For our listen this week, we focused on what it means to listen with attention. We started the lesson by having students listen to a song and see how many times they had the word "empathy." Then, we played "I'm Going on a Picnic," where students say an item in alphabetical order and must remember and repeat what those before him or her said. We talked about whether it was hard to focus with all of the groups playing at the same time (yes), and what they did to pay attention to just their group. Next, we watched a video about a boy named Kaden who wasn't listening to his friend. We talked about how we could tell he wasn't listening (he wasn't making eye contact, he was thinking about other things, he talked to someone else). We also talked about how his friend felt when he realized Kaden wasn't listening: frustrated, disappointed, disrespected.
We finished the lesson by talking about what Kaden could do differently: make eye contact, ask questions, repeat what he hears, and not interrupt.
You can view this week's prezi here.
