Lesson Package | Active Listening Lesson Plan and Printables for K-2

Early in student’s educational careers teaching Active listening enables them to better synthesize information, form deeper connections, and ask questions to gain understanding.

In this lesson plan students will:
• Learn about facets of active listening
• Learn what an active listener does and does not do
• Practice their own active listening in pairs
• Discuss best practices for Active listening whole group
• Use their own active listening skills in an activity
• Create a whole group anchor chart or whiteboard list of what they learned

Whether this is a brand new concept or expanding on previous knowledge for your Lower EL students, this lesson plan will introduce or reinforce the skills needed to be an effective active listener.

Included in this plan is:
• Standards
• Guiding Questions
• Lesson Plan
• Materials List
• Active Listening Story Script
• Active Listening Worksheet

Where this lesson could be used:
• Social Skills Whole Group
• Social Skills Small Group
• Low Prep Sub Plans
• Listening comprehension activities
• PBIS lessons

Included in this plan is:

• Standards
• Guiding Questions
• Lesson Plan
• Materials List
• Active Listening Story Script
• Active Listening Worksheet

Where this lesson could be used:

• Social Skills Whole Group
• Social Skills Small Group
• Low Prep Sub Plans
• Listening comprehension activities
• PBIS lessons