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Selective Listening
Purpose: Assesses a students ability to listen to a passage while simultaneously
reading the written text and writing in selected omitted key words for plants basic needs.
Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. You will hear the passage three
times. (1 point each; Bonus: point for every correctly spelled word) (Hint: Listen
to the passage carefully first. The second time, fill in the blanks as you hear them.
During the third, and final, time you hear the passage check your work.)
Students see and hear: A plant has needs. There are five things a plant needs in order
to survive. All plants make their own food. Its roots carry water and nutrients up the
plants stem. The nutrients come from the soil, where the plant lives. Sunlight is also
needed to help the plant make its food. Like all other living things, plants need air.
Extensive Listening
Purpose: Assess a student's ability to summarize main points after hearing extended
speech about the life cycle of a plant.
Directions: Carefully listen and watch the video (From a Seed to a Flower). After the
video, retell the story by cutting and gluing the following pictures to a separate sheet of
paper in order of how they happened. Underneath each picture, write what stage the
plant is in or what the plant needs to survive.
[Note: This activity should be implemented as an informal formative assessment task
that should be taught in the classroom within the subject unit. Below, the pictures and
labels are in correct order. When the task is given to the children, the pictures will be in
random order.]
Seed
Sprout
Sunlight
Leaves
Bud
Roots
Flower