4 Ways to Use Listenwise

Curious about how other teachers are using Listenwise Premium? Here are a few ways educators get the most out of Listenwise:

• Use a Current Event like Weird News, Kid News, or Debates.
• It can be a quick listen! Our stories are a great 10-minute bell-ringer.
• TIP: The assignment scheduling feature can help you plan ahead.

• Use Listenwise as an activity during a station rotation model.
• Listen together and then have students respond in writing to a prompt as an exit ticket.
• TIP: Quizzes are a quick and easy independent activity. Plus, you’ll also get data on students’ listening skills!

• Use the slowed audio option, multiple listens, and vocabulary lists to work on both content and language instruction.
• Student assignments can include supports like an interactive transcript and read-aloud or dictionary options.
• TIP: Use the Teacher’s Guide tab of a lesson for plug-and-play options to teach the content.

• Use the built-in comprehension and discussion questions to start a class discussion and practice academic conversations.
• Listenwise is flexible: introduce new topics, reinforce units of study, or provide extension activities.
• TIP: Lessons are standards-aligned, so you can find a story that meets a particular standard.