Day+2+(Active+Day)

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[|Today's Lesson Plan]

**Warm Up:**Go to the UMUC LIbrary Database and read the article Listening Text Comprehension of Explicit and Implicit Information in Preschoolers: The Role of Verbal and Inferential Skills by Florit, Roch, and Levorato.

The article states "There is not only evidence that listening text comprehension affects later __reading comprehension__ but also that the influence of listening text comprehension on reading comprehension increases during the course of development (Florit, Roch, and Levorato, 2011)". Please respond to the following two questions by responding on a Voki and embedding it onto this Wiki page (Directions below):

What are the benefits of promoting listening comprehension in an Early Childhood Classroom?

What strategies do you use in your classroom to promote listening comprehension?

The character that I used above is called a Voki. A Voki can be used to motivate your students and strengthen their listening comprehension skills. By using a Voki, you can read stories, ask questions, have your students respond, and much more. Click the link to watch a short video on how to create a Voki and then __get started__ on your responses:

[|Creating a Voki]

**Click here to post your responses:**

Now lets get started on our lesson of the day: Adding sound to your Wiki page to increase listening comprehension.

1. Write down the words to your favorite children's nursery rhyme.

2. Go to [] and download this free software.

3. Watch this presentation on how to add sound to your Wiki page:

media type="custom" key="13935914" 4. Now I want you to practice adding sound to this Wiki page. Record your favorite nursery rhyme using Audacity.


 * Click here to post your responses: **

5. Here is another example of how Audacity can be used on your Wiki page to increase listening comprehension: media type="file" key="Favorite Story.wav" width="300" height="50"

6. Use the [|Lesson Plan Template]to create a lesson that will enhance your student's listening comprehension by using Audacity. Link it as a __Microsoft__ Word document onto this Wiki. Please describe the Audacity component in full detail.


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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7. As your Exit __Ticket__, add a comment about one way that you will use your Wiki to enhance your students listening comprehension.

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