Students can use listening organizers such as those below with any audio story to help them focus their listening. You can save and customize these organizers as you wish and then share them with students, either in digital form or as printed PDFs, depending on your classroom context and instructional needs.
You can use the same story and organizer with all students, or you can invite students to choose a story that interests them and complete an assignment using a specific listening organizer and standard routine. For example, you might ask students to use an organizer such as FQR or 3-2-1 while they listen to a story of their choice and then write a learning reflection afterwards. Or you might ask them to use a GIST or 5Ws organizer and then take turns sharing a summary of the story they heard orally with a partner. Or you could ask them to use a debate organizer while listening to the same debate story and then pair up and debate the issue with a partner.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary List Organizer - Use this organizer to record unfamiliar words from the audio story and their meanings.
Word Map (Frayer Model) - Use this organizer to define a word, illustrate it, use it in a sentence, and identify synonyms.
T-Charts
Details and Big Ideas (DBI) Organizer - Use this organizer to capture key details from the story and identify big ideas or themes as they emerge.
Ideas and Supporting Details (ISD) Organizer - Use this organizer to note key ideas from the audio story and details that support them.
Debate Organizer - Use this organizer to list arguments for and against a topic while listening to the audio story.
Fact and Opinion Organizer - Use this organizer to note facts and opinions from the audio story.
T-Chart Organizer - Customize this organizer to focus note-taking in two columns by adding headers that fit the story and your teaching goals.
Other Organizers
KWL Chart - Use this organizer to record what you know, wonder, and learn about a topic.
Hear, Think, Wonder Organizer - Use this organizer to capture what you hear in the audio story, what it makes you think about, and what you wonder about it.
Fact-Question-Response (FQR) Organizer - Use this organizer to note facts from the audio story, questions about it, and responses.
3-2-1 Organizer - Use this organizer to capture 3 facts from the audio story, 2 questions about it, and 1 big idea.
GIST Organizer - Use this organizer to note the subject, key details, and a summary of the audio story.
5 Ws Organizer - Use this organizer to summarize the audio story by identifying the 5 Ws of journalism: who, what, where, when, why (and sometimes how).
Venn Diagram Organizer - Use this organizer to compare key details and/or big ideas from two related audio stories.
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