Listening Center

Setting Up Your Listening Center

The listening center is a center that is easy to set up and manage.  This center is a student favorite and can be utilized to expose students to quality literature that may be above their independent reading level.  This center can be used every week provided you have enough books on CD or cassette. 

Helpful Tips:
*If you do not have enough listening center books on CD or cassette for the school year, swap with other teachers, borrow from the library, or use Scholastic bonus points to order books on CD/cassette. 

*It is best if each child has his/her own book to look at while listening.  If not, two children may share a book.  

*I store the books and listening logs for the week in the plastic bin pictured below.  I have attached plastic hooks to the side of the bin to hold the headphones when they are not in use.

*Place a green sticker (star or circle) on the play button, a red one on the stop button, and an orange/yellow one on the rewind button.

Materials needed to create the center: 

     Small table or desk with seating

             CD/cassette player with headphones

             Plastic storage bin

             Plastic hooks

             Books on tape/CD

             Recording Sheets

                                    

Storage

Store the listening response sheets with the listening center books.  I store the books and sheets in plastic Ziplock bags.  I place these bags in a storage bench that doubles as seating at my listening center.


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