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Habit #5 Objective: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Habit #5 Objective: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Based on the work Stephen Covey. ”Until you walk a mile in another man’s moccasins you can’t imagine the smell.” Robert Byrne. Activities and tasks during lessons, provide

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Habit #5 Objective: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

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  1. Habit #5 Objective:Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Based on the work Stephen Covey. ”Until you walk a mile in another man’s moccasins you can’t imagine the smell.” Robert Byrne

  2. Activities and tasks during lessons, provide Objective related ACTIVE Participation and support for prior knowledge.

  3. The Golden Rule

  4. The Golden Rule

  5. LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION • 1. Humor/courtesy • 2. Facts/information • 3. Expression of opinions, feelings & insights • 4. Sharing of deep feelings and personal secrets • Share with your table what level you reach in the Gibberish task.

  6. Listening Road Blocks

  7. Spelling Test • You are now going to take a simple spelling test. Listen carefully!

  8. Listening Road Blocks for students with disabilities

  9. We all have times when we are poor listeners. Which “Listening Road Block” do you most often use? Explain why this happens. Journal Entry orDiscussion Starter:

  10. I’m All Ears Everybody wants to be listened to. When people feel like you listen, they are more likely to like you. So, be a good listener, and you’ll have lots of friends. What are some ways that you can show people that you ARE listening? Who is a good listener? Create a list of people that you know that listen well.

  11. Count to 10 • Counting to 10 in a group will demonstrate out next point.

  12. Listen With Your Eyes:fSometimes you have to listen with your EYES as much as you listen with your ears. f People say a lot with their body language and facial expressions.

  13. Emotion Charades:Find a partner. Practice ‘listening with your eyes”. Choose an emotion to try to express just with your face and body. You can not use words. • Angry • Sad • Embarrassed • Tired • Happy • Thinking • Bored • Impatient • Scared • Worried • Relaxed • Frustrated • Surprised • Stressed • Confused • Flattered • Nervous • Annoyed • Interested

  14. Mirror, Mirror To be a good listener, mirror back what someone says. Repeat back in your own words what the person is saying. Use statements like “You seem to be feeling…” and “So what you are saying is…”

  15. Journal Entry orDiscussion Starter: Have you ever had a time with your family or friends when you knew that you needed to “zip it” and just listen? At your tables listen and tell why is it important to do this sometimes? How does this help the person you are listening to?

  16. Do We Match? Activity - Give students pattern blocks, and have them sit back to back. One student gives verbal directions to the other for making a design. Then face each other and discuss how much easier face to face communication is. Explain how you were able to listen. Were there any listening road blocks?

  17. Are you a good listener? Very Good Listener Not Such a Great Listener How could you be a better listener?

  18. PLEASE…Hear What I’m Not Saying .

  19. Listen Autobiographically : As Teachers, we tend to respond in one of four ways: Evaluating: judge and then either agree or disagree. Probing: ask questions from our own frame of reference. Advising: give counsel, advice, and solutions to problems. Interpreting: analyze motives and behaviors based on experiences.

  20. Books that support Habit 5: Younger Children: The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon. Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill. Alejandro’s Gift by Richard E. Albert. Older Children: Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd by Mame Farrell. Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Rules by Cynthia Lord. Veronica Knows Best by Nancy Robinson The Bully of Barkham Street by Mary Stolz.

  21. Closure: All together nowfI listen to other people’s ideas & feelings. I try to see things from their view points. I listen to others without interrupting. I am confident in voicing my ideas. I look people in the eye when talking. fTell your shoulder partner:I seek first to understand then to be understood.

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