the conversation going by asking WH questions like who, what, when ,where, why.
What is Asking Questions.
A student is talking about travel plans and says, “I cant wait for this weekend getaway". Give a question response.
What is...(where are you going, when do you leave)
While reading a passage, you ask "Who?", "What?", "Where?", "When?", and "Why?" to clarify and gather more information about the story.
What is WH Questions.
The act of writing/typing/drawing out the information from a subject you are listening to.
This strategy is used to to record the most important information to review later and study.
What is NOTE TAKING.
When you use just the right amount of how loud or soft you use your voice
What is VOICE VOLUME
You just saw the students art work on WGBS that's sitting next to you. Give a great comment.
What is... (wow it looks great, your so talented)
While reading an article, you highlight important terms or phrases to focus on central ideas and key facts.
What is KEY WORDS.
A WEB of shapes that connects ideas and thoughts on a topic
What is a CONCEPT MAP
This strategy is used to identify the most relevant information and words in a text
What is KEY WORDS
When you give an encouraging response after someone has shared something.
What is GREAT COMMENTS
Your project partner says, "this project has so many steps". Give a turn taking response...give a suggestion and ask a question.
What is...( I can take this step, what step do you want?)
After reading a chapter about photosynthesis, you use a graphic or visual organizer (like a Venn diagram or a flowchart) to break down the process into stages.
What is GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.
Circling/Highlighting/Underlining the most important words of a subject
What is KEY WORDS
This strategy is used to better understand the story and find important details.
What is WH Questions.
When you speak about the same topic as a person your with or that they want to talk about
What is STAYING ON TOPIC
A student bumped into you in the hall on accident and dropped stuff. They said, "im sorry, are you okay?" Give a friendly tone of voice response.
What is... ( "yeah I'm fine, here ill help you)