Response Listening

Grade Level: 3rd grade

SOL standard(s):

3.1 The student will use effective communication skills in group activities.

a) Listen attentively by making eye contact, facing the speaker, asking questions, and
summarizing what is said.

b) Ask and respond to questions from teachers and other group members.

3.4 The student will expand vocabulary when reading.

b) Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms to determine the meaning
of new words.

WIDA standard(s): ELD STANDARD 2: The Language of Language Arts

WIDA level: 3 developing

Purpose/Objectives: The student will compare and contrast the point of view from which the
poem is narrated, the setting, rhyme scheme, and use of sensory words.

Directions in the student-friendly language.

You will be assigned a partner, one partner will be partner “A” and one partner will be partner
“B”

Each partner will have three questions. Your job is to practice your communication skills and ask
each other questions and give responses.

Partner A will ask his/her question #1, partner B will respond.

Then partner B will ask his/her question #1 and partner A will respond.
You will follow this pattern with question #2 and #3.
Partner A Questions

1. What is the root word of disconnected?

a. dis
b. ed
c. connect
 2. What is a synonym for hilarious?

3. What is an example of a suffix?

Partner B Questions

1. What is an antonym for sad?

2. What is the prefix of the word unfriendly?

a. ly
b. un
c. friend

3. What is an example of a word with the root word cycle?

Assessment items:
Name of Question #1 Question #2 Question #3 Total correct
student Response Response Response

/3

Scoring:
Students will be called back in pairs during the literacy rotation.
Teacher will give one partner “partner A” questions and one partner “partner B” questions.
The teacher put the name of the student in the name column and then listens to the open ended
responses from each partner.
If the response to the question demonstrates comprehension AND content knowledge, the
teacher will check the box. This assessment is out of 3 points. They will be awarded 1 point for
each correct answer that they give.